Raghu Romeo is a man working as a waiter in an adult-only dancing bar. He owns nothing of his own and is branded as a perpetual loser both at home and at work. No wonder “inferiority complex” is his middle name. But even he has an escape from a harsh reality. Whenever an actress named Neetazi is on TV, his life suddenly turns into a paradise. So obsessed is he with Neetazi, that he finds himself talking to any image of her, real or otherwise, that he sees. One day, he goes to her shooting location to give her a present. His sense of reality is so messed up that he’s no longer able to distinguish what's real from what’s on TV. He even tells the security guards blocking his way to go and let Neetazie know Raghu is here. He gets fired from the dancing bar, charged with attempted thievery and finds a new job as a driver for a group of professional killers. Then he comes across some information that the same group is out to kill Neetazi. He throws himself mind and body into saving her, and when the band of assassins attempts to kill her again, he kidnaps her and locks her up. While the world is chasing him - the abductor of a famous actress - he is happy simply being near the girl of his dreams. 99.9% of star craze is unrequited love. Unrequited love can be very dangerous to a lonely youth whose life is shabby and who has no one else to turn to. He might become excessively obsessive and stake all his life’s hope on the star’s one little smile. Raghu Romeo is a film demonstrating this media effect theory with the unique touch and feel of Indian cinema. But this film’s real charm is its incurable optimism. This might have easily turned out as a male version of Misery, but all the serious happenings - kidnapping, assassination, lockup - are depicted as neither too scary nor too heavy, and still succeed in sending out strong messages. The misdeeds of the unskilled killers or the tension between Neetazi and Sweetie (a woman in love with Raghu) are quite funny. Raghu is played by Vijay Raaz, star of Monsoon Wedding. (WOO Seung-hyun)