Ayan
Mukerji
looks
straight
out
of
a
university,
but
he's
not.
He's
the
debutante
director
of
Karan
Johar's
talked-about,
keenly-anticipated
film
Wake
Up
Sid.
Barely
in
his
20s,
Ayan
belongs
to
the
famed
Mukerji
clan
and
has
assisted
Ashutosh
Gowaiker
(Swades)
and
Karan
Johar
(Kabhi
Alvida
Naa
Kehna)
in
the
past,
before
he
decided
to
take
the
plunge.
Wake
Up
Sid
is
slated
for
release
next
week
and
Ayan
is
nervous.
"Very,
very
nervous," he
smiles,
"I
don't
know
how
people
would
react
to
the
film.
This
film
is
different."
It
sure
is.
Right
from
the
casting
to
its
plotline,
Ayan
has
taken
a
completely
new
route
in
his
debut
film.
In
fact,
this
is
also
the
first
Karan
Johar
production
that
has
been
filmed
entirely
in
Mumbai
(Karan's
films
are
shot
in
Europe
or
America).
"But
Wake
Up
Sid
is
a
Karan
Johar
product
at
heart,"
Ayan
tells
me.
Ayan
can't
thank
Karan
enough
for
backing
the
project
the
moment
he
heard
the
story.
"He
took
a
call
vis-a-vis
producing
the
film
within
minutes
of
hearing
the
plot.
Having
him
as
the
producer
is
only
advantageous.
He
has
been
a
marvellous
guiding
force,"
Ayan
adds.
What
is
Ayan
planning
next?
"I've
no
clue.
I
haven't
though
of
it
at
all.
I
feel
exhausted
after
making
this
film
and
I
feel
I
would
need
to
nurture
myself,
read
a
book
or
two
or
travel
before
I
plan
my
next
film,"
he
states.
Story first published: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 13:29 [IST]