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{{Infobox film
| name = Johnny Gaddaar
|native_name =
| image = JohnnyGaddaar.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Sriram Raghavan]]
| studio = Adlabs Films Ltd
| writer = Sriram Raghavan
| starring = [[Neil Nitin Mukesh]] [[Dharmendra]] [[Rimi Sen]] [[Vinay Pathak]] [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] [[Dayanand Shetty]] [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] [[Govind Namdeo]]
| music = [[Shankar Ehsaan Loy]]
| cinematography = [[C. K. Muraleedharan]]
| editing = Pooja Ladha Surti
| distributor = Adlabs Films Ltd
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|09|28}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{INRConvert|6.7|c|}}
}}

'''''Johnny Gaddaar''''' (''Johnny the Traitor'') is a 2007 Indian [[neo-noir]] [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Sriram Raghavan]], produced under the banner [[Adlabs]]. It stars [[Neil Nitin Mukesh]], in his film debut, alongside [[Dharmendra]], [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]], [[Rimi Sen]], [[Vinay Pathak]], [[Govind Namdeo]], [[Dayanand Shetty]] and [[Ashwini Kalsekar]]. The film received critical acclaim.,<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Johnny Gaddaar is a delicious thriller |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/review-johnny-gaddaar-is-a-delicious-thriller/49544-8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415162514/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/review-johnny-gaddaar-is-a-delicious-thriller/49544-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2009|date=29 September 2007 |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Movie reviews: Johnny Ghaddar|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Movie-reviews/222703/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122134754/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Movie-reviews/222703/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2013|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|date=30 September 2007}}</ref> went on to be 'sleeper hit' of the year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thanking the Stars |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/thanking-the-stars/314564/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122160045/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/thanking-the-stars/314564/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2013 |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=26 May 2008 }}</ref> The film was later remade in Malayalam as ''[[Unnam]]'', in Telugu as ''Kamina'' and in Tamil as ''[[Johnny (2018 film)|Johnny]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive: Johnny Gaddaar being remade in Telugu|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/johnny-gaddaar-being-remade-in-telugu/20111125.htm |date=25 November 2011 |publisher=Rediff}}</ref>

The movie is an adaptation of the 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.<ref name="bobbytalkscinema.com">https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/Disapponting-But-True-JOHNN-1941</ref>

==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 [[Bangalore|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==
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In the opening credits the movie is dedicated to legendary Indian Cinema director [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] and writer [[James Hadley Chase]]. The film is a tribute to Vijay Anand's influence on the Hindi noir/thriller genre. It pays tribute to him in a scene in which Anand's movie ''[[Johny Mera Naam]]'' is being watched by a character. At the lobby of a hotel room, the receptionist is seen watching Vijay Anand's movie ''[[Johnny Mera Naam]]'', starring [[Dev Anand]]. It is from the scene of that movie that this one gets its title.<ref name="Rediff09Aug07">{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/09sriram.htm|title = 'Johnny Gaddaar is the opposite of a thriller'|access-date = 24 May 2011|last = Chaudhary|first = Swati R|date=August 2007| work = Rediff.com}}</ref> When the female lead is introduced she is reading [[R.K. Narayan]]'s [[The Guide]], which was later made into a movie directed by [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]], starring [[Dev Anand]].

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 (film)|Ek Hasina Thi]] as well.

The film also makes multiple references to [[Amitabh Bachchan]] classic ''[[Parwaana]]'' and also shows scenes of a major plot sequence of the movie.

There are multiple tributes to the actor [[Dharmendra]] himself. While dying, Dharmendra plays the song "Mera Gora Rang Le Le" – his character's favourite song sung by the character's wife (Sonia Rakkar) in the movie, which is from his movie [[Bandini (1963 film)|Bandini]] in which played in the movie. They are from [[Yakeen (1969 film)|Yakeen]], [[Aadmi Aur Insaan]] and [[Naya Zamana (1971 film)|Naya Zamana]].

There are a couple of references to Hollywood movies too, for example when Shiva is introduced in the movie, 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]] movie ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. Apart from the note-counting scene obviously inspired from ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'', there is a reference to ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' as well as ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' in the scene where the female lead is assembling a huge jigsaw puzzle.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

The colour Red is used predominantly in the movie, as a homage to [[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]. Raghavan himself had confessed wanting to shoot the whole film in [[black and white film|Black and White]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/todays-films-lack-passion-sriram-raghavan/76222-8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409221928/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/todays-films-lack-passion-sriram-raghavan/76222-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 April 2009|title=Today's films lack passion: Sriram Raghavan|publisher=IBN Live|date=19 October 2008 |access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

But the main game is that Raghavan's inspiration for the plot and characterization was not [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]'s film ''[[Johny Mera Naam]]''. Raghavan employs a [[rope-a-dope]] by implying that his movie as a tribute to [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] and also adding in ''[[Parwaana]]'' and [[James Hadley Chase]] as distraction, while the fact is that the movie was an adaptation of the 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 <ref name="bobbytalkscinema.com"/> though there are also similarities with the [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s [[film noir]] classic ''[[The Killing (film)|The Killing]]'' - in the plot elements like the ex-conman character, the cheating wife and no-one escape climax - which are not co-incidental. The only stark difference is that [[Stanley Kubrick|Kubrick's]] Johnny isn't the gaddar (the traitor).<ref>https://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/sep/27slde3.htm</ref>

==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 (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] as Shardul
* [[Vinay Pathak]] as Prakash 'Pakiya'
* [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] as Varsha (Prakash's wife)
* [[Dayanand Shetty]] as Shiva
* [[Govind Namdeo]] as Inspector Kalyan
* Vyjayanthi as Nurse Vaijanti
* [[Rasika Joshi]] as Shiva's mother
* Shankar Sachdev as Naidu

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Johnny Gaddaar
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 25 August 2007
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 61:11
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| label = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]</div>
| producer = [[Shankar Ehsaan Loy]] [[Adlabs]]
| chronology = Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
| prev_title = [[Salaam-e-Ishq|Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Heyy Babyy]]
| next_year = 2007
}}
The film has fifteen songs and two remixes composed by [[Shankar Ehsaan Loy]] (soundtrack) and Daniel B George (score), with lyrics by [[Jaideep Sahni]]. The album was met with high critical acclaim upon its release. The soundtrack was co produced by composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and [[Adlabs]], which is first of its kind in the history of Bollywood.<ref name=albumproduce>{{cite web|title=SEL with Adlabs produce Johnny Gaddaar Album|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/aug/11_johnny_gaddaar_shankar_ehsaan_loy_080703.asp|publisher=GlamSham|access-date=11 August 2007}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/johnny-gaddars-music-launch-hits-the-right-note/48657-8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016122423/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/johnny-gaddars-music-launch-hits-the-right-note/48657-8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 October 2012 |title=Johnny Gaddar's music launch hits the right note|publisher=CNN IBN |access-date=26 February 2012}}</ref>

Director Sriram Raghavan approached S-E-L to score a single for the film. As they were discussing, [[Ehsaan Noorani|Ehsaan]] came up with a [[Guitar riff|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 track, 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".<ref name=makingjohnny>{{cite web|title=The making of 'Johnny Gaddaar'|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/The-Making-of-the-Movie/KO022l3/3/Johnny-Gaddaar-Behind-The-Scenes.html|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=30 June 2011}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The album includes [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] versions of the tracks "Johnny Gaddaar" and "Move Your Body".

{{tracklist
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 61:11
| title1 = Johnny Gaddaar
| extra1 = [[Suraj Jagan]], [[Akriti Kakkar]]
| length1 = 04:59
| title2 = Move Your Body
| extra2 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Ehsaan Noorani]], [[Loy Mendonsa]], [[Hard Kaur]]
| length2 = 03:33

| title3 = Dhoka
| extra3 = [[Anousha Mani]], Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
| length3 = 04:10

| title4 = Johnny in the House
| extra4 = Dj. Shane
| length4 = 06:45

| title5 = Move Your Body (Phatt Mix)
| extra5 = Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Hard Kaur
| length5 = 04:28

| title6 = Johnny Breakbeat Mera Naam
| extra6 = Gulraj Singh
| length6 = 03:29

| title7 = Revenge of the 70s
| extra7 = Instrumental
| length7 = 02:25

| title8 = The Caper Begins
| extra8 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Shilpa Rao]]
| length8 = 04:14

| title9 = Toss
| extra9 = Instrumental
| length9 = 01:11

| title10 = Confidence
| extra10 = Instrumental
| length10 = 02:05

| title11 = Bhule Bisre Geet
| extra11 = Sabiha Khan, Geetanjali, [[Swanand Kirkire]]
| length11 = 06:01

| title12 = Johnny Gaddaar (Tamil)
| extra12 = [[Raman Mahadevan]], [[Nandini Srikar]]
| length12 = 04:59

| title13 =Move Your Body (Tamil)
| extra13 = Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Hard Kaur
| length13 = 03:33

| title14 = Johnny Gaddaar (Telugu)
| extra14 = Nandini Srikar, Raman Mahadevan
| length14 = 04:59

| title15 = Move Your Body (Telugu)
| extra15 = Shankar Mahadevan, Raman Mahadevan, Nandini Srikar, Mani Mahadevan
| length15 = 03:31
}}

===Reception===
[[File:Johnny Gaddaar Music Launch.jpg|thumb|SEL, Dharmendra, Sriram Raghavan at the music launch|left]]
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Bollywood Hungama]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=bh>{{cite web|last=Tuteja|first=Joginder|title=Johnny Gaddaar Music Review|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/13023/index.html|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=20 June 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Rediff.com]]
| rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=rediff>{{cite web|last=Sen|first=Raja|title=Shankar Ehsaan Loy's Best Album|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/sep/12zzjg.htm|publisher=Rediff|access-date=20 June 2011}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Planet Bollywood''
| rev3Score = {{rating|9|10}}<ref name=planetbollywood>{{cite web|last=Khan|first=Atta|title=Johnny Gaddaar Music Review|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=092207071314|publisher=Planet Bollywood|access-date=20 June 2011}}</ref>
}}
The album was met with high praise from critics upon release. Raja Sen of [[Rediff]], who awarded the soundtrack four and a half stars was ecstatic about the soundtrack, "''Johnny Gaddaar is a delightfully harebrained work showing off extreme musical maturity. This is the soundtrack that breaks all the rules, the three buddies reveling in the recklessness director Sriram Raghavan gives them. This is what Modesty Blaise would dance to, an album of lunatic retro genius.''".<ref name=rediff /> Joginder Tuteja of [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave the album a three-and-a-half stars, stating, "''In 'Johnny Gaddaar', don't even expect the kind of soundtrack that you hear in a conventional Bollywood film. Instead expect to get on a rhythmic ride which would hardly give you a breather throughout its 11 tracks. The music of 'Johnny Gaddaar' isn't anything that you have heard before in a mainstream Hindi film before. And this is where its strength lies!''".<ref name=bh /> Atta Khan of Planet Bollywood in his 9 star review, praised the soundtrack "''Every once in a while a soundtrack comes along that leaves you in awe at its sheer audacity and pizzazz. Not to mention style, inspiration, variety, innovation and all round brilliance! In this reviewer's opinion, Johnny Gaddaar is such a soundtrack. The whole package here including the instrumentals is an integral USP of the movie giving it a (dark but hip) character that many soundtracks only dream of achieving. Yet at the same time it is a great stand alone audio product too. Its unconventional approach challenges every listener to expand their listening horizon and it's an offer everyone should wholeheartedly accept.''"<ref name=planetbollywood />

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''.<ref name=redifftop10>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/18sld7.htm |title=rediff.com: 2007's Top 10 Music Albums |publisher=Specials.rediff.com |access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref> 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."''<ref name=pbto10>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=s010708060751 |title=The High Notes of 2007 |publisher=PlanetBollywood |access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref>

==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 Kakkar]] for the song "Johnny Gadaar"

===IIFA Awards===
'''Winner'''
* 2008: Fresh Face of the Year; [[Neil Nitin Mukesh]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://filmikhabar.com/2008/06/09/iifa-2008-award-winners/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 August 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080610091406/http://filmikhabar.com/2008/06/09/iifa-2008-award-winners/ |archive-date=10 June 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=1077248|title=Johnny Gaddaar}}
* [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/09sriram.htm Interview with Srirama Raghavan]
{{Sriram Raghavan}}

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