Johnny Gaddaar

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name = Johnny Gaddaar

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director = Sriram Raghavan
producer = Adlabs Films Ltd.
writer = Sriram Raghavan
starring = Dharmendra,
Neil Mukesh,
Rimi Sen,
Vinay Pathak,
Zakir Hussain,
Ashwini Khalsekar,
Govind Namdeo
music = Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
cinematography = C.K. Muraleedharan
editing = Pooja Ladha Surti
distributor = Adlabs Films Ltd.
released = September 28, 2007
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country = flagicon|India India
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 1077248

"Johnny Gaddaar" (Hindi: जॉनी गद्दार), (meaning "Johnny Traitor" in English) is a 2007 Indian crime thriller film directed and written by Sriram Raghavan; produced 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.

Plot Summary

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. Director Sriram Raghavan has exercised the same genre as his previous venture Ek Hasina Thi.

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). The plan could not be executed without problems and none of the members of the group is a rookie.

In the movie, the viewer knows, at the very outset, who the actual traitor is, but his partners-in-crime don't. The protogonist finds himself forced to eliminate one member of the group after the other. Just when it seems that he is in the clear, there is a twist in the plot.

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

Reception

Despite winning wide critical acclaim, the film failed to make a significant impact at the box office, and did lukewarm business all over.

Awards & Nominations

Filmfare Awards

Winner
* 2008: Filmfare Best Sound Award; Leslie Fernandes

Nominated
* 2008: Filmfare Best Male Debut Award; Neil Mukesh

Star Screen Awards

Nominated
* 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Male; Neil Mukesh

Stardust Awards

Nominated
* 2008: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male; Neil Mukesh

IIFA Awards

Winner
* 2008: Fresh Face of the Year; Neil Mukesh [http://filmikhabar.com/2008/06/09/iifa-2008-award-winners/]

Zee Cine Awards

Winner
* 2008: Special Award; Neil Mukesh

Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

Winner
* 2008: Best Performance in a negative role; Neil Mukesh

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 in 1963.

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