Wake Up Sid Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Genre | Romance, Comedy, Drama |
Release date | October 2, 2009 |
Running time | 2hr 18min |
Certificate | 13+ |
Starring | Ranbir Kapoor Konkana Sen Sharma |
Directed by | Ayan Mukerji |
Written by | Story and Screenplay: Ayan Mukerji Dialogues: Niranjan Iyengar |
Produced by | Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar |
Cinematography by | Anil Mehta |
Edited by | Shan Mohammed |
Music by | Score: Amit Trivedi Songs: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Amit Trivedi |
Production Company | Dharma Productions |
Distributor | UTV Motion Pictures |
Wake Up Sid Movie Cast & Characters:
- Ranbir Kapoor as Siddharth “Sid” Mehra
- Konkona Sen Sharma as Aisha Banerjee
- Anupam Kher as Ram Mehra
- Supriya Pathak as Sarita Mehra
- Rahul Khanna as Kabir Choudhary
- Kashmera Shah as Sonia Gill
- Shikha Talsania as Laxmi Inder Advani
- Namit Das as Rishi Atul Raheja
- Krutika Bolaki as Neha, Rishi’s love interest
- Rahul Pendkalkar as Sanjay “Sanju” Bapat
- Sanat Sawant as Jay Mehra
- Shruti Bapna as Debbie
- Nitin Chatterjee as a restaurant steward
- Kainaz Motivala as Tanya Lathia
- Mukesh Rawal as Mr. Lathia, Tanya’s Father, Ram Mehra’s close friend
- 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 servant
- Huzefa Gadiwala
Storyline:
Freeloading off his wealthy parents, an unambitious brat is compelled to reevaluate his choices when a mature, goal-oriented woman enters his life.
Wake Up Sid Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
Budget | ₹18 crore |
Opening Day | ₹3.66 crore |
Domestic Collection | ₹38.13 crore |
International Collection | $1,890,000 |
Worldwide Collection | ₹47.10 crore |
About Wake Up Sid Movie:
Wake Up Sid is a Hindi romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma in the lead roles along with Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Rahul Khanna, and Kashmera Shah in supporting roles.
The film was entirely shot in Mumbai, covering the areas of South Mumbai and Bandra. The college sequence was shot at H. R. College of Commerce and Economics near Churchgate, Mumbai.
Wake Up Sid was released on October 2, 2009, and received widespread critical acclaim. Critics praised its novel concept, themes, direction, story, screenplay, soundtrack, and the performances of the cast. The film is now available on Netflix.
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”).
Wake Up Sid was a commercial success at the box office. Its opening weekend gross was ₹21.5 crore (US$2.6 million) of which the domestic gross was ₹17 crore (US$2.0 million). It was number one at the box office during its first and second weeks, number four during its third week, and number three during its fourth week.