Johny Mera Naam

Johny Mera Naam

Film poster
जॉनी मेरा नाम
Directed by Vijay Anand
Produced by Gulshan Rai
Written by Vijay Anand
K.A. Narayan
Starring Dev Anand
Hema Malini
Pran
Jeevan
Premnath
I. S. Johar
Music by Kalyanji-Anandji
Cinematography Fali Mistry
Edited by Vijay Anand
Production
company
Distributed by Trimurti Films
Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd.[1]
Release dates
11 November 1970
Running time
161 mins
Country India
Language Hindi

Johny Mera Naam (Hindi: जानी मेरा नाम, English: Johny, My Name) is a blockbuster 1970 crime thriller film.[2] Directed by Vijay Anand, it stars the director's brother, Dev Anand and Pran in the roles of brothers separated in childhood. Hema Malini, Jeevan, Premnath, I. S. Johar and Iftekhar also star in this movie. It is considered a Dev Anand classic.

At the 18th Filmfare Awards, Vijay Anand won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award,[3] while actor I. S.Johar received his first Best Performance in a Comic Role for his triple roles: a steward in aeroplane, an associate of criminals, and a police officer.

The film was remade in Kannada as Apoorva Sangama with Dr.Rajkumar, in Telugu as Eduruleni Manishi with N. T. Rama Rao and in Tamil as Raja with Sivaji Ganesan.

Synopsis

Mohan and Sohan are the sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father is killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan (Pran) kills the goon, takes refuge in a car boot, and goes missing.

Years later Sohan (Dev Anand) goes on to become a CID officer called Sohan Kumar who solves his cases taking up different guises. He takes the identity of Johny, a petty thief and gets himself in jail, befriends Heera (Jeevan), solves a case wooing Rekha (Hema Malini), and finds the criminal.

Cast

Box Office

It was the highest grossing Bollywood film of 1970[4] and the 7th highest grossing Bollywood movie of the 1970s.

Soundtrack

The movie boasts one of the best performances of Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. Johny Mera Naam marked the some of the best music composed by duo Kalyanji Anandji and pro memoria lyrics of Indeevar.[5]

# Song Singer(s) Picturized On Duration
1 Title Music (Johny Mera Naam) Instrumental Credit Title Sequence 01:59
2 O Mere Raja Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle Dev Anand and Hema Malini 05:05
3 Pal Bhar Ke Liye Kishore Kumar, Usha Khanna Dev Anand and Hema Malini 05:05
4 Mose Mora Shyam Rootha Lata Mangeshkar Hema Malini 05:38
5 Babul Pyare Lata Mangeshkar Hema Malini 06:19
6 Nafrat Karne Walon Ke Kishore Kumar Dev Anand and Hema Malini 03:55
7 Husn Ke Lakhon Rang Asha Bhosle Premnath and Padma Khanna 05:19
8 Music Instrumental Instrumental 02:00

Influences

External links

Johny Mera Naam at the Internet Movie Database

Further reading

References

  1. IMDB Cast and Credits
  2. "Matinee Magic : Know Your Blockbuster Johny Mera Naam | *ing Dev Anand". Koimoi.
  3. "Best Screenplay Award". Filmfare Award Official Listings, Indiatimes. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. Box Office India 1970
  5. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Dev-Anand-Nalanda-residents-fondly-remember-Johny/articleshow/10986118.cms


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