Wake Up Sid puts you off n how!

Okay so what was Ayan Mukherji thinking when he made this movie? I am pretty sure he was more occupied with the costumes, sets and all other aesthetic items rather than the story/script which happens to be the most basic part of any movie. Agreed that the movie is based on a conventional theme which leaves very little room for experimentation but that also means putting extra efforts in order to keep the audience's interest alive. Sadly, this doesn't happen.

So Sid, a downright wastrel with a devil-may-care attitude whose sole job is to squander his dad's money ends up flunking his exam, gets into a string of arguments with his dad and eventually leaves his home. Well, no surprsies there! Then, he moves in with Konkana Sen Sharma (I forgot her name in the film!), his good friend (who earns the "good" tag in a ridiculously short span of time!!) I know it's just a movie whatever! Anyway, to cut a long story short, Sid learns his lessons while he's staying with Konkana, ends up getting a job and eventually mends his broken family ties. But in the bargain, Konkana who is totally in love with Sid, is devastated as now he would no longer be staying with her...but Sid soon realizes he loves her too and Wake Up Sid finally ends! Phew!

Ranbir was uber cool in the movie...the styling, costumes everything was brilliant..there's not a shred of doubt about that! But the movie lacked content! Characters lacked strength and that's the reason why this movie fails or let's just say doesn't make a mark! You know when we checked the show timings, we learned that Cinemax was not even screening it (just in its 3rd week)! I was kinda surprised considering the movie got rave reviews and stuff....but after the movie I realized I shouldn't have been surprised at all!! Wake Up Sid just drags and by the time Sid wakes up, the audience ends up falling asleep! Too bad!

.......unleashing the power within

There are times when I wonder what if we led completely aimless lives? In fact, sometimes I do feel my life is absolutely aimless, filled with a void (oh cmon plz don't laugh!)..and then there are times when life offers so much that I'm overwhelmed by all the things around me....in short, life plays games with us and it is upto us to realize and at the same time distinguish between truth and illusion. Anything that is in abundance would never make you feel what it means to you till you experience a shortage of sorts (which by the way is a law so we shouldn't really blame ourselves :D)!

So in this royal mess called life, it is very important to know what you want, what is dear to you and then chase it accordingly. I have come to realize that once you know what you reallllly (note the Ls there!) want, all those dilemmas, apprehensions, fears vanish like they were never there at all! And a huge believer in God that I am, Mastercard's tagline works well for me although with a teeny weeny change - "for everything else, there's God!!" What a comforting line!

This one's a rather abstract post but just wanted to get my thoughts out of my mind and what better outlet than http://catchrucha.blogspot.com !!! :)