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Ayaan Mukherjee has admitted that his forthcoming movie ‘Wake Up Sid’ is a story about a younger man dating an older woman, and not about a handsome guy and a not-so-good looking girl, as the reports had cited earlier.
"All I can tell you is that this marketing pitch didn't come from me or Karan (Johar). You think I'd dare to call my heroine, who I think is awesome, not good-looking?" Ayaan Mukherjee said.
"It came from a Facebook 'Wake Up Sid' fan club started on the website. Someone just saw Ranbir and Konkona together and decided to draw their own conclusions...To me Konkona is at the moment the most gorgeous woman I've met. In fact, my last shot was with her and I just couldn't stop gawking”, Ayaan Mukherjee added.
The flick, which is scheduled to hit the theaters on Oct 2, stars Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranbir Kapoor in the lead roles.
Talking about ‘Wake Up Sid’ the director told that the movie revolves around Konkona Sen and Ranbir Kapoor.
The director said, "Yes, Konkona's character Ayesha is a few years older than the guy. But it's not 'Summer Of 42', please! Nor is the age difference concealed here as it was between Ranbir and Bipasha in 'Bachna Ae Haseeno'. What happened was that we wrote in the age difference because I wanted only these two to be in my film”.
"When I saw Ranbir in 'Saawariya', I knew this was my Sid. He was young, energetic and hungry to seize life. He was like me. You've to admit Ranbir and Konkona together are a pair that no one would imagine. I liked that challenge. And I also saw Konkona has been around in the industry longer than Ranbir. So I conveniently turned the character into a slightly older woman," Mukherjee added.
The director who is cousin of Bollywood actress, Kajol, showed his interest of working with the actress in the near future.
"The thought didn't strike me for my first film. I wrote 'Wake Up Sid' as this young new-age 'Dil Chahta Hai'. It's about today's youngsters. Kajol? Yeah. Maybe in my next film... if I'm allowed to make another film”, he said.
Ayaan Mukherjee is nervous about the film and is afraid that how the audiences will react to it. "But it had to be 'Wake Up Sid'. It's a wake-up call for this rather laidback hero who meets an unusual woman. It's a real film with no lip-sync songs," the director said.
The director claims that he was upset on the completition of the movie."I'm very sad that it has ended. Now everyone will move away. It's a heartbreaking process. I don't know how Karan goes through it over and over again," Mukherjee said.
