MartinHafer "Wake Up Sid" is a very good movie, though I think with a tiny bit of editing it could have been a great movie. Still, for anyone not familiar with Bollywood films, this would be a good entry for the unitiated.Sid (Ranbir Kapoor) is a rather loathsome character when the story begins. Although he's been in college for years and is expected to graduate soon, he's never worked hard and has horrible grades...and has not passed his exams. Most folks would see this as a wake-up call but not Sid. Sid is a completely spoiled and immature brat. He soon leaves school and returns home to his parents...and expects to lounge about the house having fun. He has no plans to work and treats his mother very poorly. Well, his father is not pleased and announces that Sid is coming to work for his company. Now Sid expects this means he'll be an executive and will have little to do but collect a paycheck...but Dad is NOT planning on doing this but instead wants Sid to start at the bottom in the company and work his way up. Sadly, Sid puts almost no effort into the job and soon loses this job. Dad is furious....but even more furious when he sees Sid treating his mother like his servant. Enough is enough...and Sid is thrown out of the house. Amazingly, at this time, Sid feels very sorry for himself and shows himself to be completely ungrateful.With no place to go, he shows up at Aisha's house. Aisha (Konkona Sen Sharma) went to school with Sid and agrees to let him stay. But she soon regrets this, as Sid just sits around her apartment all day...doing nothing and leaving the place a mess. And, when she comes home from a hard day's work, Sid hasn't made dinner and he expects HER to do it!! Despite Sid being a disgusting person, you know where the film is going next mostly because many Bollywood films follow a formula very closely....even more so than American movies. This brings me to a huge problem with the story....they made Sid so disagreeable and immature that he can be very off-putting AND his change at the end seems too extreme and comes too quickly. Still, despite this, the film does work...and the sweet ending still very sweet despite the awfulness of Sid!

silvan-desouza KJ has made several feel good films but WAKE UP SID is one of the films that really strike a chord. The film may resemble LAKSHYA but its a different story. WAKE UP SID shows the life of the youth and their lives. Ranbhir's character is well shown, his frivolous attitude towards life, his scenes with his parents are all well depicted. The scene when he fails is superb. His confrontation with his father and then his leaving the house is superb too The slowly bonding between Konkona and Ranbhir is well handled too The scene when she scolds him after he prepares an omlete is well handled and the film till the climax is superb Only my issues with the film are that the Rahul Khanna character is used as a prop, even the fact that Ranbhir a 20 yr+ guy is more obsessed with games then girls, porn.etc does make it seem a bit far fetchedDirection by Ayan Mukherjee is superb, strange that the director was just 19 during the making of the film Music is superb, Iktara stands out and got tremendous praise, title song too is fabRanbhir Kapoor excels in his character, the best part is that he plays it so naturally, this film really proved his talent and his career shot up, Konkona Sen Sharma is a delight as usual Anupam Kher and Supriya Pathak are superb as Sid's parents Kashmira Shah is alright, Rahul Khanna's character could be better yet he is good

namashi_1 Hindi Cinema has Witnessed Many Great Actors, right from Balraj Sahni, Dilip Kumar, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Pran, Jeevan, Sanjeev Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Govinda, Jackie Shroff, Ajay Devgn, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Atul Kulkarni, to name a few.Now add Ranbir Kapoor to that legendary list. In 'Wake Up Sid', Ranbir delivers a masterful, accurate performance, that is above any award, in my opinion. Its an embodiment, that has been handled with superb sensitivity & proficient understanding.'Wake Up Sid' tells the story of spoiled, careless rich-kid Sid Mehra, a college student who is taught the meaning of life by Aisha, an aspiring writer from Calcutta.'Wake Up Sid' is a terrific film. A film, that leaves behind a great moral, that's truly inspiring. Ayan Mukerji's Screenplay & Direction, both, are wonderfully constructed. 'Wake Up Sid' offers enlightenment along-with genuine, meaningful entertainment.Highly Recommended!

Saad Khan WAKE UP SID – CATCH IT ( A ) Wake Up Sid, is an outstanding and a complete real movie. I was literally amazed with how much detail and conviction the young director has made the movie and during all 2/1 hr not for a single second I felt boredom. All the characters in the movie can be seen in our normal life. Ranbir kapoor is truly a genius star, he brought the purity to the character which no one else would have. Konkona Sen Sharma yet again proved that what ever she does, it's par excellence. She in outstanding and looks completely natural. Her chemistry with Ranbir kapoor is the true base of the movie. Anupam Kher and Supriya Pathak did a fantastic job. Kashmira Shah was for few scenes and she looked really good for the 1st time in her life I guess. LOL. All the other new young actors were amazing as Sid's friends. Ayan Mukerjee is a fine young director and the whole movie is his vision. I am really glad that Karan Johar let him made the movie he wanted to make not something that would appeal the commercial success only. No wonder the movie is a huge Hit now. Love it Love it Love it!