''Raghu Romeo'' is a 2004 Indian

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-language

black comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to disc ...

film directed by

Rajat Kapoor Rajat Kapoor (born 11 February 1961) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and playwright who works in Hindi cinema. Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. He mainly focused on acting at first. In 2013 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi, later mov ...

, starring

Vijay Raaz Vijay Raaz (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian actor, film director and narrator, who predominantly appears in Hindi films. He debuted with ''Bhopal Express'' (1999) and since worked in more than 90 films. His breakthrough came when he played the ...

Sadiya Siddiqui Sadiya Siddiqui is an Indian film and television actress who rose to fame playing the role of Priya on the Zee Tv show '' Banegi Apni Baat''. She is also known for playing Nanda in Star Plus's ''Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji''. She won an ITA A ...

, Maria Goretti,

Manu Rishi Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award, 2009 for '' O ...

and

Saurabh Shukla Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Hindi and a few Tamil and Telugu films. He is famous for his roles in ''Satya'' (1998), '' Nayak: The Real Hero'' (2001), '' Yuva'' (2004), ''L ...

. 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 The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

Plot

Raghu Romeo (

) 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 (

), 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

as Raghu *

as Sweety *

as Mario * Maria Goretti as Reshma / Neetaji *

as Zahid * Veerendra Saxena as Yadav *

Vijay Patkar Vijay Patkar (born 29 May 1961) is an Indian theatre, television, Marathi film and Bollywood actor. He is best known for his comic roles in films like ''Tezaab'', ''Apna Sapna Money Money'', ''Golmaal 3'', '' Tees Maar Khan'', '' Daddy Cool'', ...

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 Ayesha Raza Mishra (born 26 September 1977) is an Indian actress. Career Ayesha Raza Mishra began her career working in theatre, advertisements, and television shows. She went on to portray motherly roles in several films including Madaari, ...

as News reader

Music

Awards

* 2004

(Silver Lotus Award) * 2003 Best feature film - MAMI International film festival

References

External links

Raghu Romeo the unusual film
* {{Authority control 2003 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2003 comedy films Films featuring songs by Pritam Best Hindi Feature Film National Film Award winners National Film Development Corporation of India films