Johnny Gaddaar film (2007-Movie) : Hindi Film

Johnny Gaddaar film

Johnny Gaddaar film is a 2007 Bollywood neo-noir thriller Movie writer/directer is Sriram Raghavan, Producer under the banner Adlabs.

It starring Neil Nitin Mukesh,Dharmendra, Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Govind Namdeo, Dayanand Shetty and Ashwini Kalsekar. First film of Neil Nitin Mukesh. Dayanand Shetty also debut with the film.

Johnny Gaddaar film is released on 28 September 2007 with positive critics reviews and also Become Hit at The Box office.

The film was later remake in Malayalam as Unnam, in Telugu as Kamina and in Tamil as Johnny.

The film story is inspire from 1963 French movie Symphonie Pour Un Massacre (The Corrupt) by Jacques Deray which was based on the 1962 French crime novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud Fourton.

• Directer : Sriram Raghavan
• Writer : Sriram Raghavan
• Starring : Dharmendra,Neil Nitin Mukesh,Rimi Sen,Vinay Pathak,Zakir Hussain,Ashwini Kalsekar,Govind Namdeo
• Music : Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Cinematography : C.K. Muraleedharan
• Editor : Pooja Ladha Surti
• Production Design : Gaurav Bose,Rakesh Morchhale
• Production Manager : Gaurav Bose,Jagdish Dharma Dhalpe,Amole Gore,Priyesh Kaushik,Radhakant Patro
• Assistant Director : Rakesh Sain,Juhi Singh,Pooja Ladha Surti,Aditya Uppoor
• Art Director : Pankaj Dayani,Abhishek Kumar Singh
• Sound Department : Madhu Apsara,Nimish Chheda,Sajjan Choudhary,Leslie Fernandes,Harjeet Singh,Dwarak Warrier
• Visual Effects : Prince ChaurasiaSaurabh Sameer,Rohit Sardesai,Smanoj C.P.K. Verma
• Action Directer : Parvez Khan
• Production company : Adlabs Films Ltd
• Genres : Crime,Drama,Mystery,Thriller
• Production company : Adlabs Films Ltd
• Distributor : Adlabs Films Ltd
• Release date : 28 September 2007
• Running time : 120 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Johnny Gaddaar film trailer :

Johnny Gaddaar film scene :

Star cast :

• Dharmendra as a Sheshadri 'Seshu'
• Rimi Sen as a Mini
• Ashwini Kalsekar as a Varsha
• Neil Nitin Mukesh as a Vikram
• Vinay Pathak as a Prakash 'Pakiya'
• Zakir Hussain as a Shardul
• Dayanand Shetty as a Shiva
• Govind Namdeo as a Inspector Kalyan
• Rasika Joshi as a Shiva's mother
• Shankar Sachdev as a Naidu
• Priyanka Bose as a Ola-Ola main dancer
• Farah as a Co-dancer 1
• Radhika as a Co-dancer 2
• Neeraj Khetrapal as a Parekh Bhai
• Sonia Rakkar as a Sheshadri's wife
• Vyjayanthi as a Vaijanti - Nurse
• Swatantra Bharat as a Club manager
• Jasbeer as a Restaurant singer
• Rajtilak as a Advocate Gomes
• Parichehar as a Old lady in the train
• Priyesh Kaushik as a Rookie cop
• Jaywant Wadkar as a Policeman 1
• Firdaus Mevawala as a Policeman 2
• Rajesh Jais as a Policeman 3
• Jaya Kolekar as a Bus conductor
• Parvez Khan as a Tortured goon
• Umar as a Bangalore Hawaldar
• Jaydutt Vyas as a Cheater in Den 1
• Hiwarale as a Cheater in Don 2
• Ajay Tiwari as a Den bouncer 1
• Akram Khan as a Den bouncer 2
• Deva Mishra as a Den manager
• Anisha Narang as a Audition girl 1
• Shirin Nagporewala as a Audition girl 2
• Shankar Shatke as a Man in car park
• Rama Rao as a Man 1 in train
• Dharmesh Thakkar as a Man 2 in train
• Avinash Chandwarkar as a Ticket checker
• Das Babu as a Garage owner
• Azaan Shah as a Chickoo - Prakash's son

Johnny Gaddaar film Songs / Music :

The film Music composer are Shankar Ehsaan Loy while Background score composer is Daniel B George. The film All songs lyrics writer is Jaideep Sahni.

The Music album have 15 songs and 2 remix song. The Film music album reviews are mostly positive. The Music album produced by composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Adlabs, which is first of its kind in the history of Bollywood.The album was released on 13 September 2007 at IMAX, Wadala, Mumbai. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Dharmendra, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Sriram Raghavan were present at the launch among others.

Music Launch Video :

Director Sriram Raghavan approached S-E-L to score a single for the film. As they were discussing, Ehsaan came up with a riff which Sriram felt fits the theme of the movie, which then turned out to be the title song “Johnny Gaddaar”. Then they decided to go for another song, which was to be picturised in a club setting. 

Sriram wanted it to have an early ’70s feel, along the lines of the famous R.D. Burman song, “Duniya Main”. Hence they jammed and came up with the second song, the rich and vibrant “Dhoka”. Sriram had seen rapper Hard Kaur on TV and was impressed with her. So he asked her and the trio to jam together, and they came up with the final song of the album, “Move Your Body”. The Music album includes Tamil and Telugu versions of the tracks “Johnny Gaddaar” and “Move Your Body”.

• “Johnny Gaddaar”..............Suraj Jagan, Akriti Kakkar
• “Move Your Body”..........Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Hard Kaur
• “Dhoka”.........Anousha Mani, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
• “Johnny in the House”............Dj. Shane
• “Move Your Body (Phatt Mix)”.............Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Hard Kaur
• “Johnny Breakbeat Mera Naam”........Gulraj Singh
• “Revenge of the 70s”............Instrumental
• “The Caper Begins”.................Sukhwinder Singh, Shilpa Rao
• “Toss”................................Instrumental
• “Confidence”.........................Instrumental
• “Bhule Bisre Geet”...............Sabiha Khan, Geetanjali, Swanand Kirkire
• “Johnny Gaddaar (Tamil)”............Raman Mahadevan, Nandini Srikar
• “Move Your Body (Tamil)”..........Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Hard Kaur
• “Johnny Gaddaar (Telugu)”........Nandini Srikar, Raman Mahadevan
• “Move Your Body (Telugu)”.......Shankar Mahadevan, Raman Mahadevan, Nandini Srikar, Mani Mahadevan

“Johnny Gaddaar” title full video song :

• Singer : Suraj Jaggan, Akriti Kakkar
• Lyricist : Jaideep
• Music Director : Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Actor : Neil Nitin Mukesh, Zakir Hussain, Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak
• Music Banner : T Series

“Move Your Body” full video song :

• Singer : Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa
• Music Director : Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Lyricist : Rap Lyrics By Hard Kaur, Hindi Lyrics By Des-C
• Music Label : T-Series

Neil Nitin Mukesh Interview :

Review of the film :

This film reviews are mostly positive from critics, Become Cult-classic film overtime.

Critics reviews :

• Times of India critics gave 3.5 star from 5 star and stated that "Johnny Gaddaar lives up to his debut venture and doesn't let you sit back. Watch out for Neil Mukesh who pitches the perfect note as the smooth snake in the sleeve. This grandson of Mukesh definitely has a long innings ahead. Wish Shankar Ehsaan Loy's music score had matched up to the jagged notes of the film. Nevertheless, this one's complete paisa vasool stuff."
• Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama also gave 3.5 star out of 5 star and writes that "JOHNNY GADDAAR is a taut thriller that has the germs to catch up with the audience. At the box-office, its business at multiplexes will be the best. Lack of a major opposition coupled with an additional holiday on Tuesday (October 2 - Gandhi Jayanti) would prove to be a bonus!"
• Rajeev Masand on film reviewing gave 3 star out of 5 star and stated that "Johnny Gaddaar is a delicious thriller, it’s a thriller very unlike his own previous film Ek Hasina Thi, and very unlike most thrillers you’ve seen recently. Watch it because it’s that rare film that actually expects you to use your brain."
• Khalid Mohamed from Hindustan times also gave 3 star from 5 star and noted that "Neil Nitin Mukesh who’s intense, sturdy and cool. Fingers crossed for the future -- an actor of potential is born."

Awards of the film :

Filmfare Awards :

Winner : 

2008 : Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design; Leslie Fernandes

Zee Cine Awards :

Winner :

2008: Special Award : Neil Nitin Mukesh

Star Screen Awards :

Nomination : 

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

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards :

Winner :

2008 : Best Performance in a negative role; Neil Nitin Mukesh

Stardust Awards :

Nomination :

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 Kakkar for the song "Johnny Gadaar"

IIFA Awards :

Winner :

2008: Fresh Face of the Year; Neil Nitin Mukesh

Star Guild Awards :

Winner :

2008: Best Actor in a Negative Role; Neil Nitin Mukesh

Box office collection :

• No. of Screens : 300
• First Day Friday : 54 lakh
• 2nd Day Saturday : 63 lakh
• 3rd Day Sunday    : 71 lakh
• First Weekend  :   1.88 crores
• First Week   :   2.84 crores
• Second Week  :  1 crores
• Third Week  :  15  lakh
• Lifetime India (net) : 5 crores
• Worldwide Collection : 6 crores
• Johny Gaddar Budget  : 7.5 crores
• Johny Gaddar Verdict : FLOP

Note : 43rd Highest Collecting Film of 2007

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