''Operation Romeo'' is a 2022 Indian

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-language

romantic thriller A romantic thriller is a narrative that involves elements of the romance and thriller genres. A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. A thril ...

film directed by Shashant Shah. It is an official remake of 2019 Malayalam film ''

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''. This film is produced by

Shital Bhatia Shital Bhatia is an Indian film producer and co-founder of Friday Filmworks, best known for his movies like ''A Wednesday!'' (2008), ''Special 26'' (2013), ''Baby'' (2015), '' M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' (2016), '' Rustom'' (2016) and '' Toi ...

and

Neeraj Pandey Neeraj Pandey (born 17 December 1973) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Pandey was made his directoral debut in ''A Wednesday!'', which was largely praised by critics and which later became a recip ...

under the banner of

Friday Filmworks Friday Filmworks is an Indian motion picture production company founded by Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia in 2008. Set up in 2008, Friday Filmworks has produced trend-setting films that are original in content and entertaining to the audienc ...

and

Plan C Studios Plan C Studios is an Indian motion picture production company founded as an alliance between Anil Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment and Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia’s Friday Filmworks. It is the result of a 50:50 joint venture between th ...

, the film stars

Sidhant Gupta Sidhant Gupta (born 23 April, 1989) is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Hindi television and films. He made his television debut with Zee TV's romantic-drama ''Tashan-e-Ishq'' as Kunj Sarna (2015-16) which earned him Best Bet ...

and Vedika Pinto. The supporting cast includes

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Bhumika Chawla Bhumika Chawla (born Rachna Chawla; 21 August 1978) is an Indian actress and former model known for her work predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. She began her acting career with the Telugu film ''Yuvakudu'' (2000) and the ...

and

Kishor Kadam Kishor Kadam (born 9 November 1967) is an Indian actor and poet who has acted prominently in Marathi and Hindi movies. He has also acted in Tamil movies and has appeared in some television serials as well. He is a veteran Marathi poet, writing ...

Cast

as Aditya Sharma * Vedika Pinto as Neha Kasliwal *

as Chhaya *

as Mangesh Jadhav *

as Patil *

Neha Khan Neha Khan is an Indian model and actress who works in Marathi, Malayalam and Bollywood films. She is known for playing ACP Divya Singh in Zee Marathi's TV Series Devmanus. Early life Neha was born in Amravati, Maharashtra in a Muslim fami ...

as Aditya's Sister

Production

Development

The film was announced in 2021, a remake of the 2019 Malayalam film ''

''.

Soundtrack

The film's music composed by M. M. Keeravani while lyrics written by

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. On 5 April 2022, the first song titled 'Abhi Abhi' sung by

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was unveiled. Six days later, the second song 'Tere Bin Jeena Kya' sung by Vishal Mishra and Rupali Jagga was released.

Marketing

A motion poster of the film featuring the cast was released on 31 March 2022. The film was released on 22 April 2022.

Release

Theatrical

The film was released in theatres on 22 April 2022.

Home media

The digital streaming rights of the film is owned by

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. The film was streamed on Netflix from 3 July 2022.

Reception

Critical reception

BH Harsh of ''

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'' 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". Rohit Bhatnagar of ''

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'' 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". Rachana Dubey of ''

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'' 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." Deepa Gahlot of

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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".

References

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