Raghu Romeo

Raghu Romeo is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language black comedy 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.

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