Roadside Romeo (2008-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Roadside Romeo Movie Details :

Roadside Romeo is a 2008 3D Indian-American computer animated romantic musical comedy family Movie writter/directer Jugal Hansraj and producer Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films and distributor are Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in United States, United Kingdom and India. The film follows a dog living in Mumbai, as voiced by Saif Ali Khan, and his girlfriend, Laila, voiced by Kareena Kapoor. This was the first voice-over in an animated production for both actors.

It was released on 24 October 2008 in the United States and India. An Arabic dub was released in Kuwait on a day earlier. This was the second Bollywood film to receive a North American release by a Hollywood studio, following Sony Pictures’ Saawariya (2007). The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with most of the criticism focused on the film’s script, predictable plot, Hansraj’s direction and overuse of cliches.

• Directer : Jugal Hansraj
• Producer : Aditya Chopra
• Writter : Jugal Hansraj
• Starring : Saif Ali Khan,Kareena Kapoor,Javed Jaaferi,Vrajesh Hirjee,Sanjai Mishra
• Music : Salim-Sulaiman
• Cinematography : Anshul Chobey
• Editer : Arif Ahmed
• Casting : Corbin Bronson,Jen Rudin
• Assistant Director : Samar Shaikh,Vicky Vijay
• Art Department : Sunil Dutta,Samar Shaikh
• Sound Department : Sayed Aslam,Ganesh Gangadharan,Rashid Khan,Rahul Kunkerkar,Yadav Manoj
• Special Effects : Tata Elxsi,Pankaj Khandpur,Muralitharan
• Visual Effects : Savlaram Adhav,Vishal Anand,Vijay Bharadwaj,Sherry Bharda
• Animation Department : Ratn Anoop,Arun Kumar Boyidapu,Abhishek Chandra,Debarshi
• Production company : Walt Disney Pictures,Yash Raj Films,Disney World Cinema
• Distributer : Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Genres : Animation,Adventure,Comedy,Family,Fantasy,Romance
• Release date : 24 October 2008
• Running time : 93 minutes
• Country : India,United States
• Language : Hindi

Star Cast of The Film :

• Saif Ali Khan as a Romeo (voice)
• Kareena Kapoor as a Laila (voice)
• Javed Jaffrey as a Charlie Anna (voice) (as Jaaved Jaaferi)
• Vrajesh Hirjee as a Guru (voice)
• Tanaaz Currim Irani as a Mini (voice) (as Tannaz Irani)
• Suresh Menon as a Interval (voice) (as Suresh N. Menon)
• Kiku Sharda as a Hero English (voice)
• Sanjay Mishra as a Chhainu (voice)
• Baker Bloodworth as a Charlie Anna (voice)
• Rupert Degas as a Chhainu (voice)
• Jordan Del Spina as a Liyis (voice)
• Grant George as a Interval (voice)
• Richard Kind as a Guru (voice)
• Vicki Lewis as a Mini (voice)
• Eric Lopez as a Mohammed (voice)
• Marcelo Tubert as a Hero English (voice)

Story of The Film :

This is the story of Romeo. A dude who was living the life. He had the works – the mansion to live in, the chicks to party with and the cars to be driven around in. Until one day, the family he was the favorite pet of, decided to move and left him back, abandoned on the mean streets of Mumbai. Romeo is now faced with situations he has never been in before. He encounters four strays, who scare the daylights out of him. But soon, he smooth talks his way into their hearts and he makes friends. Then, Romeo finds love! He encounters the beautiful, ravishing Laila, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen – and he loses his heart to her at first sight. Finally, he encounters a villain! The dreaded Don of the area – Charlie Anna. The Don who everyone is scared of. So hop on to the adventure as Romeo, wins friendship, love and a new life – inspite of Charlie Anna and his gang! Watch how Romeo turns into – Roadside Romeo! This Diwali – Get ready for a barking good time!!

Production :

As a fan of animation, Jugal Hansraj teamed up with Aditya Chopra to write their first cartoon. Nothing came of the collaboration, the writer/director recalls, “till this one day, I was waiting at the traffic signal and saw these dogs playing in the dirt… un-cared for, scruffy looking gang, totally mast in a garbage pile, and I instantly knew the characters of my story.” The alliance by producer Yash Chopra and Disney chairman Dick Cook is a first in the field of animation.This also is the first mainstream CGI feature film to come out of India. Visual Computing Labs (VCL), a division of Tata Elxsi Ltd., another computer animation studio, similar to Walt Disney Animation Studios, was involved with everything from visual conceptualisation, character design to animation and final output.

Production commenced in January 2007, continuing for two and a half years and involved 150 crew members; twenty-one months were spent on the animation.It also benefited from the use of Tata Elxsi’s EKA, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers.Though the company did not publicly release the film’s budget,Britain’s Guardian reported it to be about US$7 million.The first trailer, shown on 12 October 2007 with the release of the film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag,shows the film’s crew holding an audition for Romeo; another trailer was later shown with Laila’s audition . Though the release was originally scheduled for the summer of 2008, the release was put off to Diwali.The costumes for the lead characters were made at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida for the film’s Indian promotion.

Yash Raj Films worked with Hot Muggs for producing licensed merchandise for the film. Hot Muggs integrated an inaugural concept of incorporating one-liners from the movie like “Tension Not,” “Stay Cool” and “I’m Good Na” on coffee mugs.Though many Bollywood actors promoted the film, the two main stars of Romeo, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan did not do much promotion. Kapoor told the producers she would be busy promoting her other Diwali release, Golmaal Returns. Khan simply made himself inaccessible.

The film’s official website was shown on 16 October 2008.

Roadside Romeo Movie Songs / Music :

The film’s soundtrack was released on 1 October 2008 by director Jugal Hansraj and actor Jaaved Jaffrey at The Club in Andheri, Mumbai.The music was composed by Salim-Sulaiman, and lyrics have been penned by Jaideep Sahni. Joginder Tuteja from indiaFM gave the film’s soundtrack 2 out of 5 stars and noted, “The songs in themselves are no great shakes and, except for a track or two, the remaining just passes muster. The Delayed release of the album would take a further toll on the sales of Roadside Romeo. Overall, Roadside Romeo is a barely an okay album where one’s hope only rests on the state of art animation (as promised by the makers).”

• “Main Hoon Romeo” -mKunal Ganjawala
• “Chhoo Le Na” – Sunidhi Chauhan, KK & Sudesh Bhonsle
• “Cool Cool” – Saif Ali Khan, Jaaved Jaffrey, Marianne D’Cruz & Naresh Kamath
• “So Right” – Kunal Ganjawala & Gayatri Iyer
• “Apni Dumm Bhi Oonchi Ho” – Anushka Manchanda, Earl Edgar, Jugal Hansraj, Kunal Ganjawala & Salim Merchant
• “Rooftop Romance” –
• “Main Hoon Romeo” (Roadside Remix) – Kunal Ganjawala
• “Chhoo Le Na” (Moonlight Club Mix) – Sunidhi Chauhan, KK & Sudesh Bhonsle

“Chhoo Le Na” Full Video Song :

• Song : Chhoo Le Na
• Singer : Sunidhi Chauhan, KK & Sudesh Bhonsle
• Music Composer : Salim-Sulaiman
• Lyrics : Jaideep Sahni. Joginder Tuteja

“Cool Cool” Full Video Song :

• Song : Cool Cool
• Singer : Saif Ali Khan, Jaaved Jaffrey, Marianne D’Cruz & Naresh Kamath
• Music Composer : Salim-Sulaiman
• Lyrics : Jaideep Sahni. Joginder Tuteja

Roadside Romeo Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, and the IMDB Public Reviewing site give 5.2 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 1295.

This is a mediocre attempt at an Indian CGI animated film. It’s the same old hackneyed storyline of a typical Bollywood romance with the characters all dogs. There is little evidence of any further imagination on display. The constant references to Yashraj films annoy. The voice work is unremarkable and both Kareena and Saif seem to be essentially reprising their well known off-screen personae. Only Javed Jaffrey leaves an impression as the villain Charlie Anna.

One plus point- the animation quality. While not even close to international standards, it’s leagues ahead of anything previously made in India.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 2 star out of 5 Star.

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