Romeo and Juliet on screen choreography by Jerome Robbins. Widely admired, and the winner of ten Oscars, the 1961 film of the show – set among New York gangs – does not aim for a realistic portrayal of New York gang culture: in the opening sequence the Jets and the Sharks trade dance-steps instead of blows. The Jets are a gang of white youths, equivalent to Shakespeare's Montagues; the Sharks, equivalent to the Capulets, are Puerto Rican. Unlike Shakespeare who included relationships between his young lovers and the older generation (the parents, and parent-substitutes such as the Nurse and Friar Laurence) "West Side Story" keeps
Romeo Juliet (2015 film) engaged. She professes her love but Karthik refuses and leaves the place with Nisha, but then a song plays, and Karthik reveals all of this is a play orchestrated by Nisha and him to make Aishwarya realise her mistake and her love for him. The story ends with Karthik and Aishwarya reunited. Lakshman, who had previously ventured into films as producer of "Kalvanin Kadhali" (2006), announced that he would make his first venture as a director with a film titled "Romeo Juliet" featuring Jayam Ravi in the lead role. Despite its title, it is not based on the William Shakespeare