Johnny Gaddaar
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| Directed by | Sriram Raghavan |
| Produced by | Sriram Raghavan |
| Starring | Dharmendra, Neil Mukesh, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Zakir Hussain, Ashwini Khalsekar, Govind Namdeo |
| Music by | Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
| Release date(s) | 2007 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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Johnny Gaddaar (Hindi: जॉनी गद्दार), meaning Johnny Traitor in English is a 2007 Bollywood crime thriller film directed and produced by Sriram Raghavan under the banner Adlabs Films Ltd . It stars Neil Mukesh, the grandson of legendary singer Mukesh and son of singer Nitin Mukesh in his film debut alongside Dharmendra, Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak and Ashwini Khalsekar. The film has been hailed widely as a path breaking film in the Hindi movie industry. It pays tribute to film noir and the James Hadley Chase stories.
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[edit] Plot Summary
The plot is a classic crime setup. The story is about a gang which does shady deals. One such deal promises to make the group a lot of money, but one member of the gang has his own secret plans, leading to unforeseen situations for the group. In the opening credits the movie is dedicated to James Hadley Chase (besides Vijay Anand), and while the story is not based on any of his novels, it does follow a somewhat similar plotline.
Johnny Gaddar keeps up a brisk pace throughout and pulls off a thrilling ending. Director Sriram Raghavan has exercised the same genre as his previous venture Ek Hasina Thi and matured it further.
In the story, five regular partners are going for a deal splitting profit five ways as usual. It is all fine until one of guys, Vikram (played by Neil Mukesh) wants it all for himself and plans to elope with his mistress (played by Rimi Sen). But of course the plan could not be executed without flaws and none of the members of the group is a rookie or push-over. Then onwards the film is a gripping tale with twists and turns.
In the movie, the viewer knows, at the very outset, who the actual gaddaar (traitor) is, but his partners-in-crime don't. The gaddaar finds himself forced to eliminate one member of the group after the other. Just when it seems that he is in the clear, there's yet another twist in the plot.
[edit] Cast and Crew
- Vikram: Neil Nitin Mukesh
- Mini: Rimi Sen
- Sheshadri: Dharmendra
- Shardul : Zakir Hussain
- Prakash : Vinay Pathak
- Varsha : Ashwini Kalsekar
- Shiva: Daya Shetty
- Kalyan: Govind Namdeo
- Seshadri's wife: Soniya Rakkar
- Nurse: Vyjayanthi
- Director of Photography: Muraleedharan C K
- Editing: Pooja Ladha Surthi
[edit] Reception
Despite winning wide critical acclaim, the film failed to make a significant impact at the box office, and did lukewarm business all over.
[edit] Awards
ZEE CINE AWARDS 2008
- Special Award - Neil Nitin Mukesh
STAR SCREEN AWARDS 2008
- Most Promising New-Comer (Male) - Neil Nitin Mukesh
AIFA 2008 AWARDS
- Best Actor in Negative Role - Neil Nitin Mukesh
[edit] Trivia
- When all the gang members sit together to count money using automatic counting machines, the crew had to use original currency worth INR 25 Lakhs. It was needed because the counting machine automatically detects fake notes and throws them out.
- However, the automatic note counting machine did not reject the counterfeit notes supplied by Prakash, which is later revealed by Naidu's sharp vision.
- 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.
- One character is seen watching Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick's final film.
- At the lobby of a hotel room, the receptionist is seen watching the Bollywood movie Johnny Mera Naam,starring Dev Anand. It is from a scene of that movie that this one gets its title.
- The film gives multiple references to Amitabh Bachchan classic Parwaana and also shows scenes of a major plot sequence of the movie.
- Red colour is used predominantly in the movie, as a homage to Sin City. Raghavan himself had confessed to having resisted the temptation of shooting the whole movie in Black and White.
- While dying, Dharmendra plays the song " Mera Gora Rang Le Le" - his favourite song sung by his wife in the movie, which is from the movie Bandini in which Dharmendra himself has acted alongside Nutan eons ago...
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