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Wake Up Sid is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Karan Johar released in USA on 2 october 2009 with Ranbir Kapoor
Wake Up Sid (2009)
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Add to a movie listWake Up Sid is a 2009 Indian coming of age drama film. Directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, the movie was distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, with visual effects contributed by the Prime Focus Group. The film takes place in contemporary Bombay and tells the story of spoiled, careless rich-kid Sid Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor), a college student who is taught the value of owning up to responsibility by Aisha (Konkona Sen Sharma), an aspiring writer from Calcutta. It was critically and commercially successful. Ranbir Kapoor won numerous awards for his performance, and the film's soundtrack was vastly popular.
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Siddharth "Sid" Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor) is the carefree son of wealthy businessman Ram Mehra (Anupam Kher). A resident of Mumbai, Sid's only interest is to have fun and spend his father's money. Thus, he spends little time at college and is not prepared for final exams. A day after the final exams, Sid's father tells him it is time to join his company, Flower Showers - a bathroom furnishings manufacturer - for 30 days, which Sid reluctantly does only after his father tempts him with the promise of a new car.Actors
Ranbir Kapoor
(Sidharth 'Sid' Mehra)
Konkona Sen Sharma
(Aisha Banerjee)
Anupam Kher
(Ram Mehra)
Supriya Pathak
(Sarita Mehra)
Rahul Khanna
(Kabir)
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