Roadside Romeo: Movies and Music Review

Roadside Romeo is a computer-animated film, the first one  of its kind in Bollywood. The movie has been written & directed by Jugal Hansraj, who previously acted in hit films including Mohabbatein (2000) & Salaam Namaste (2005). It is his directorial debut and will be looking for the same response as he got from his role in his first Bollywood film, the Naseruddin Shah starrer ‘Masoom’. Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra have produced this film.

Under the coalition of Yash Raj Films (India) and Walt Disney Pictures (US), Roadside Romeo hit the theaters in India & US on October 24, 2008. Voice for the characters in the movie has been given by popular names of Bollywood, which include Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Javed Jaffrey. This is the first time that Kareena & Saif have appeared in an animated production.

Title character of the flick, Roadside Romeo (voiced by Saif Ali Khan), is a dog living in the streets of Mumbai. The movie revolves around his life and how he tries to win the love of Laila (voiced by Kareena Kapoor) fending of challenges thrown at him by Charlie Anna (voiced by Javed Jaffrey), who also loves her, and his men. Roadside Romeo has utilized the state-of-the-art animation technology. It has been produced entirely in India and features music, romance, songs and dance number similar to other projects from Yash Raj Films.

Compositions of Salim Sulaiman (Music) and Jaideep Sahni (Lyrics) are good and have received good reviews from everyone. The success of this 95-minute animated flick, which has been made on a budget of $7 million, is going to spring in high hopes amongst other directors, who are looking to come up with animated ventures in Bollywood. Jugal Hansraj is also keeping his fingers crossed with the performance of this movie in its first weekend, as it has been released during the ‘Diwali’ festival in India.

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Casts : Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Javed Jaffrey

Producer : Aditya Chopra

Director : Jugal Hansraj

Singers : Kunal Ganjawala, K K, Sunidhi Chauhan, Saif Ali Khan, Sudesh Bhosle, Naresh Kamat.