Operation Romeo (film)

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Operation Romeo
Operation Romeo.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShashant Shah
Written byRateesh Ravi
Arshad Syed
Based on Ishq (2019)
Produced by Shital Bhatia
Neeraj Pandey
Starring
Cinematography Hari Nair
Edited byPraveen Kathikuloth
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Production
companies
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Operation Romeo is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Shashant Shah. [1] It is an official remake of 2019 Malayalam film Ishq . This film is produced by Shital Bhatia and Neeraj Pandey [2] under the banner of Friday Filmworks and Plan C Studios, the film stars Sidhant Gupta and Vedika Pinto. [3] The supporting cast includes Sharad Kelkar, Bhumika Chawla and Kishor Kadam. [4]

Contents

Cast

Production

Development

The film was announced in 2021, a remake of the 2019 Malayalam film Ishq . [6]

Soundtrack

The film's music composed by M. M. Keeravani while lyrics written by Manoj Muntashir. [7] On 5 April 2022, the first song titled 'Abhi Abhi' sung by Neeti Mohan was unveiled. [8] Six days later, the second song 'Tere Bin Jeena Kya' sung by Vishal Mishra and Rupali Jagga was released. [9]

Operation Romeo
Soundtrack album by
Released2022
Recorded2021
Genre film soundtrack
Length12:17
Label Saregama
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg "Abhi Abhi" on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg "Tere Bin Jeena Kya" on YouTube
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg "Yeh Kyun Kiya" on YouTube
Singles from Operation Romeo
  1. "Abhi Abhi"
    Released: 6 April 2022
  2. "Tere Bin Jeena Kya"
    Released: 12 April 2022
  3. "Yeh Kyun Kiya"
    Released: 19 April 2022
Track list
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Abhi Abhi" Neeti Mohan 4:50
2."Tere Bin Jeena Kya" Vishal Mishra, Rupali Jagga4:27
3."Yeh Kyun Kiya" Vishal Mishra 3:00

Marketing

A motion poster of the film featuring the cast was released on 31 March 2022. [10] The film was released on 22 April 2022. [11]

Release

Theatrical

The film was released in theatres on 22 April 2022.

Reception

Critical reception

BH Harsh of Firstpost gave the film a rating of three and a half stars out of five and wrote "Its ability to charter the uncomfortable lanes is its biggest strength which lies in the themes of justice and morality". [12] Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal gave the film a rating of three and a half stars and wrote "New kids on the block, Sidhant and Vedika, are the film's highlight.Sharad Kelkar as a ruthless cop in disguise, delivers an earnest performance". [13] Rachana Dubey of The Times of India gave it two and a half stars out of five and found that "a thriller-love story have been built well but the film eventually takes a completely different turn and it doesn't stitch well at the end." [14] Deepa Gahlot of Rediff.com gave the film two and a half stars out of five and observed, "the film is scarily effective in a 'but for the grace of God's way'," but criticized the performances as disappointing "because it did have something significant to say and chickened out". [15]

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