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| Johnny Gaddaar | |
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| Directed by | Sriram Raghavan |
| Produced by | Adlabs Films Ltd. |
| Written by | Sriram Raghavan |
| Starring | Dharmendra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Zakir Hussain, Ashwini Khalsekar, Govind Namdeo |
| Music by | Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
| Cinematography | C.K. Muraleedharan |
| Editing by | Pooja Ladha Surti |
| Distributed by | Adlabs Films Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 28 September 2007 |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
Johnny Gaddaar (Hindi: जॉनी गद्दार), (meaning Johnny the Traitor in English) is a 2007 Indian crime thriller noir film written and directed by Sriram Raghavan; produced under the banner Adlabs. It stars Neil Mukesh, in his film debut, alongside Dharmendra, Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Govind Namdeo, Dayanand Shetty and Ashwini Khalsekar. The film received critical acclaim.[1][2], went on to be 'sleeper hit' of the year [3] and was later remade into a Telugu film in 2011.[4]
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Plot summary [link]
The movie starts out on a rainy night with a conversation between 4 cops in a van, patrolling the streets. A car narrowly misses colliding into them on the road, brakes and then continues on towards a house with iron gates. A man in a jacket gets out from the car, opens the garage door and is shot from behind multiple times.
The entire movie is then shown as a flashback, building up to the present shooting, a tool used numerous times in the film when the story goes back and forth between the flashback and flashbacks within the flashback.
The story is about a gang of five that run a gambling club and conduct other underhand deals. The five members are Vikram (Neil Nitin Mukesh), Seshadri (Dharmendra), Shardul (Zakir Hussain), Prakash (Vinay Pathak) and Shiva (Dayanand Shetty). When one of Seshadri's police contacts from Bangalore, Kalyan (Govind Namdeo) promises him "French furniture" (code word for drugs) worth Rs. 5 crores for Rs. 2.5 crores, Seshadri calls for all 5 members to contribute Rs. 50 Lakh each to set the deal in motion. Based on Shardul's promise of being able to sell the furniture for more than Rs. 5 crore, each member anticipates a profit of a further Rs. 50 lakh each, at least.
Shiva is to take the money to Bangalore by train. Vikram plans to take all the money by making Shiva unconscious using Chloroform poison. In the pretext of going to Goa for business work, he goes about his plot, driving to Pune where he uses the name Johnny G. But plans go wrong and Vikram has to kill Shiva who has just seen his face before going unconscious. Now Sheshadri, Kalyan, Prakash, Shardul, in turn and individually, find out Vikram's crime and are killed by him. Finally, Vikram is killed by Prakash's wife who mistakes him for Shardul, who she believed was Prakash's killer.
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In the opening credits the movie is dedicated to legendary Indian Cinema director Vijay Anand and writer James Hadley Chase. The film is a tribute to Vijay Anand's influence on the Hindi noir/thriller genre. It pays tribute to him in a scene in which Anand's movie Johny Mera Naam is being watched by a character. At the lobby of a hotel room, the receptionist is seen watching Vijay Anand's movie Johnny Mera Naam, starring Dev Anand. It is from the scene of that movie that this one gets its title.[5] When the female lead is introduced she is reading R.K. Narayan's The Guide, which was later made into a movie directed by Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand.
While the story is not based on any of James Hadley Chase's novels, it does follow a similar plot line. There are numerous references to James Hadley Chase within the film, the lead character himself is seen holding a copy of one of Chase's books. Director Sriram Raghavan has presented the same genre in his previous venture Ek Hasina Thi also.
The film also makes multiple references to Amitabh Bachchan classic Parwaana and also shows scenes of a major plot sequence of the movie.
There are multiple tributes to the actor Dharmendra himself. While dying, Dharmendra plays the song " Mera Gora Rang Le Le" - his character's favourite song sung by the character's wife in the movie, which is from his movie Bandini in which played in the movie. They are from Yakeen, Aadmi Aur Insaan and Naya Zamana.
There are a couple of references to Hollywood movies too, for example when Shiva is introduced in the movie, he's watching Stanley Kubrick's last film – Eyes Wide Shut. And Dharmendra's line "It's not the age. It's the mileage." is a line borrowed but worked upon; from the Indiana Jones movie – Raiders of the Lost Ark. Apart from the note-counting scene obviously inspired from Scarface, there is a reference to Titanic as well as Citizen Kane in the scene where the female lead is assembling a huge jigsaw puzzle.
The color Red is used predominantly in the movie, as a homage to Sin City. Raghavan himself had confessed wanting to shoot the whole film in Black and White.
Cast and crew [link]
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Vikram / Johnny G
- Rimi Sen as Mini
- Dharmendra as Sheshadri 'Seshu'
- Zakir Hussain as Shardul
- Vinay Pathak as Prakash 'Pakiya'
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Varsha (Prakash's wife)
- Dayanand Shetty as Shiva
- Govind Namdeo as Inspector Kalyan
- Vyjayanthi as Nurse Vaijanti
- Rasika Joshi as Shiva's mother
- Shankar Sachdev as Naidu
- Soniya Rakkar as Seshadri's wife
- Hard Kaur Special Appearance in song 'Move Your Body'
- Director of Photography: Muraleedharan C K
- Editing: Pooja Ladha Surthi
Soundtrack [link]
Awards and nominations [link]
Star Screen Awards [link]
Nominated
Stardust Awards [link]
Nominated
IIFA Awards [link]
Winner
- 2008: Fresh Face of the Year; Neil Mukesh [6]
Zee Cine Awards [link]
Winner
- 2008: Special Award; Neil Mukesh
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards [link]
Winner
- 2008: Best Performance in a negative role; Neil Mukesh
References [link]
- ^ "Review: Johnny Gaddaar is a delicious thriller". CNN-IBN. Sep 29, 2007. https://ibnlive.in.com/news/review-johnny-gaddaar-is-a-delicious-thriller/49544-8.html.
- ^ "Movie reviews: Johnny Ghaddar". Indian Express. Sep 30, 2007. https://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Movie-reviews/222703/.
- ^ "Thanking the Stars". Indian Express. May 26, 2008. https://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/thanking-the-stars/314564/.
- ^ "Exclusive: Johnny Gaddaar being remade in Telugu". Rediff.com. November 25, 2011. https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/johnny-gaddaar-being-remade-in-telugu/20111125.htm.
- ^ Chaudhary, Swati R (August 2007). "'Johnny Gaddaar is the opposite of a thriller'". Rediff.com. https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/09sriram.htm. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ https://filmikhabar.com/2008/06/09/iifa-2008-award-winners/
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