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25 reviewers have given Roadside Romeo an average rating of 3.3/5.0 (?)
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So-So by noyon jyoti parasara, AOL INDIA ...The writer in Jugal Hansraj fails to create a distinct identity of the smaller characters.... full review
So-So by Aparajita Ghosh, Apun Ka Choice ...The only thing that dogs Roadside Romeo is a script ridden with uninteresting clichés from popular romantic movies.... full review
Thumbs down by Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express ...Nice voice talent (Sanjay Mishra is a hoot as the villain’s sidekick) and fairly detailed animation... full review
Thumbs up by roshni mulchandani, Bolly Spice ...Hansraj has a winner with the children on his hands.... full review
Thumbs up by Sanjay Ram, Business of Cinema ...Roadside Romeo is ultimately a movie that has stemmed from the land of masala films, so expecting anything different is sheer blasphemy.... full review
Thumbs up by Aditya Mehta, Buzz18 ...No one person from the cast can be pulled up here, everyone has delivered a splendid performance!... full review
Thumbs up by Angel Rani, Deccan Herald ...Roadside Romeo has bollywood written all over it Roadside Romeo has bollywood written allover it, with the dogs occasionally doing a Shah Rukh or a Salman or a Sanjay Dutt Roadside Romeo has Bollywood written all over it, with the dogs occasionally doing a Shah Rukh or a Salman or a Sanjay Dutt.... full review
Thumbs up by Bollywood, eTalkIndia ...Roadside Romeo is not a disappointment but a pleasure to watch an animation movie which looks full of effort and time.... full review
Thumbs up by Shubhra Gupta, Express India ...The alacrity with which the characters break into song-and-dance shows that Disney or no Disney, Bollywood rules.... full review
So-So by Samrat Sharma, fullhyd.com ...The art is gorgeous, and the animation is very solid (I don't think I quite warmed up to the pooch design, but that is personal taste). But the soul of a good film is missing.... full review
Thumbs up by Martin D'souza, Glamsham.com ...The story is simple, but the characterisation is elaborate, with due pains taken to suit the voice of the animals to different actors.... full review
So-So by Anand Singh, Hindustan Times ...Why take a worn-out Bollywood 'love triangle' plot and throw it on an animated film,... full review
Thumbs down by Masand, IBN Live ...Roadside Romeo is too busy, too crowded with Hindi-movie clichés and repeated flogging of moments from previous Yash Raj-hits to be even half-likeable.... full review
Thumbs down by Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM ...The dialogues by Charlie Anna, the villain who speaks in a South Indian accent, are difficult to decipher and comprehend... full review
Thumbs up by Gaurav Malani, indiatimes ...For Gods sake the genre has finally overcome mythological boundaries and the animation has upgraded over the Amar Chitra Katha variety.... full review
Thumbs up by Harshita Kohli, indya.com ...The voices behind the characters because they truly are the reason why the film will work. Saif Ali Khan fits Romeo’s character to the hilt. He does a great job... full review
Thumbs up by Aneesh, Intermission, The Bookeazy Blog ...Animation is absolutely neat by Indian standards. Considering the small budgets we work on (compared to international industry standards), I’d say its fantastic.... full review
Thumbs up Movie Talkies ...Debutant director, Jugal Hansraj manages to finally make it, at least as a director.... full review
So-So by Anupama Chopra, NDTV ...Instead of letting his imagination soar, debutant director Jugal Hansraj, who also wrote the film, remains firmly grounded in the conventions of Bollywood.... full review
Thumbs down by Subhash K Jha, Now Running.com ...This has got to be the most urbane and coolest take on the rites and wrongs of that thing called love.... full review
Thumbs up by Goher Iqbal Punn, Radio Sargam ...The actor turned director Jugal Hansraj does brilliant with the direction but lacks in the script, which is the big flaw of the movie.... full review
Thumbs down by Raja Sen, Rediff ...The animation is spiffy, the sidekicks are more endearing than the protagonists, and absolutely everything is looked at through Bollywood-tinted sunglasses.... full review
Thumbs up by Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies ...Charlie Anna is a riot – he speaks in exaggerated South Indian accented Hindi and English... full review
So-So by Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India ...The story is completely predictable, as is the narration about an English-speaking dog, Romeo (Saif)... full review
Roadside Romeo - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Website
- Producer: Aditya Chopra
- Director: Jugal Hansraj
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- Lead Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Jaaved Jaaferi
- Supporting Cast: Vrajesh Hirjee, Tanaaz Irani
- Story: Jugal Hansraj
- Screenplay: Jugal Hansraj
- Dialogues: Jugal Hansraj
- Cinematography: Anshul Chobey
- Editor: Arif Ahmed
- Choreography: Rajeev Goswami, Mini Johnny, Deepak Singh
- Music Director: Sulaiman Merchant, Salim Merchant
- Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
- Running time: 90 minutes
- Reviewer: meetu
- Categories: Hindi Movies
- Genres: Animation
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Comments (25)
kareena gets to play a bitch so soon after tashan? at this rate she ll get typecasted as a bitch pretty soon..looks like ill be catching heroes this weekend..seems to be the lesser of the two devils
You r correct meetu..shame on movies like roadside romeo..wat they are trying to make out of small kids,i dont understand,.
when we were kids our parents used to tell stories of SHRAVAN KUMAR, LORD RAM, All which were so influencial.Now we are creating stories like Roadside Romeo.for kids,so that they could learn "how to woo a gal/guy"....GR8 GOING isnt it?
i cant understand how irresponsible people r making such movies for "kids".
Character building of a child is 90% environment and 10% genes.and we all are participating some how in polluting this environment.
hoPe we clear some pollution by criticising this romeo
Prashant, no offends but i guess what reviewer meant was that... if it's a movie targeted at children then... do it faithfully(for the lack of better word).
and kids movie is not always mythological(I've no problem with mythological if they are well made), they can deal plausibly with the relevant issues like elephant(based on columbine high school massacre).
and let the children form their views please don't taboo sex(learning to woo a gal/guy is not such a bad thing either, stop demonizing it.), even they can be in kids movie, needless to say that it has to be dealt sensitively.(This is personal suggestion... cause prashant's statement that movies other than mythological are polluting child's mind is alarming...)
Hey Sudhir, you still around? I thought you had stopped visiting wogma :)
Prashant and Dattaprasad, mythological or 'woo a gal' - it has to be well-made. It is done with so much crass (and unfortunately no different from other such Hindi movies) that i wouldn't want my kids to watch it, just like i don't like the violence in power rangers but that in tom and jerry is alright.
Exactly that's the point, Any Movie which is well made is always welcome.
Roadside Romeo wasn't well made, I also felt animation was awkward and didn't really do a good job of combining human and dog traits.I appreciate the visuals though.(visuals not to be confused with animation)
Dattaprasad, it'll be nice if you can explain what you mean by visuals versus animation.
Before I begin to explain, Let me get these facts straight:
1.I haven't seen Roadside Romeo movie, I've seen all of their trailers though.
2.All of my comments are based solely on trailers .(Believe it or not, their approach to animation of the character in first teaser itself reveals that it would be a shabbily made movie.No, it's not a fluke.)
3.I must confess that I said visuals for the lack of better word(whatever is the word for when movie looks good but just doesn't suit or contribute to the style in which movie was made, refer previous yashraj films).So I'm prone to few blunders.
Now that I've got these things off my chest, let me continue to explain visuals v/s animation.
Animation deals more with the movement(of anything, let's restrict ourselves to characters for present discussion) and visuals deal more with look of the movie.
movement is influenced(and influences) by many things design of characters, design of environment, voice actors, quirks of species, narrative, anatomy etc.,
To be Continued....(I'm finding myself short of words and examples, as soon as I find more convincing way to put what i feel across, I'll resume)
It seems that I've found the example rather quickly , my apologies in advance for I'm going to recommend a movie which is really pathetic...
There's a movie called "Meet the Spartans", now there's a sequence when leonidas starts to behave like a video game character.
Now his movement corresponds to animation of a videogame character.
and look of the movie corresponds to 300.
I guess this would distinguish animation v/s visual satisfactorily...
Well it's clearly a mismatch of visuals and animation(intentionally for humour), so is roadside romeo (unfortunately it was done unintentionally)
I recommend "Horton hears a Who" to learn how it's done by masters of the game...
hmmm, thanks Dattaprasad. Will certainly add to my experience in watching animated movies henceforth.
kareena gets to play a bitch so soon after tashan? at this rate she ll get typecasted as a bitch pretty soon..looks like ill be catching heroes this weekend..seems to be the lesser of the two devils
You r correct meetu..shame on movies like roadside romeo..wat they are trying to make out of small kids,i dont understand,. when we were kids our parents used to tell stories of SHRAVAN KUMAR, LORD RAM, All which were so influencial.Now we are creating stories like Roadside Romeo.for kids,so that they could learn “how to woo a gal/guy”….GR8 GOING isnt it? i cant understand how irresponsible people r making such movies for “kids”. Character building of a child is 90% environment and 10% genes.and we all are participating some how in polluting this environment. hoPe we clear some pollution by criticising this romeo
Prashant, no offends but i guess what reviewer meant was that… if it’s a movie targeted at children then… do it faithfully(for the lack of better word). and kids movie is not always mythological(I’ve no problem with mythological if they are well made), they can deal plausibly with the relevant issues like elephant(based on columbine high school massacre). and let the children form their views please don’t taboo sex(learning to woo a gal/guy is not such a bad thing either, stop demonizing it.), even they can be in kids movie, needless to say that it has to be dealt sensitively.(This is personal suggestion… cause prashant’s statement that movies other than mythological are polluting child’s mind is alarming…)
Hey Sudhir, you still around? I thought you had stopped visiting wogma :) Prashant and Dattaprasad, mythological or ‘woo a gal’ - it has to be well-made. It is done with so much crass (and unfortunately no different from other such Hindi movies) that i wouldn’t want my kids to watch it, just like i don’t like the violence in power rangers but that in tom and jerry is alright.
Exactly that’s the point, Any Movie which is well made is always welcome.
Roadside Romeo wasn’t well made, I also felt animation was awkward and didn’t really do a good job of combining human and dog traits.I appreciate the visuals though.(visuals not to be confused with animation)
Dattaprasad, it’ll be nice if you can explain what you mean by visuals versus animation.
Before I begin to explain, Let me get these facts straight: 1.I haven’t seen Roadside Romeo movie, I’ve seen all of their trailers though. 2.All of my comments are based solely on trailers .(Believe it or not, their approach to animation of the character in first teaser itself reveals that it would be a shabbily made movie.No, it’s not a fluke.) 3.I must confess that I said visuals for the lack of better word(whatever is the word for when movie looks good but just doesn’t suit or contribute to the style in which movie was made, refer previous yashraj films).So I’m prone to few blunders. Now that I’ve got these things off my chest, let me continue to explain visuals v/s animation.
Animation deals more with the movement(of anything, let’s restrict ourselves to characters for present discussion) and visuals deal more with look of the movie. movement is influenced(and influences) by many things design of characters, design of environment, voice actors, quirks of species, narrative, anatomy etc., To be Continued….(I’m finding myself short of words and examples, as soon as I find more convincing way to put what i feel across, I’ll resume)
It seems that I’ve found the example rather quickly , my apologies in advance for I’m going to recommend a movie which is really pathetic… There’s a movie called “Meet the Spartans”, now there’s a sequence when leonidas starts to behave like a video game character. Now his movement corresponds to animation of a videogame character. and look of the movie corresponds to 300. I guess this would distinguish animation v/s visual satisfactorily… Well it’s clearly a mismatch of visuals and animation(intentionally for humour), so is roadside romeo (unfortunately it was done unintentionally)
I recommend “Horton hears a Who” to learn how it’s done by masters of the game…
hmmm, thanks Dattaprasad. Will certainly add to my experience in watching animated movies henceforth.
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