Jul 31, 2009 10:19 AM
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Roadside Romeo is no ordinary film in today’s Indian cinema. Perhaps Bollywood’s first fully animated film built on pure fiction (you see Hanuman may not necessarily be pure fiction), Roadside Romeo rocks with every dog, cat, municipal van, train, steamer boat and what not!
Animation is absolutely neat by Indian standards. Considering the small budgets we work on (compared to international industry standards), I’d say its fantastic.
Voiceovers provided by Saif and Kareena are alright considering they’re the usual hero and heroine who fall in love. What scores very heavily in favour of the movie is Charlie Anna’s characterization. He plays the villain and a very daaaangerous one, mind it! Jaaved Jaaferi’s voice brings life to Charlie beyond the script. You can’t help laughing each time Charlie Anna comes into the frame.
The plot is pretty ordinary. Dog meets b***h (MS doesn’t allow the real word), falls in love but she has a mafia boss trying to woo her. We’ve seen it many a times…..predictable and boring. What makes Roadside Romeo special is the treatment to the film in 3 departments primarily.
Charactertisation is fantastic in case of Charlie Anna and Romeo. Both are wonderfully dissimilar and have their own special style. The cool, sexy, stylish Romeo pitted versus the rough, ugly, paunchy Charlie……..works wonders.
Dialogues I felt were incredible. Quite a bit are lifts from hindi films over the years, but they’ve been inserted at the perfect spot in the narrative which makes it a laugh riot.
