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Romeo
Romeo
Soundtrack album by Jeet Gannguli
Released	4 November 2011
Recorded	Purple Haze & Purple Rain Studios
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Bengali
Label	SVF
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Singles from Romeo
	"Mala Re"; Released: 15 Oct 2011; "Lady Killer Romeo"; Released: 16 Oct 2011; "Ghumghum Ei Chokhe"; Released: 21 Oct 2011; "Mon Toke Dilam"; Released: 27 Oct 2011; "Eta Ki Bhul"; Released: 1 Nov 2011; "Jaye Pakhi Urey"; Released: 5 Nov 2011;

Romeo
Romeo
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sujit Mondal
Produced by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Written by	N. K. Salil <br> Kishore Kumar Pardasani
Starring	Dev<br>Subhashree<br>Sabyasachi Chakrabarty<br>Laboni Sarkar<br> Partha Sarathi Deb<br>Kaushik Banerjee
Music by	Jeet Gannguli
Cinematography	Kumud Verma
Edited by	Rabi Ranjan Moitra
Production; company	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date	4 November 2011;
Running time	156:05 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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Romeo is a 2011 Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Sujit Mondal. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, it stars Dev and Subhashree in lead roles.<ref>"Romeo (2011) | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 26 June 2024.</ref> It is the third film where Dev and Subhashree worked together after Challenge and Paran Jai Jaliya Re. The film was released on 4 November 2011 to mixed reviews.<ref>"Content-driven Bengali films surprise 2011". News18. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2025.</ref> It is an official remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam.<ref>"Subhashree is my Juliet: Dev". Times of India. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2025.</ref>

Plot

This story is set in the backdrop of a village where Pooja grows under the shade of her doting father Chatterjee who takes care of everything for her and she is equally attached to him. She comes to Kolkata for her further studies and stays at her uncle Dibakar's house. There, her cousin Swati has a group of friends and one among them is the happy and playful Siddhartha alias Siddhu.

Siddhu is a big Casanova among girls and though he always has a smile on his face, there is a sad past as his mother Nandini is living separately from his father Aviraj Roy. Both of Siddhu's parents had a love marriage. Eventually, both Siddhu and Pooja fall in love and the time comes for Siddhu to ask for Pooja's hand in marriage. Mr. Chatterjee says that if Siddhu can unite his parents and get them together, he would be willing to accept the proposal.

From then on start the efforts and trials of both Siddhu and Pooja to get Aviraj and Nandini together. One night, when Aviraj is driving Siddhu to his mother's home, they talk about when his parents separated. His father understands his feelings and what he's trying to say, and his father answers "that he couldn't have done anything, his mother just left him." To this Siddhu answers, "No, you should have gone after her. You should have never let her go." Even after this talk with Aviraj, Pooja and Siddhu have many failures, but eventually Siddhu reunites his parents and Pooja's father, Chatterjee, also unites the other lovers, Pooja and Siddhu.

Cast

Dev as Siddharth Roy
Subhashree as Pooja Chatterjee
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Aviraj Roy
Laboni Sarkar as Nandini Roy
Biswajit Chakraborty as Dibakar (special appearance)
Kaushik Banerjee as Mr. Chatterjee, Pooja's father
Parthasarathi Chakraborty as Ratan, Sidhu's friend

Production

Four of the songs in the film were shot across different locations in Africa. Although the director initially decided to shoot in London, the shooting spot was later changed as London would look similar to already seen places like Italy or Venice. Finally, two of the songs were shot in Sun City and Cape Town in South Africa and two others in Namibia.<ref>"Dev, Subhashree to romance in South Africa". Times of India. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2025.</ref> The song "Lady Killer Romeo" was made on a budget of ₹50 lakhs and it was the most expensive Bengali movie song at its time.<ref>"Romeo blows lakhs on a song". Times of India. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2025.</ref>

Soundtrack

The music of the film has been composed by Jeet Gannguli.<ref>"Singing their own tunes". The Times of India. 11 January 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.</ref> The lyrics has been written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Chandrani Gannguli and Prasen.<ref>"Romeo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Original] - EP". Apple Music. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2025.</ref>

No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Lady Killer Romeo"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Jeet Gannguli, Akriti Kakkar	3:50
2.	"Eta Ki Bhul"	Prasen	Shaan, Monali Thakur	4:47
3.	"Mala Re"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Jeet Gannguli	4:29
4.	"Ghumghum Ei Chokhe"	Chandrani Gannguli	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	4:24
5.	"Mon Toke Dilam"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Zubeen Garg	3:50
6.	"Jaye Pakhi Urey"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Rana Mazumdar	4:24

Reception

Critical reception

A critic from The Times of India rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote "Sujit Mondal tries to hammer a point — love is responsibility, family is of utmost importance. You’ve seen him deal with the baddies, now, don’t miss out the dishy dude in his romantic avatar." He praised Ganguli's music, Yadav's choreography and the acting of the supporting cast but criticised the plot for being borderline predictable.<ref>"Romeo Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 June 2024.</ref>

References

External links

Romeo on IMDb

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 | name           = Romeo
 | image          = Romeo - 2011 Movie Poster.jpg
-| alt            = <!-- see WP:ALT -->
+| alt            = &lt;!-- see WP:ALT --&gt;
-| caption        =
+| caption        = Theatrical release poster
 | director       = [[Sujit Mondal]]
 | producer       = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
-| writer         =
+| writer         = [[N. K. Salil]] &lt;br&gt; [[Kishore Kumar Pardasani]]
-| starring       = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]<br>[[Subhashree Ganguly]]<br>[[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]<br>[[Laboni Sarkar]]<br> [[Parthasarathi Deb]]<br>[[Kaushik Banerjee]]
+| starring       = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]&lt;br&gt;[[Subhashree Ganguly|Subhashree]]&lt;br&gt;[[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]&lt;br&gt;[[Laboni Sarkar]]&lt;br&gt; [[Partha Sarathi Deb]]&lt;br&gt;[[Kaushik Banerjee]]
 | music          = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
 | cinematography = Kumud Verma
-| editing        = [[Rabi Ranjan Moitra]]
+| editing        = Rabi Ranjan Moitra
 | studio         = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
 | distributor    =
 | released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|11|4}}
-| runtime        = 148 minutes
+| runtime        = 156:05 minutes
 | country        = [[India]]
 | language       = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
-| budget         =
-| gross          =
 }}
-'''''Romeo''''' is a 2011 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] [[romantic comedy]]-[[drama film]] directed by Sujit Mondol and starring [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] and [[Subhashree Ganguly]] in lead roles with [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]], [[Laboni Sarkar]], [[Kaushik Banerjee]] in supporting roles, whilst the music was scored by critically acclaimed [[Jeet Ganguly]]. Third time where [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] and [[Subhashree Ganguly]] work together after the films, [[Challenge (2009 film)|Challenge]] and [[Paran Jai Jaliya Re]]. The film was released on 4 November 2011. It is an official remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie ''[[Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam]]''. Romeo was a commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsonindiancelebrities.blogspot.in/2012/09/box-office-report-of-bengali-films-22se.html|title=Box office report of Bengali films 22se Srabon and Romeo|work=newsonindiancelebrities|accessdate=2015-07-03}}</ref>
+'''''Romeo''''' is a 2011 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]]-language [[romantic comedy|romantic comedy film]] directed by [[Sujit Mondal]]. Produced by [[Shrikant Mohta]] under the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]], it stars [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] and [[Subhashree Ganguly|Subhashree]] in lead roles.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Romeo (2011) {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/romeo_2011_2 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is the third film where [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] and [[Subhashree Ganguly|Subhashree]] worked together after [[Challenge (2009 film)|''Challenge'']] and ''[[Paran Jai Jaliya Re]]''. The film was released on 4 November 2011 to mixed reviews.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Content-driven Bengali films surprise 2011 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/content-driven-bengali-films-surprise-2011-432742.html |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=[[News18]] |date=30 December 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is an official remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] blockbuster movie ''[[Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam]]''.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Subhashree is my Juliet: Dev |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/subhashree-is-my-juliet-dev/articleshow/10552022.cms |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=31 October 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 ==Plot==
-This story is set in the backdrop of a village where Pooja ([[Subhashree Ganguly]]) grows under the shade of her doting father Chatterjee ([[Kaushik Banerjee]]) who takes care of everything for her and she is equally attached to him. She comes to Kolkata for her further studies and stays at her uncle Dibakar's ([[Biswajit Chakraborty]]) house. There, her cousin Swati has a group of friends and one among them is the happy and playful Siddhartha, or Siddhu ([[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]).
+This story is set in the backdrop of a village where Pooja grows under the shade of her doting father Chatterjee who takes care of everything for her and she is equally attached to him. She comes to [[Kolkata]] for her further studies and stays at her uncle Dibakar's house. There, her cousin Swati has a group of friends and one among them is the happy and playful Siddhartha alias Siddhu.
-Siddhu is a big Casanova among girls and though he always has a smile on his face, there is a sad past as his mother Nandini ([[Laboni Sarkar]]) is living separately from his father Aviraj Roy ([[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]).
+Siddhu is a big Casanova among girls and though he always has a smile on his face, there is a sad past as his mother Nandini is living separately from his father Aviraj Roy. Both of Siddhu's parents had a love marriage. Eventually, both Siddhu and Pooja fall in love and the time comes for Siddhu to ask for Pooja's hand in marriage. Mr. Chatterjee says that if Siddhu can unite his parents and get them together, he would be willing to accept the proposal.
-Both of Siddhu's parents had a love marriage. Eventually, both Siddhu and Pooja fall in love and the time comes for Siddhu to ask Pooja's hand in marriage. Mr. Chatterjee says that if Siddhu can unite his parents and get them together, he would be willing to accept the proposal.
+From then on start the efforts and trials of both Siddhu and Pooja to get Aviraj and Nandini together. One night, when Aviraj is driving Siddhu to his mother's home, they talk about when his parents separated. His father understands his feelings and what he's trying to say, and his father answers "that he couldn't have done anything, his mother just left him." To this Siddhu answers, "No, you should have gone after her. You should have never let her go." Even after this talk with Aviraj, Pooja and Siddhu have many failures, but eventually Siddhu reunites his parents and Pooja's father, Chatterjee, also unites the other lovers, Pooja and Siddhu.
-From then on start the efforts and trials of both Siddhu and Pooja to get Aviraj and Nandini together. One night, when Aviraj is driving Siddhu to his mother's home, they talk about when his parents separated. His father understands his feelings and what he's trying to say, and his father answers "that he couldn't have done anything, his mother just left him." To this Siddhu answers, "No, you should have gone after her. You should have never let her go." Even after this talk with Aviraj, Pooja and Siddhu have many failures, but eventually Siddhu unites his parents together and Pooja's father, Chatterjee, also unites the other lovers, Pooja and Siddhu.
+== Cast ==
+* [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as Siddharth Roy
-==Cast==
+* [[Subhashree Ganguly|Subhashree]] as Pooja Chatterjee
-* [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as Romeo Roy / Siddhartha
-* [[Subhashree Ganguly]] as Pooja Chatterjee
 * [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] as Aviraj Roy
 * [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Nandini Roy
@@ Line 44: / Line 40: @@
 * [[Kaushik Banerjee]] as Mr. Chatterjee, Pooja's father
 * Parthasarathi Chakraborty as Ratan, Sidhu's friend
+== Production ==
+Four of the songs in the film were shot across different locations in [[Africa]]. Although the director initially decided to shoot in [[London]], the shooting spot was later changed as [[London]] would look similar to already seen places like [[Italy]] or [[Venice]]. Finally, two of the songs were shot in Sun City and [[Cape Town]] in [[South Africa]] and two others in [[Namibia]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Dev, Subhashree to romance in South Africa |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/dev-subhashree-to-romance-in-south-africa/articleshow/9281115.cms |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=19 July 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; The song "Lady Killer Romeo" was made on a budget of {{INR|50}} lakhs and it was the most expensive Bengali movie song at its time.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Romeo blows lakhs on a song |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/romeo-blows-lakhs-on-a-song/articleshow/9693446.cms |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=22 August 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 ==Soundtrack==
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 | released   = 4 November 2011
-| recorded   = Purple Haze & Purple Rain Studios, [[Mumbai]]
+| recorded   = Purple Haze &amp; Purple Rain Studios
 | venue      =
 | studio     =
 | genre      = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
-| length     = 25:41
+| length     =
-| label      =
+| language   = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
+| label      = [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]]
 | producer   =
 | prev_title = [[Paglu]]
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   | name        = Romeo
   | type        = Soundtrack
-  | single1     = Mala Re (মালা রে)
+  | single1     = Mala Re
   | single1date = 15 Oct 2011
   | single2     = Lady Killer Romeo
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   | single3     = Ghumghum Ei Chokhe
   | single3date = 21 Oct 2011
-  | single4     = Mon Toke Dilam (মন তোকে দিলাম)
+  | single4     = Mon Toke Dilam
   | single4date = 27 Oct 2011
   | single5     = Eta Ki Bhul
   | single5date = 1 Nov 2011
-  | single6     = Jaye Pakhi Urey (যায় পাখি উড়ে)
+  | single6     = Jaye Pakhi Urey
   | single6date = 5 Nov 2011
 }}
 }}
+The music of the film has been composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |date=2012-01-11 |title=Singing their own tunes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/singing-their-own-tunes/articleshow/11446041.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831135454/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/singing-their-own-tunes/articleshow/11446041.cms |archive-date=2025-08-31 |access-date=2025-08-31 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}&lt;/ref&gt; The lyrics has been written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Chandrani Gannguli and Prasen.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Romeo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Original] - EP |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/romeo-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-original-ep/1631502923 |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=Apple Music |date=4 November 2011}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 {{Track listing
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 | headline        =
 | extra_column    = Artist(s)
-| all_lyrics      = [[Priyo Chattopadhyay]], [[Chandrani Gannguli]], Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)
-| all_music       = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
 | total_length    =
 | title1          = Lady Killer Romeo
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 | title2          = Eta Ki Bhul
 | note2           =
-| lyrics2         = Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)
+| lyrics2         = Prasen
 | extra2          = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Monali Thakur]]
 | length2         = 4:47
-| title3          = Mala Re (মালা রে)
+| title3          = Mala Re
 | note3           =
 | lyrics3         = Priyo Chattopadhyay
@@ Line 109: / Line 109: @@
 | extra4          = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
 | length4         = 4:24
-| title5          = Mon Toke Dilam (মন তোকে দিলাম)
+| title5          = Mon Toke Dilam
 | note5           =
 | lyrics5         = Priyo Chattopadhyay
 | extra5          = [[Zubeen Garg]]
 | length5         = 3:50
-| title6          = Jaye Pakhi Urey (যায় পাখি উড়ে)
+| title6          = Jaye Pakhi Urey
 | note6           =
 | lyrics6         = Priyo Chattopadhyay
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 | length6         = 4:24
 }}
+== Reception ==
+=== Critical reception ===
+A critic from ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote "Sujit Mondal tries to hammer a point — love is responsibility, family is of utmost importance. You’ve seen him deal with the baddies, now, don’t miss out the dishy dude in his romantic avatar." He praised Ganguli's music, Yadav's choreography and the acting of the supporting cast but criticised the plot for being borderline predictable.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |title=Romeo Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/romeo/movie-review/10664328.cms |access-date=2024-06-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{rating|3|5}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
 * {{IMDb title|4773084}}
+{{Shree Venkatesh Films}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Romeo 2011 film}}
+[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
-[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]
+[[Category:2011 Bengali-language films]]
 [[Category:2011 romantic comedy-drama films]]
 [[Category:2011 films]]
-[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
-[[Category:Indian films]]
 [[Category:Bengali remakes of Telugu films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Jeet Gannguli]]
 [[Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films]]
-[[Category:2011 comedy films]]
+[[Category:Bengali-language romantic comedy-drama films]]
-[[Category:2011 drama films]]
+[[Category:Bengali language films scored by Zubeen Garg]]