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Title
Raqeeb
Cast Rahul Khanna, Jimmy Shergill, Sharman Joshi, Tanushree Datta,
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Director Anurag Singh
Genre Drama
Year 2007
A fast paced musical thriller full of twists and turns Raqeeb has many
themes that are different but closely linked to each other. It explores the
concepts of seduction, love, betrayal, passion, obsession and crime.
Remo Mathews is a computer whiz kid and owner of a highly successful software
company. His parents died in a car crash when he was a child. His only best
friend is Siddharth, his employee.
An extrovert and complete opposite of Remo, Siddharth encourages his friend to
socialise so that he can find himself a girlfriend. So during one of his pranks,
Sidharth sets Remo up on a blind date with Sophie, a theatre actress. After a
hilarious misunderstanding between the two, Remo falls in love with her.
All is well until Remo discovers that Sophie's parents died in the same car
crash as his parents. What's more, Remo's parents were responsible for the
accident. After the initial rift between the couple, love overcomes all barriers
and the two finally get married.
Into their lives enter Sunny, a struggling actor who was in love with Sophie.
This relationship didn't materialise as Sophie wanted a life of luxury which
Sunny could not provide. But this time, the old love is rekindled. And so begins
a torrid love affair between the two with Remo being the only obstacle in their
path.
A plan is set into action to kill Remo but on the day of the killing, Sunny is
double crossed by Sophie. He ends up in jail for Remo's murder. Is there more to
Sophie than what meets the eye?
   
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