''Romantic'' is a 2021 Indian

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-language

romantic film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through d ...

directed by Anil Paduri. It is written by

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who co-produced the film with

Charmme Kaur Charmy Kaur, also spelt as Charmme or Charmi (born 17 May 1987), is an Indian film producer and former actress. She is well known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema, as well as few Tamil cinema, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi fi ...

under Puri Connects. The film stars Akash Puri, debutante

Ketika Sharma Ketika Sharma (born 24 December 1995) is an Indian film actress who appears in Telugu films. She is known for '' Romantic'' (2021) and '' Ranga Ranga Vaibhavanga'' (2022) as well as for '' Bro'' (2023), which is her highest grossing release. E ...

and

Ramya Krishna Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna, is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Telugu and Tamil films, along with appearances in Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. Early life Ramya was born ...

. The film was released theatrically on 29 October 2021.

Plot

Vasco da Gama, son of a police officer, is a street smart ruffian who chooses crime to earn a fortune and fulfill his grandma Mary’s dream after witnessing his parents' death. He and his childhood friend Annie join

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’s most notorious mafia druglord Rodrigues’ gang. Within no time, Vasco becomes a kingpin in the Goa underworld. Vasco falls for the charms and ‘back’ beauty of a young musician named Monica. This soon turns into a passionate affair. After a failed drug deal, Vasco kills Rodrigues and proclaims himself as the new mafia king of Goa. In the process, he kills an SI and that’s when a dutiful and ruthless ACP Ramya Gowarikar is transferred from Mumbai to Goa to nab Vasco. At the same time Samsun a rival of Rodrigues wants his drugs containers worths crores steels by Vasco and his gang tries to nab him off. After a Cat and Mouse game ensues between the 3 groups finally Vasco achieves his grand mother dream for building a new homes for his community, later he kills Samsun but in the final battle with Ramya he was finally shot dead by her and confess that he Respects her a lot because she was like his father who is very sincere and dies in the arms of Mary. After watching his death Monica shot her self to death just like that. Before dying they hug each other and do a spinning move and shoot at police but they are finally shot by Ramya. Finally film ends that Ramya realises that the Vasco and Monica did not realise they were in love and thinks they are having an affair and dies for it and sadly declares the drug mafia ends in Goa.

Cast

Akash Puri Akash Puri is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He started his career in 2008 as a child actor in the films ''Chirutha'', ''Bujjigadu'', ''Ek Niranjan'', '' The Lotus Pond'', ''Businessman'', ''Dhoni'' and '' Gabbar Singh''. Puri debu ...

as Vasco De Gama *

as Monica (Voice dubbed by

Chinmayi Sripada Chinmayi Sripada (born 10 September 1984), known mononymously as Chinmayi, is an Indian singer and voice actress. Chinmayi Sripada is one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers in South India, noted for her wide vocal range and vers ...

) *

as Ramya Gowarikar *

Rama Prabha Rama Prabha is an Indian actress who performs in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She has acted in more than 1,400 films and is credited as a character artist who shared screen space with superstars across most generations of South Indian Cin ...

as Mary *

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as Samsun *

Uttej Uttej is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu films. He won the Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for the film ''Chandamama'' (2007). Personal life Uttej was born and brought up in Nalgonda district. He is the nephew of no ...

as John, Monica's brother * Sunaina as Catherine, John's wife and Monica's sister-in-law * Deviyani Sharma as Annie, Vasco's best friend and trusted aid; daughter of a cop and lost her parents like Vasco. * Bharath Reddy as Sub-Inspector Alexander, Vasco's father *

(cameo appearance in the song "Peene Ke Baad") *

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(cameo appearance in the song "Peene Ke Baad")

Music

Release

The film was initially scheduled for a theatrical release on 29 May 2020 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 March 2021, new release date was announced as 18 June 2021. Later, it was postponed to 4 November 2021. Later, it was rescheduled to 29 October 2021.

Reception

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'' critic Neeshitha Nyayapati called it " Puri's

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version of ''

Romeo & Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

''," rating the film 3 stars of 5. In her review for ''

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'', Y. Sunita Chowdhary felt ''Romantic'' was "voyeuristic drama at best." Murali Krishna CH of ''

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'' criticized the writing, calling it an "assault on our senses."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 9760426 2020s Telugu-language films Indian romantic action films Indian gangster films 2021 romantic drama films 2021 films