Wake Up Sid Dvd

Wake Up Sid is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, the film was distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, with visual effects contributed by the Prime Focus Group. The film takes place in contemporary Mumbai and tells the story of a careless, rich brat Sid Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor), a college student who is taught the value of owning up to responsibility by Aisha (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Kolkata. It was a critical and commercial success. Both Kapoor and Sharma won rave reviews for their performances, and Kapoor received awards and nominations for his acting.

Plot

Siddharth “Sid” Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) is shown an extremely lazy and carefree college student in his early twenties living in Mumbai who does not know what he wants to pursue. He hates school and he can’t even bother to study and try to understand the concept of his courses (all of which he gets poor grades in). His imagination, creativity and talent for art (especially photography) are often disregarded and ignored. Depicted as a spoiled, lazy slacker, Sid shows little concern for his plans after graduating, just barely studying for tests the night before and having no interest in working. His father, Ram Mehra (Anupam Kher) is a wealthy tycoon who wants his son Sid to excel while his mother Sarita (Supriya Pathak) is a housewife often frustrated by Sid’s incompetence yet puts up with behaviour, ending up pampering him.

While writing his final exam in the exam hall, Sid struggles throughout the entire duration of the exam, nervously unsure of each question whereas all of his classmates including his best friends confidently progress through their test papers, having intensely studied long and hard in advance. Sid imagines some classmates insulting and demoralizing him, while his friends give him words of encouragement. Hoping to answer enough questions correctly to at least pass, Sid feels confident to finish his test. Right after the exams are over, Sid and his friends go out on a shopping spree across the city for a day of fun. At the farewell party after the final exams, Sid meets Aisha Banerjee (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer recently moved away from her hometown of Calcutta, who happens to be one of his college mate’s roommate. They decide to go for a small walk and strike a chord instantly. With the help of Sid, Aisha finds a small apartment overlooking the city skyline. She also lands a job at Mumbai Beat (based on Time Out! Mumbai), a hip magazine run by editor-in-chief Kabir Chaudhary (Rahul Khanna), to whom Aisha is instantly attracted.

When the final exam results come out a few weeks later, much to his misery, Sid learns that he failed while the rest of his classmates (including his friends) aced the exams with great-to-decent grades, this delaying his graduation for at least another year. Sid displaces his anger and frustration onto Rishi and goes home to sulk. He then gets angry at parents, ending with him hastily moving out after an extremely upset, livid blowout. Sid sets off to the apartment that he helped Aisha renovate. Aisha allows Sid to temporarily stay at her apartment but finds him disorganized and careless with her home. One night, Aisha loses her temper and berates Sid for his inability to look after himself. The next morning, Sid confides in Aisha that he now realizes his constant dependence on his father’s wealth, a realization that persuades him to seek work. Aisha helps him land a job as a photography intern – photography has been an interest of his since childhood – at Mumbai Beat.

The internship slowly motivates Sid to be more responsible, hardworking, and productive. He helps out with chores, an internal change visible to all around him. He reconciles with Rishi when they meet again for the first time since their falling out. Sid eventually gets hired full-time at Mumbai Beat and receives his first paycheck. He immediately goes to visit his father for the first time in months to show him the paycheque and he nostalgically asks Sid to return home. In the meantime, Aisha and Kabir start dating, but she quickly realizes that, despite her initial attraction to him, they have very little in common. Aisha also dislikes Sid’s closeness with the designing intern Tanya (Kainaz Motivala). This leads Aisha to develop feelings for Sid, and on the day he packs his belongings to move back in with his family, she is furious and heartbroken to hear that he is leaving. Confused and hurt, unaware that Aisha has fallen in love with him, Sid makes his departure.

Back at home, Sid keeps thinking about Aisha. He discovers that he has brought Aisha’s shirt with his belongings. Sid wears her shirt and reminisces about her while Aisha at her home speaks to her parents as she feels lonely after Sid’s departure. The next morning, Sid receives the latest issue of Mumbai Beat. He reads Aisha’s column, an article describing her adjustment to life in Mumbai and her love for an unnamed person. Realizing that the article is about her feelings for him, Sid rushes through rainy weather to meet her at the seafront where they walked the day they met. Sid expresses his love for her and the two embrace.

Cast

Ranbir Kapoor as Siddharth “Sid” Mehra
Konkona Sen Sharma as Aisha Banerjee
Anupam Kher as Ram Mehra, Sid’s father
Supriya Pathak as Sarita Mehra, Sid’s mother
Rahul Khanna as Kabir Chaudhary
Kashmira Shah as Sonia
Shikha Talsania as Laxmi Inder Advani
Namit Das as Rishi Atul Raheja
Krutika Bolaki as Neha, Rishi’s love interest
Rahul Pendalkar as Sanjay “Sanju” Bapat
Shruti Bapna as Debbie
Kainaz Motivala as Tanya Lathia
Atisha Naik as Sanju’s mother
Asif Ali Baig as Raj
Munir Kabani as Amit, Head Photographer at Mumbai Beat
Mohsin Ali Khan as Chhotu, Sid’s domestic help
Huzefa Gadiwala