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]
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Directed by | Shashant Shah |
Written by | Rateesh Ravi Arshad Syed |
Based on | Ishq (2019) |
Produced by | Shital Bhatia Neeraj Pandey |
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Cinematography | Hari Nair |
Edited by | Praveen Kathikuloth |
Music by | M.M. Keeravani |
Production companies | Friday Filmworks Plan C Studios |
Distributed by | Reliance Entertainment |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
The film was announced in 2021, a remake of the 2019 Malayalam film Ishq.[6]
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]
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Released | 2022 | ||||||||
Recorded | 2021 | ||||||||
Genre | film soundtrack | ||||||||
Length | 12:17 | ||||||||
Label | Saregama | ||||||||
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No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Abhi Abhi" | Neeti Mohan | 4:50 |
2. | "Tere Bin Jeena Kya" | Vishal Mishra, Rupali Jagga | 4:27 |
3. | "Yeh Kyun Kiya" | Vishal Mishra | 3:00 |
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]
The film was released in theatres on 22 April 2022.
The digital streaming rights of the film is owned by Netflix. The film was streamed on Netflix from 3 July 2022.[12][13]
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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".[14] 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".[15] 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."[16] 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".[17]