

^ "MAMI awards: Raghu Romeo is best film".Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 August 2003. ^ " 'Naseersaab recommended me for Monsoon Wedding '".Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. ^ " 'Kya Dilli Kya Lahore' is a very emotional film: Vijay Raaz".Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. ^ " 'Kya Dilli Kya Lahore' review: Vijay Raaz's directorial debut isn't perfect, but watchable".^ Interview with Vijay Raaz Archived 13 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine.Nominated for Best Performance in a Comic Role in Screen Weekly Awards Nominated for Best Comedian in Zee Cine Awards His gruff baritone voice has been used in voice-over work, including films and commercials. In 2011, he played a ruthless gangster in Delhi Belly. Raaz garnered recognition for his comedic role in the 2004 film Run. His first mainstream film cast as the leading actor was Raghu Romeo, a box-office success where Raaz depicts the life of a confused lower-class Indian fellow. After the success of Monsoon Wedding, Raaz received many roles. Naseeruddin Shah had seen him perform at the NSD and recommended him to Mahesh Mathai for Bhopal Express and to Mira Nair for Monsoon Wedding. He decided to focus on film career and moved to Mumbai where he gained a small but significant role in Ram Gopal Varma's Jungle. College, University of Delhi, he was a part of the dramatic society. Because it was trying to be many different films at the same time it has many things to like (maybe logically) despite its foggy plot getting in the way.Genius actor, Raaz was born in Delhi on 5 June 1963. Overall, a puzzling film and along with the characters I kept getting many flashbacks myself – The Man From UNCLE, Portrait Of Jennie, It's Never Too Late To Mend to name a few. Mughal E Azam was referenced by Manna Dey with an amusing if undignified Jab Pyar Kiya To Marna Kyon for the comedy relief. I've always enjoyed a good melodrama and this is the old English actor Tod Slaughter would've loved to have worked on this one as the glaring moustachioed evil uncle! Some of the songs are sublime, especially Rafi's stately version of Akele Hain, while Lata and Mukesh had a nice duet with Dil Sambhale, both out in the woods. Although the wiry Khanna had a couple of loud thumping fights with the baddie work supervisor which dragged on a little. It's almost impossible to seriously describe the tortuous plot, or to gravely drop a spoiler for that matter - save to relate a lot happens and it's all stylishly done with some swift editing to hold the attention.

Dreamy dreaming guy in Africa feels the call of India, doesn't know why or when he gets there why people look at him as if they'd seen a ghost, or why he's already in love with a woman he's never met and vice versa. It was where Khanna (looking more like the ghost of old American actor Edmund Purdom) made his big break so it's worth a look just for that, although there's some lovely tunes as well. It starts with a man brutally stabbed in the back in front of his infant child, cuts to a troubled Rajesh Khanna, goes backward and forward in time, place and relationships: it's all rather confusing really.
