And we enjoy the moment when he rustles up the fastest birthday cake in the world: a lone matchstick burning atop four pieces of bread and jam. We understand Sid's joy on making his first omelette. The change in the tenor of relationship between the lead pair as well as the texture of their own changing selves is detailed with diligence, delineated with tenderness. The relationship of the lead pair is every inch 21st century urban but it doesn't follow the route of liplocks and no-condom sex to become so. And what makes it special is debutant director Ayan Mukerji's (also the film's writer) attention to detail, his nuanced way of looking at GenNow life. Wake Up Sid could have been just another spoilt-brat's coming-of-age flick: plenty of attitude but bereft of soul. It is the beginning of his education in life and its realities, his first chapters of growing up. And when Sid gets into a big fight with his dad over his career, or the lack of it, he moves out of his capacious home into Aisha's cuddly apartment. But there's a kismat connection between the two. She is independent, focused, gritty - everything Sid is not. And none is bigger for the rich, cool kid than the accidental encounter with Aisha Banerjee (Konkona Sen Sharma), a just-arrived girl from Kolkata, the sort who reads Murakami's Norwegian Wood and hangs Woody Allen's Annie Hall posters in her room. But life has a way of throwing up surprises.
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