Cast: Rahul Khanna, Jimmy Shargill, Tanushree Datta, Sharman Joshi
Director: Anurag Singh
Producer: Raj Kanwar
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Sameer
Raqeeb is the next release of actor Jimmy Shergill, Rahul Khanna and Sharman Joshi. The trio is going to appear together alongwith Tanushree Dutta for the first time on the big screen. Raqeeb is crisp and edge of the seat musical thriller. The movie is part of the ‘2 hour’ show trend. Luckily, Jimmy’s previous releases such as Eklavya – The Royal Guard, Delhii Heights were all 120 minutes movies. Raqeeb is produced by Raj Kanwar, a known producer and director. Directed by Anurag Singh, it has music by Pritam Chakraborty and lyrics are penned by Sameer.
The story of Raqeeb is multi dimentional. It has a lot of cross roads which eventually run parallel to each other. Jimmy Shergill claims that Raqeeb is a masala entertainer. The storyline is love, the causes and effects of it. The film moves at a fast pace, keeping the thrills intact.
Remo Mathews is the hero of this thriller. He is a computer enthusiast and owns a software company. Remo is a lone man as his parents left the world when he was just a kid. Remo’s only friend is his employee, Siddharth. Siddharth is a flirt and carries a lover boy’s image. One day Siddharth plays a prank and sets Remo up for a blind date.
Expectedly, after a few conversations and humourous misunderstandings, Remo falls for the girl, Sofie. Things go smoothly with the tunes of Pritam Chakraborty until history opens up. Sofie discovers that her parents too had died in the same car accident in which Remo’s parents were killed. Sofie feels that it is Remo’s parents who were responsible for the incident. Finally, after a series of melodrama, Remo proposes Sofie and they get married. Now, the story grips up and moves into a new dimension altogether.
Sofie had a past, Sunny. Sunny was completely in awe of Sofie but she rejected his proposal as he was not economically stable. Sunny comes back into Sofie’s life and the fire is ignited. This is the beginning of an affair until one day they decide to move a step further and kill Remo. They plan to hide Remo’s asthma medicines and shoot him with fake bullets to aggravate him. They expect the post mortem report to show that he died of natural asthma attack. But things don’t happen as they have to….because Sofie cheats SUNNY AND GETS HIM ARRESTED.
There are a lot of questions unanswered and lot of suspense created due to act of Sofie.
The film is getting along well with the marketing and promotional aspects. The music is also catching up with the audiences. And, if anything is to go by, this is a pukka entertainer.
Radiosargam Predicted Rating: 7/10
Hanumant Bhansali
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