Raghu Romeo is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Rajat Kapoor, starring Vijay Raaz, Sadiya Siddiqui, Maria Goretti, Manu Rishi and Saurabh Shukla.[1] The film was released on 15 August 2003 to critical acclaim and success at the box office. Set in modern-day Mumbai, the film focuses on the life of a waiter working in a dance bar. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.[2]

Raghu Romeo
Movie poster
Directed byRajat Kapoor
Written byRajat Kapoor
Saurabh Shukla
Produced byNaseeruddin Shah
Narayan Hosmane
StarringVijay Raaz
Nishikant Dixit
Sadiya Siddiqui
Maria Goretti
Saurabh Shukla
CinematographyRafey Mehmood
Edited bySuresh Pai
Music byPritam
Release dates
  • 15 August 2003 (2003-08-15) (Locarno Film Festival)
  • 18 June 2004 (2004-06-18) (India)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

edit

Raghu Romeo (Vijay Raaz) is a guileless man from a lower-middle-class family. He is a 30-year-old waiter henpecked by his mother and by the boss who seldom pays him. In his naivete, Raghu thinks he must protect the virtue of the bar's female staff from clients, especially Sweety (Sadiya Siddiqui), who is a hitman's girl whose cynical surface masks a soft spot for the clueless hero. But Raghu only has eyes for Neeta, a quintessential TV-soap suffering-heroine character played by (Maria Goretti). Unable to distinguish between fantasy and real life, Raghu kidnaps the terrified actress and takes her to the countryside house of Sweety. It turns out she is on the hit-list for failing to pay off the entertainment industry's mob "protectors".

Cast

edit

Music

edit
Raghu Romeo
Soundtrack album by
Released18 June 2004 (2004-06-18)
RecordedMumbai
StudioTrinity
Spectral Harmony
Junk and Genius
Joshua
GenreFilmi
Length40:32
LabelCrescendo
Pritam chronology
Agnipankh
(2004)
Raghu Romeo
(2004)
Dhoom
(2004)

All tracks are written by Pritam

No.TitleLength
1."Main Hero Raghu Romeo" (Performed by Kunal Ganjawala, Lyrics by Sanjeev Sharma)4:23
2."Strawberry Hoon Main" (Part 1) Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan, Lyrics by Sanjeev Sharma)3:44
3."Sweety Ke Koftey"3:07
4."Jaake Khuda Ke Ghar Pe" (Qawwali) Performed by Kunal Ganjawala & Gayatri Iyer, Lyrics by Sanjeev Sharma)2:58
5."Raghus Theme - The Party"4:22
6."Murder Attempt"1:00
7."Rain"0:54
8."Raghu In The City"1:12
9."Main Mamooli Admi" (Performed by Kunal Ganjawala & Kavita Krishnamurthy, Lyrics by Sanjeev Sharma)5:25
10."Raghu In The Studio"0:55
11."Sweetys Theme"0:56
12."Purab-Paschim"1:09
13."Strawberry Hoon Main" (Part 2) Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan, Lyrics by Sanjeev Sharma)2:38
14."Mario Comes In"0:23
15."Happy New Year"2:43
16."Main Kaise Samjhaoon" (Performed by Kunal Ganjawala & Gayatri Iyer, Lyrics by Sanjeev Sharma)1:43
Total length:40:32

Awards

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Raghu Romeo is paisa vasool!". Rediff. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "National Awards Winners 2003: Complete list of winners of National Awards 2003". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ Hindi Cinema Year Book. Screen World Publication. 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. ^ Communication, Compiled & Edited by Research, Reference and Training Division-National Documentation Centre on Mass (2004). Mass Media in India - 2004. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 9788123023380. Retrieved 1 April 2017. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
edit