Wake Up Sid

Wake Up Sid
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAyan Mukerji
Written byStory and Screenplay:
Ayan Mukerji
Dialogues:
Niranjan Iyengar
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAnil Mehta
Edited byShan Mohammed
Music byScore:
Amit Trivedi
Songs:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Amit Trivedi
Production
company
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹18 crore[1]
Box office₹47.10 crore[1]

Wake Up Sid is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Dharma Productions.[2] It stars Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma. Set in contemporary Mumbai, the film tells the story of a careless rich college brat (Kapoor) taught the value of owning up to responsibility by an aspiring writer (Sen Sharma) from Kolkata.

Wake Up Sid was 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 cast performances.

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.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Wake Up Sid – Movie – Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ Money, By. (9 October 2009) VFX effects worked wonders to Wake Up Sid Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 13 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Wake Up Sid | Netflix". www.netflix.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.