Raghu Romeo is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Rajat Kapoor, starring Vijay Raaz, Sadiya Siddiqui, Maria Goretti, Manu Rishi and Saurabh Shukla. 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.
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Plot
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
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
Awards
2004 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (Silver Lotus Award)
2003 Best feature film - MAMI International film festival