Johnny Gaddaar
Johnny Gaddaar | |
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Govind Namdeo | |
Cinematography | C. K. Muraleedharan |
Edited by | Pooja Ladha Surti |
Music by | Score: Daniel B. George Songs: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Adlabs |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹7.50 crore[2] |
Box office | ₹5.68 crore[2] |
Johnny Gaddaar (transl. Johnny the Traitor) is a 2007 Indian
The film was later identified as an uncredited adaptation of the 1962 French novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud Fourton, which was first adapted into a 1963 French film Symphonie Pour Un Massacre (The Corrupt) by Jacques Deray.[7] In 2018, Raghavan confessed to having read the novel while he was working at ISRO on public safety announcement films.[8]
Plot
The film starts out on a rainy night with a conversation between four cops in a police van, patrolling the streets of Mumbai. 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, heads towards the garage, and opens the roller shutter door when he is shot from behind multiple times. At the same time, the cops in the van receive an alert on the radio that gunshots have been heard somewhere in the vicinity and they ask the driver to head towards the location of the gunshots.
The entire movie is then shown as a flashback, building up to the present shooting, and scene of the cops in the van.
The story is about a gang of five that run a gambling club and conduct other underhand deals. The five members are Vikram, Seshadri, Shardul, Prakash, and Shiva. When one of Seshadri's police contacts from Bengaluru, Kalyan informs him, on the phone about "French furniture" (code word for drugs) worth Rs. 5 crore that he can offer him for Rs. 2.5 crore, Seshadri calls for all five members to contribute Rs. 50 lacs 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 lacs each, at least.
They agree that Shiva is to take the money to Bengaluru by train, meet Kalyan, make the exchange and return on the same train. Vikram, who is dating Shardul's wife Mini and desperately wants to emigrate to Canada with her, plans to steal the money from Shiva in the train by using chloroform to make him unconscious. 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 to check into hotel) then takes a flight to Goa. In Goa, he meets advocate Gomes who is Seshadri's friend, to get his work done and to serve as an alibi later, if required. He makes sure the work is half done, flies back to Mumbai and checks-in to a hotel before boarding the train that Shiva takes, the train to Bengaluru enroute Pune. But plans go wrong, and Vikram ends up killing Shiva, who unmasks him before going unconscious. Now Sheshadri, Kalyan, Prakash, and Shardul one-by-one, find out Vikram's truth and are killed by him in cold blood. Finally, Vikram is killed by Prakash's wife Varsha, who mistakes him for Shardul, who she believed was Prakash's killer.
Tribute and reference
This section possibly contains original research. (May 2011) |
Raghavan has described the film as a
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 as well.
The film also makes multiple references to
There are multiple tributes to the actor
There are a couple of references to Hollywood films too, for example when Shiva is introduced in the film, he's watching Stanley Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut. And Dharmendra's line "It's not the age. It's the mileage" echoes a line from the Indiana Jones film 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.[citation needed]
The colour Red is used predominantly in the film, as a homage to
But the main game is that Raghavan's inspiration for the plot and characterization was not
Cast
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Vikram / Johnny G
- Dharmendra as Sheshadri 'Seshu'
- Rimi Sen as Mini (Vikram's Girlfriend and Shardul's Wife)
- Zakir Hussain as Shardul
- Vinay Pathak as Prakash 'Pakiya'
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Varsha (Prakash's wife)
- Dayanand Shetty as Shiva
- Govind Namdeoas Inspector Kalyan
- Vyjayanthi as Nurse Vaijanti
- Rasika Joshi as Shiva's mother
- Shankar Sachdev as Naidu
Soundtrack
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Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy chronology | ||||
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The film has fifteen songs and two remixes composed by
Director Sriram Raghavan approached S-E-L to score a single for the film. As they were discussing,
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Johnny Gaddaar" | Anousha Mani, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa | 04:10 |
4. | "Johnny in the House" | Dj. Shane | 06:45 |
5. | "Move Your Body (Phatt Mix)" | Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Hard Kaur | 04:28 |
6. | "Johnny Breakbeat Mera Naam" | Gulraj Singh | 03:29 |
7. | "Revenge of the 70s" | Instrumental | 02:25 |
8. | "The Caper Begins" | Sukhwinder Singh, Shilpa Rao | 04:14 |
9. | "Toss" | Instrumental | 01:11 |
10. | "Confidence" | Instrumental | 02:05 |
11. | "Bhule Bisre Geet" | Sabiha Khan, Geetanjali, Swanand Kirkire | 06:01 |
12. | "Johnny Gaddaar (Tamil)" | Raman Mahadevan, Nandini Srikar | 04:59 |
13. | "Move Your Body (Tamil)" | Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Hard Kaur | 03:33 |
14. | "Johnny Gaddaar (Telugu)" | Nandini Srikar, Raman Mahadevan | 04:59 |
15. | "Move Your Body (Telugu)" | Shankar Mahadevan, Raman Mahadevan, Nandini Srikar, Mani Mahadevan | 03:31 |
Total length: | 61:11 |
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Bollywood Hungama | [16] |
Rediff.com | [17] |
Planet Bollywood | [18] |
The album was met with high praise from critics upon release. Raja Sen of
The soundtrack featured in the "Top 10 music Albums of the year" list by Rediff, which said Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy get it right again with twisted, unorthodox productions like Johnny Gaddaar.[19] It also was featured in the "Top 15 albums of the year" list of Planetbollywood, who remarked that "SEL have succeed in re-defining themselves and maintaining the edge over their counterparts."[20]
Awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
Winner
- 2008: Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design; Leslie Fernandes
Star Screen Awards
Nominated
- 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Male; Neil Nitin Mukesh
Stardust Awards
Nominated
- 2008: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male; Neil Nitin Mukesh
- 2008: Stardust Award for New Musical Sensation – Female – Hard Kaur for the song "Move Your Body"
- 2008: Stardust Award for New Musical Sensation – Female – Akriti Kakkarfor the song "Johnny Gadaar"
IIFA Awards
Winner
- 2008: Fresh Face of the Year; Neil Nitin Mukesh[21]
Star Guild Awards
Winner
- 2008: Best Actor in a Negative Role; Neil Nitin Mukesh
Zee Cine Awards
Winner
- 2008: Special Award; Neil Nitin Mukesh
Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards
Winner
- 2008: Best Performance in a negative role; Neil Nitin Mukesh
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- ^ a b "Disappointing but True - JOHNNY GADDAAR was adapted from a French crime thriller. - by Bobby Sing". Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Sriram Raghavan interview: 'Every movie is a commitment, you have to be damn sure about it'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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- ^ "SEL with Adlabs produce Johnny Gaddaar Album". GlamSham. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
- ^ "Johnny Gaddar's music launch hits the right note". CNN IBN. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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- ^ a b Tuteja, Joginder. "Johnny Gaddaar Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ a b Sen, Raja. "Shankar Ehsaan Loy's Best Album". Rediff. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ a b Khan, Atta. "Johnny Gaddaar Music Review". Planet Bollywood. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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