Wake Up Sid
Wake Up Sid is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions, with UTV Motion Pictures as distributor and visual effects contributed by the Prime Focus Group. Set in contemporary Mumbai, the film tells the story of a careless rich college brat, Siddharth Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) who is taught the value of owning up to responsibility by Aisha Bannerjee (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Kolkata.
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| Directed by | Ayan Mukerji |
| Written by | Story and Screenplay: Ayan Mukerji Dialogues: Niranjan Iyengar |
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| Cinematography | Anil Mehta |
| Edited by | Shan Mohammed |
| Music by | Guest Composition and Background Score: Amit Trivedi Songs: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
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| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹18 crore |
| Box office | ₹47.10 crore |
Wake Up Sid released on 2 October 2009, and proved to be a commercial success at the box office. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with critical acclaim for its novel concept, themes, direction, story, screenplay, soundtrack and performances of the cast.
At the 55th Filmfare Awards, Wake Up Sid received 9 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Mukerji), Best Actor (Kapoor) and Best Supporting Actress (Pathak), and won 3 awards – Best Actor (Critics) (Kapoor), Best Debut Director (Mukerji, tying with Zoya Akhtar for Luck by Chance) and Best Female Playback Singer (Kavita Seth for "Iktara"). The film is now available on Netflix.