Johnny Gaddaar (2007)

Police officers recount a tale of missing money which results in lies, deceit, betrayal and death.

Director:

Sriram Raghavan

Writers:

Vinay Choudary (additional screenplay), Sriram Raghavan

Stars:

Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, Ashwini Kalsekar

Top Rated Indian Movies #175 | 3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dharmendra	...	Sheshadri 'Seshu'
Rimi Sen	...	Mini (as Rimi)
Ashwini Kalsekar	...	Varsha
Neil Nitin Mukesh	...	Vikram
Vinay Pathak	...	Prakash 'Pakiya'
Zakir Hussain	...	Shardul (as Zaakir Hussain)
Dayanand Shetty	...	Shiva
Govind Namdeo	...	Inspector Kalyan
Rasika Joshi	...	Shiva's mother
Shankar Sachdev	...	Naidu
Priyanka Bose	...	Ola-Ola main dancer
Farah	...	Co-dancer 1
Radhika	...	Co-dancer 2
Neeraj Khetrapal	...	Parekh Bhai
Sonia Rakkar	...	Sheshadri's wife

Storyline

Plain-clothed police officers, on patrol in a police van in Mumbai's Khar Danda area, recount the story of five crooks: Sheshadari, Shiva, Prakash, Vikram, Shardul, and their Police Inspector friend, Kalyan. The tale revolves around a bag containing 2.5 Crore Rupees that goes missing - resulting in lies, deception, betrayal, and death.

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Plot Keywords:

neo noir | betrayal | nightclub | gambling | shot to death | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The female voice singing acoustic on tape belongs to Pooja Surti, the editor of the movie. The song ("Mora gora ang layi le") is from Bandini (1963) starring Dharmendra, who plays Seshadri in this movie.

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Quotes

Inspector Kalyan: Who is your favourite actor?
Vikram: Amitabh Bacchan
Inspector Kalyan: Which movies you saw of Amitabh Bacchan?
Vikram: All Movies, Sholay, Deewar, Satte pe satta...
Inspector Kalyan: Have you seen 'Parwana'?
Vikram: NO Sir
Inspector Kalyan: Can I tell you the story?

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Connections

References Amar, Akbar and Anthony (1977)

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Soundtracks

Dhoka
Written by Neelesh Misra
Composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and Ehsaan Noorani
Performed by Anusha Mani, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and Tarannum
Courtesy of Big Music

User Reviews

Excellent crime thriller that stands with the best

This seems to be a watershed year or at least month so far as thrillers in Hindi movies are concerned. First there was Manorama 6 Feet Under and now I saw Johnny Gaddar, which totally ROCKS!! A tight and layered script that pays a lot of homage to erstwhile thrillers (tons of 70's references here) but remembers to have its own identity, absolutely SUPERB direction and performances that are indicative of the relish all the actors took in their parts. Even Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy provide some measure of compensation for the emasculation of 70's songs they did in their remix albums by coming up with a background score that's booming with the meaty brass sounds of that era. If there is any flaw I'd say the lead pair of Neil Mukesh and Rimi Sen are kinda vacuous but even that mostly works in the film's favor because they play characters that remain under everyone else's horizon.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

Johnny the Traitor

Filming Locations:

Goa, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,109,943

Company Credits

Production Co:

Adlabs Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color