Wake Up Sid

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Wake Up Sid

2009

2h 18m

Comedy

Romance

Drama

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Sid Mehra is a young man living in Mumbai who benefits from the indulgence of his parents. After graduating from university, he makes a stab at working in his father's business, but lasts only a week. He then meets Aisha, an aspiring writer from Calcutta. Sid helps her get settled in the city and then wants to take things further -- but Aisha isn't interested because of Sid's slacker personality. Will her rejection serve as a wake-up call for Sid?

Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

04/18/2019

3/5

Despite the obvious passages, Mukherjee shows he has a way of adding nuance to a scene. Wake Up Sid is a promising first effort.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

10/06/2009

Despite a storyline that would require a few more subplots to qualify as featherweight, this atypically low-key Bollywood romantic comedy somehow manages to remain pleasantly diverting throughout its 138-minute running time.

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Sakhi Thirani

Common Sense Media

11/09/2023

4/5

Wake Up Sid is a coming-of-age film that celebrates the friendship between its two leads and how their relationship develops into something more.

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Jimmy Cage

Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube)

06/29/2022

7/10

WAKE UP SID is a somewhat mellow, but still sweet coming-of-age story with nice performances and a good dose of romance.

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Vedant S

@RT73973848 Jul 12

It was a good watch overall. Surprised with the tomato meter, should have been 85+. Yeah I know there were flaws like...urgh, it's very rare to find flaws in this film but still I couldn't find it. So 4 star is suited for it!

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Faiz D

@RT95588871 08/29/2024

A really cool coming-of-age film.

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arun s

@RT38034373 01/28/2021

A decent one time watchable movie, which could have been better in the later half. It has the feel of a web series, which isn't bad per se, but you hope a few situations were presented differently.

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06/28/2020

A pleasant and likeable coming-of-age tale.

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03/13/2020

YEAH I Really liked it. The teenagers nowadays deserves these kind of movies. This was an awesome movies a lot of things can be learned from this one and definitely not like the typical shitty movies of bollywood . this have a different flavour. I personally enjoyed it .

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yash b

@yashbansal 02/12/2020

"Wake Up Sid" is an important reminder that everyone has to grow up one day. I quite liked the messages and the main story in this movie. I thought Ranbir Kapoor did a great job and portrayed a realistic guy who has many flaws but becomes easy to root for. I think the movie does start to drag near the end and hits a few predictable notes, but it's a very solid feel-good movie. I think a lot of young people will find something to relate to in this movie and can definitely learn some important lessons. Overall, it's a crowd-pleasing movie with a great lead performance that I really appreciated as a young person.

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Synopsis

Sid Mehra is a young man living in Mumbai who benefits from the indulgence of his parents. After graduating from university, he makes a stab at working in his father's business, but lasts only a week. He then meets Aisha, an aspiring writer from Calcutta. Sid helps her get settled in the city and then wants to take things further -- but Aisha isn't interested because of Sid's slacker personality. Will her rejection serve as a wake-up call for Sid?

Director: Ayan Mukherjee
Producer: Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar
Screenwriter: Ayan Mukherjee
Distributor: UTV Motion Pictures
Production Co: Dharma Productions
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 2, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $718.0K
Runtime: 2h 18m