What a better way to begin your morning than to write about the movie, Wake Up, Sid! :) It's one of the most happy, feel-good rom-coms the Hindi film industry has produced in a long long time! There are a lot of things right with the movie, from the simple story, to the well etched characters, to some fantastic acting, seamlessly blended background songs, real locations, and good cinematography.
For starters, I saw this movie almost immediately after I saw, "What's your raashee?" and so I was obviously highly impressed with the HUGE difference in the two... But even otherwise, this movie was a happy movie which left you with a smile on your face...
A simple story about a rich father's son, Sid Mehra (Ranbir), whose only occupation is to spend his father's money on parties, time-pass, and clicking photos. He meets Aisha Banerjee (Konkana) who's just come to Bombay from Calcutta (using the old names purposely - the movie did too!) She's a mature, wanting to be independent woman, who wants to make it big with her writing. They meet at a party and he decides to help her out. Soon he's helping her set up her own home, taking her out to show her the city, etc. etc. She hunts for a job with a magazine house and gets to be the Editor's Asst. Meanwhile Sid has learnt that he has flunked his exams. In this mood, he gets into an argument with his father and vows not to return home. Having nowhere else to go, he goes to her place and stays there. Over a span of weeks, he grows up learning how to keep the house the way she likes it, how to cook eggs, and other such cute things! Now he needs a job, and guess what?! He finds one as an intern in her magazine house. So both are employed there and it's a beautiful world...
The undercurrents of emotions, jealousy, love, are all well played out... even some scenes with him and his friends and him and his office colleagues are well directed.
There is an ease in the acting, the ease translates onto the screen as well. It's not raw, it is acting, but it is extremely well-done. Both Konkana and Ranbir are very expressive and together they make an odd but believable couple. The beauty is that they fit the characters to the T and you realise that the script was written keeping them in mind. I absolutely enjoyed the songs as well, there is no song which either of them sings... all songs are background scores which are seamlessly integrated with the script...
Oh! There are a million reasons why you must watch this movie! Go for it!
Trivia - Did you know that the director, Ayan Mukherjee is only a 21 year old or something! I think it's a beautiful job irrespective of his age! :)
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