Wake up sid

Wake up Sid…

It started with Dil Chahta hai… a group of three young, contemporary Indians, the face of modern India, after globalization. The ride was smooth, fun-filled with just the right amount of emotions. Goa was the new holiday destination. The friendship, the love, the arrogance of youth in balanced proportion.

It was a cult film which made everyone dance to its tunes. Then be it the music, the friendly title song which replaced yeh dosti from Sholay or Sonu Nigam crooning Tanhayee, a saviour and anthem which nursed many a breakups.

Then there were the dialogues which are etched in the mind, be it Aamir claiming “Perfection Ko improve karna mushkil hota hai” or Priety asking Aamir to close his eyes and trying to recall people for whom he can come back to life. I don’t need to put on the DVD player, the movie is still fresh in my mind. In my eyes, DCH was perfect except for the starcast which was too old to portray college kids.

Enter Ranbir Kapoor and his group of friends and we get Wake up Sid… What exactly was different in this film?

Nothing.

Sid is an overgrown child who spends his father’s hard earned money, mocks at his uneducated mother, ogles the sexy neighbour and depends on his live-in partner/companion/room-mate/friend for breakfast which he eventually learns to cook and for shelter. Then what was my take-away? Absolutely nothing.

I did enjoy the performace of Konkana sen Sharma who was as usual brilliant and convincing. It was nice to see Anupam Kher play a real role. I still hate him for doing substandard roles in Mohabattein, Beta, that Buddha movie, Apna sapna money money…

Apart from that I don’t remember a thing even when it’s just been hours since I saw it. I really wish when Anupam Kher had a dialogue with Sid after he insults his mother, he should have slapped his son, shook him hard and asked him to Wake up… would have saved the agony of the following hours.

Its true that we today follow off beat careers so Sid and Konkana are into photography and writing resp. But seriously how many people do that? There’s still a thick line between hobbies and career and both of it don’t mix.

So like I said if I have to remember one thing out of Wake up Sid… it would be Supriya Pathak’s eyes, she did not need dialogues to portray what she felt. Konkana’s expressions as she comprehends her feeling for Sid and her stage where she is seen as a child by her mature Jazz loving editor whereas she sees Sid as a child. And Rahul Khanna’s crooked smile… well that was worth the 120 bucks.. Esquare needs to lower the parking rates though.

And seriously, where was Bombay? Mumbai? I don’t remember. That’s whats called perspective.