Romeo vs Juliet

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Romeo vs Juliet
Romeo vs Juliet.jpg
Directed by
Written by
  • Sudipto Sarkar
  • Pele Bhattacharya
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyYuvraj
Edited by
  • Sudipto Sarkar
  • M. Susmit
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) [1]
CountryUK
Language Bengali
Budget3 crore (equivalent to 4.5 croreorUS$530,000 in 2023)
Box office7 crore (equivalent to 11 croreorUS$1.2 million in 2023)

Romeo vs Juliet is a 2015 Indo-Bangladesh joint production romantic comedy film directed by Ashok Pati. The cast includes Indian actors Ankush Hazra, Joey Debroy and Bangladeshi actress Mahiya Mahi. It is produced by OF Ltd Productions. [2] [3] The film was released on 16 January 2015. [1] [4]

Contents

It is a remake of the 2013 Indian Punjabi-language film Singh vs Kaur .

Cast

Soundtrack

Romeo vs Juliet
Soundtrack album by
Released25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)
Recorded2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length20:10
Language Bengali
Label
Producer
Savvy Gupta chronology
Yoddha: The Warrior
(2014)
Romeo vs Juliet
(2014)
Ekla Cholo
(2015)
Akassh Sen chronology
Action
(2014)
Romeo vs Juliet
(2015)

The soundtrack of the film was scored by Savvy Gupta and Akassh Sen.

TrackSongSinger(s)DurationMusicLyricist
1."Bekheyali Mone" Shadaab Hashmi 4:35 Savvy Riddhi Barua/Savvy
2."Mai Tera Romeo Tu Meri Juliet (Title Track)"Akassh3:16AkasshPriyo Chattopadhyay
3."Mahiya Mahiya" Arindom Chatterjee 3:48SavvySavvy
4."Sohag Chand Badoni"Akassh3:33AkasshPriyo Chattopadhyay
5."Saiyaan" Zubeen Garg, Akriti Kakkar 4:59SavvyPrasen

Reception

A review in The Times of India gave Romeo vs Juliet one star out of five. It praised the beauty of the London locations, but criticized the absurd plot and a cast that "performs like they are part of an open-air jatra performance". [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Romeo vs Juliet to hit cinemas on January 16". Dhaka Tribune. 12 January 2015.
  2. রোমিও ভার্সেস জুলিয়েট [Romeo vs. Juliet]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. "Romeo Vs Juliet". The Times of India. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ১৬ জানুয়ারি ‘রোমিও ভার্সেস জুলিয়েট’ [16 January Romeo vs. Juliet]. Banglanews24.com. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. "Romeo Vs Juliet Movie Review {1/5}: Critic Review of Romeo Vs Juliet by Times of India". The Times of India. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2019.