Johny Mera Naam

Johny Mera Naam (transl.Johny is my name) is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Vijay Anand. The film stars the director's brother, Dev Anand and Pran in the roles of brothers separated in childhood. Hema Malini, Jeevan, Premnath, I. S. Johar and Iftekhar also star in pivotal roles.[2]

Johny Mera Naam
Film poster
Directed byVijay Anand
Produced byGulshan Rai
Written byVijay Anand
K.A. Narayan
StarringDev Anand
Hema Malini
Pran
Jeevan
Premnath
I. S. Johar
Music byKalyanji-Anandji
CinematographyFali Mistry
Edited byVijay Anand
Production
company
Distributed byTrimurti Films
Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd.[1]
Release date
  • 11 November 1970 (1970-11-11)
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

At the 18th Filmfare Awards, Vijay Anand won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award,[3] while actor I.S. Johar received his first Best Performance in a Comic Role for his triple roles: a steward in an aeroplane, an associate of criminals and a police officer. The film was remade in Kannada as Apoorva Sangama, in Telugu as Eduruleni Manishi and in Tamil as Raja.[4]

Synopsis

Mohan and Sohan are the sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father is killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan (Pran) kills the goon, 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), solves a case wooing Rekha (Hema Malini) and finds the criminal.

Cast

Box office

It was the highest grossing Bollywood film of 1970[5] and the 7th highest grossing Bollywood movie of the 1970s.

Soundtrack

The movie boasts one of the best performances of Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. Johny Mera Naam marked some of the best music composed by the duo Kalyanji Anandji and pro memoria lyrics of Indeevar.[6]

#SongSinger(s)Picturized OnDuration
1 Title Music (Johny Mera Naam) Instrumental Credit Title Sequence 01:59
2 "Vaada Toh Nibhaaya" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle Dev Anand and Hema Malini 05:05
3 "Pal Bhar Ke Liye" Kishore Kumar, Usha Khanna Dev Anand and Hema Malini 05:05
4 "Mose Mora Shyam Rootha" Lata Mangeshkar Hema Malini 05:38
5 "Babul Pyare" Lata Mangeshkar Hema Malini 06:19
6 "Nafrat Karne Walon Ke" Kishore Kumar Dev Anand and Hema Malini 03:55
7 "Husn Ke Lakhon Rang" Asha Bhosle Premnath and Padma Khanna 05:19
8 Music Instrumental Instrumental 02:00

Influences

References

  1. "Johny Mera Naam". 11 November 1970 via IMDb.
  2. "Matinee Magic : Know Your Blockbuster Johny Mera Naam | *ing Dev Anand". Koimoi.
  3. "Best Screenplay Award". Filmfare Award Official Listings, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. Lokapally, Vijay (1 November 2012). "Johny Mera Naam (1970)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. "Box Office India 1970". Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  6. Hungama, Bollywood. "Johny Mera Naam 1970 Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos — Bollywood Hungama".
  7. "Dev Anand: Nalanda residents fondly remember 'Johny' - Times of India".

Johny Mera Naam at IMDb

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