Shortcut Romeo(2013)
Shortcut Romeo is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller film directed and produced by Susi Ganesan under Susi Ganesh Productions. The film stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel, and Puja Gupta in lead roles. The story follows Suraj, a young blackmailer who films a couple in a compromising position on a golf course and uses the footage to extort a luxurious lifestyle. The narrative shifts from Mumbai to Kenya as the blackmail scheme spirals into violence and betrayal. The film is a remake of Ganesan's own Tamil film Thiruttu Payale (2006). It received poor critical reviews and holds a 3.0/10 rating on IMDb. The movie was released in theaters on June 21, 2013.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video
- Theatrical Release
- 21 June 2013
- Director
- Susi Ganesan
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- Rating
- 4.4/10
Storyline
Suraj is a young man who secretly films a rich couple on a golf course. He uses the video to blackmail them into giving him money and a life of luxury. But the couple fights back, and Suraj's shortcut to riches turns into a deadly game of survival.
“One video. One mistake. No escape.”
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Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Shortcut Romeo
Cast reunions in this film: Ameesha Patel & Vrajesh Hirjee (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film is a remake of the director's own 2006 Tamil film 'Thiruttu Payale', which was also remade in Telugu.
- Neil Nitin Mukesh performed many of his own stunts, including a risky sequence hanging from a helicopter.
- This was one of the few films where actress Ameesha Patel played a full-fledged negative role.
- The movie's title is a playful reference to the phrase 'shortcut', hinting at the protagonist's scheming ways.
- Despite being a Hindi film, it was shot extensively in South Africa and Mauritius for a foreign backdrop.
- Director Susi Ganesan also composed the film's background score, in addition to writing and directing it.
- The original Tamil version was a critical and commercial success, but the Hindi remake struggled at the box office.