Johny Mera Naam (1970)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Vijay Anand

Writers:

Vijay Anand (dialogue)
Vijay Anand (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 November 1970 (India)

Genre:

Musical | Action | Drama | Family | Thriller

Plot:

Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their...

Plot Keywords:

Smuggler | Gangster | Prison | Boxing | Police Officer

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Dev Anand	...	Johny / Sohan
Hema Malini	...	Rekha
Pran	...	Moti / Mohan
Jeevan	...	Heera
Prem Nath	...	Ranjit / Rai Saab Bhupendra Singh
I.S. Johar	...	Pehle Ram (Palmist) / Dooja Ram / Teeja Ram
Padma Khanna	...	Tara (as Padma)
Randhawa	...	Babu
Sulochana Latkar	...	Sohan's & Mohan's mother (as Sulochana)
Iftekhar	...	Chief Inspector Mehta (as Iftikhar)
Sajjan	...	Rai Saab Bhupendra Singh
Shyam Kumar	...	Sher Singh Bhairon (as Sham Kumar)
Tabassum
Dulari	...	Poojari's wife
Madhup Sharma

Runtime:

159 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Mehboob Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Chalte Chalte (1976)

Soundtrack:

Pal Bhar Ke Liye Koi Hamen Pyaar Kar Le

An Excellent Old Time Movie To Watch

Johnny Mera Naam is perhaps Vijay Anand's best directed movie. Released in 1970, this movie went on to cause a stir as did the music as it was considered to be beyond its time.

Two brothers,Sohan and Mohan, both studying in the same school, have entered the school boxing competition. When the final comes it the two brothers find out that they are fighting each other. Sohan is declared winner but the match is continued at home and the mother tells them that they should wait for their father. Mohan, the elder, being impatient, goes to see his father - a police officer. Instead he witnesses a smuggler by the name of Heera murdering his father. He then tries to catch him by chasing him and lends up hiding in his car.

Years pass by and Sohan becomes an Police inspector and wanting to catch smugglers, he lands himself in a cell with the man who had murdered his father, Heera and introduces himself as "Johnny." He later escapes and meets up with a contact that he had been informed about by Heera - a female by the name of Rekha.

The movie stars the ever green Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Pran, Premnath, Ifteqar and I.S. Johar. The story is good but more than that is the direction by the late Vijay Anand. But the acting by all and especially the comic side by the late I.S. Johar, is absolutely brilliant. The songs to listen out for are "O Mere Raja," "Baabul Pyaare," "Nafrat Karne Waaloh" and "Parbhal Keliye" - they are most memorable as is the music by Kalyanji - Anandji.

I recently saw this movie after a very long time and was in tears as it brought back floods of memories and especially especially childhood ones. This is a movie that is worth watching.