LiFe is CooL

Wake upto life, go out, explore and you might bump into someone who'll change the course of your life forever.This is the story of Ayaan Mukherjee's directorial Debut Wake Up Sid. Ayaan's storytelling is austere without much frills and strangely resembles to Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance, though the latter is highly layered. At moments the scenes were way to long, a tighter screenplay and editing would have turned this one from good to spectacular. But beautiful yet realistic cinematography and in sync music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy makes up for that.


But Wake Up Sid has something that Luck By Chance din't. He's three films old now, none of which have tasted success, but he's the blue eyed boy of bollywood.Ranbir kapoor completes the frame like no other actor does. It's his sheer presence and charm that lightens every frame which captures him. Aiysha played by Konkana Sen Sharma pairs well with Ranbir and looks fresh. Some critics argued that Aiysha's getting job so early and a sea facing apartment were unrealistic and difficult to gulp, But they forgot that it was story of Sid's waking up to life, which Ayaan unfolds in a very convincing manner.

                                                          Another eye candy is a cameo by Rahul Khanna who is the editor of magazine(Mumbai Beat) for which Konkana Sen and eventually Ranbir kapoor work. Every time he's on the screen you can hear section of girls screaming like anything in the cinema. Well cameo's don't end there you will also get to see Kashmira Shah sharing screen space with these A-list actors, surprised, trust me she wouldn't have been used this ethically before. So, all in all a wholesome watch, catch it in a theatre near you and do share your views...................

My Verdict: ***1/2

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