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 by | Rajat Kapoor |
| Written by | Rajat Kapoor Saurabh Shukla |
| Produced by | Naseeruddin Shah Narayan Hosmane |
| Starring | Vijay Raaz Nishikant Dixit Sadiya Siddiqui Maria Goretti Saurabh Shukla |
| Cinematography | Rafey Mehmood |
| Edited by | Suresh Pai |
| Music by | Pritam |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
editRaghu 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- Vijay Raaz as Raghu
- Sadiya Siddiqui as Sweety
- Saurabh Shukla as Mario
- Maria Goretti as Reshma / Neetaji
- Manu Rishi as Zahid
- Veerendra Saxena as Yadav
- Vijay Patkar as Hari
- Surekha Sikri as Mother
- Ikhlaq Khan as Vermaji
- Anjali Nadig as Mother in law
- Neha Sharma as Sister in law
- Dhruv Singh as Brother in law
- Ayesha Raza as News reader
Music
edit| Raghu Romeo | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 18 June 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Mumbai | |||
| Studio | Trinity Spectral Harmony Junk and Genius Joshua | |||
| Genre | Filmi | |||
| Length | 40:32 | |||
| Label | Crescendo | |||
| Pritam chronology | ||||
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All tracks are written by Pritam
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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- 2004 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (Silver Lotus Award)[3]
- 2003 Best feature film - MAMI International film festival[4]
References
edit- ^ "Raghu Romeo is paisa vasool!". Rediff. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "National Awards Winners 2003: Complete list of winners of National Awards 2003". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Hindi Cinema Year Book. Screen World Publication. 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ 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.
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