Saturday, November 1, 2008

Roadside Romeo - New Bollywood film

Made under Big Banner of Yash Raj Films Roadside Romeo is another animated film in bollywood. Yash Raj Banner had a great expectation from this film but the film has nothing much to offer. It does not have any thing new in it. The film has a story of 1980รข€™s. There is a hero a heroine and a villain.The story revolves around Romeo-a rich dog who leads a life of complete style. He was a complete dude. He had the works - a mansion to live in, chicks to party with and the cars to be driven around in, until one day, the family he was the favourite 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 stray dogs, which scare the living daylights out of him. Soon, he smooth talks his way into their hearts and becomes friends with them. Then, Romeo finds love! He encounters the beautiful, ravishing Laila, the most beautiful female dog he has ever seen... and he loses his heart to her at first sight! Laila and Romeo are in love. To win her love, Laila tells Romeo that he has to dance with her in front of everyone at the Moonlight Club where she performs. Romeo is game. After all, this is such a silly request. But he then realizes it's not as easy as it seems because Charlie secretly desires Laila and anyone who even dares go near her is dealt with severely. But Romeo braves the odds and dances with Laila to win her heart. Love blossoms.And finally, he encounters a villain! The dreaded Don of the area - Charlie Anna! The Don who everyone is scared of. Romeo is terrorized; he promises Charlie that he will win Laila for him.Romeo does not intend to lose Laila but has plans for deflating Charlie's ego. He is caught two-timing by Charlie's chamcha and all hell breaks loose. In the end, however, love triumphs. There's a scene where Romeo shows off his left hand with Laila's names tattooed on it and another, straight out from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, the famous train shot. The voice-overs are perfect. Saif [Romeo] and Kareena [Laila] were the right choices for the lead players. Tanaaz Currim [cat] and Sanjay Mishra [the villain's sidekick] stand out as well. On the whole Roadside Romeo is good for kids. The animation used in this film is great but the script and story is very weak. The screenplay doesn't tread on same tempo and that stops our Romeo hitting bull's eyes.

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