Johny Mera Naam
| जानी मेरा नाम | |
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| 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 |
| Editing by | Vijay Anand |
| Studio | Mehboob Studios |
| Distributed by | Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd. Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd.[1] |
| Release date(s) | 11 November 1970 |
| Running time | 161 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Johny Mera Naam is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie. Directed by Vijay Anand, it stars the director's brother, Dev Anand and Pran in the role of a pair 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.
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[edit] Synopsis
Monu and Sonu are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the goon and 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) and goes to solve a case wooing Rekha (Hema Malini) and finding the criminal.
[edit] Cast
- Dev Anand ... Johny / Sohan
- Hema Malini ... Rekha
- Pran ... Moti / Mohan
- Jeevan ... Heera
- Premnath ... Ranjit / Rai Saab Bhupendra Singh
- I.S. Johar ... Pehle Ram (Palmist) / Dooja Ram / Teeja Ram
- Padma Khanna ... Tara
- Randhawa ... Babu
- Sulochana Latkar ... Sohan's & Mohan's mother (Sulochana)[2]
[edit] Box Office
It was the highest grossing Bollywood film of 1970[3] and also the 7th highest grossing Bollywood movie of the 1970's.
[edit] Soundtrack
| Song | Singer(s) | Picturized On |
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| O Mere Raja | Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle | Picturized on Dev Anand and Hema Malini |
| Pal Bhar Ke Liye | Kishore Kumar | Picturized on Dev Anand and Hema Malini |
| Mose Mora Shyam Rootha | Lata Mangeshkar | Picturized on Hema Malini |
| O Babul Pyare | Lata Mangeshkar | Picturized on Hema Malini |
| Nafrat Karne Walon Ke | Kishore Kumar | Picturized on Dev Anand and Hema Malini |
| Husn Ke Lakhon Rang | Asha Bhosle[4] | Picturized on Premnath and Padma Khanna |
[edit] Influences
- The song "Pal Bhar Ke Liye" composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, and performed by Kishore Kumar in this film was very popular, it was used at the end of The Simpsons episode Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore (2006).
- A scene of the film is shown in the 2007 thriller Johnny Gaddaar, prompting a character to give "Johnny" as a fake name and hence the film title. The song "Pal Bhar Ke Liye" was picturized at the "Godawari" garden near Kathmandu, in which the glamor girl, Hema Malini, appears in beautiful getup.
[edit] External links
Johny Mera Naam at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] References
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