`Wake Up Sid` not about handsome guy-plain Jane: Director

Director Mukherjee is appalled by rumours that 'Wake Up Sid' revolves around a handsome guy and a not-so-good looking girl.

Mumbai: Debutant director Ayaan Mukherjee admits his `Wake Up Sid` is about a younger man dating an older woman but he is appalled by rumours that it revolves around a handsome guy and a not-so-good looking girl."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?" Mukherjee asked angrily.

Starring Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma, the romantic comedy is produced by Karan Johar and is scheduled for release Oct 2. "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," Mukherjee, who is actress Kajol`s cousin, told reporters. So is "Wake Up Sid" about an older woman in love with a younger man? "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 said. Ranbir`s dad Rishi Kapoor has done a very fine film about falling in love with an older woman called "Doosra Aadmi" where Raakhee Gulzar played the unusual love interest. So doesn`t he plan to work with cousin Kajol? "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. At the moment Mukherjee is worried about how the audience would take to the title. "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," he said. The director was so sad on completion of his film that he got dead drunk. "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. IANS