Johnny Gaddaar

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7.8/10

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Dharmendra, Vinay Pathak, Rimi Sen, Zakir Hussain, Neil Nitin Mukesh, and Dayanand Shetty in Johnny Gaddaar (2007)

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

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Drug Crime Crime Drama Thriller

Five criminals, who run a gambling club, pool money for a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but when their youngest teammate plans to steal the suitcase containing the money, mur... Read allFive criminals, who run a gambling club, pool money for a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but when their youngest teammate plans to steal the suitcase containing the money, murder enters the scene.Five criminals, who run a gambling club, pool money for a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but when their youngest teammate plans to steal the suitcase containing the money, murder enters the scene.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

14K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
When all the gang members sit together to count money using automatic counting machines, the crew had to use original currency worth INR 25 Lakhs. It was needed because the counting machine automatically detects fake notes and throws them out.

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?

Crazy credits
At the beginning of the film, the makers have dedicated the film to thriller maestros Vijay Anand and James Hadley Chase.

Alternate versions
A censored version for TV was granted a U (universal rating) after multiple cuts, mostly to violence, profanity and some sexual material, were made.

Connections
Featured in Monica, O My Darling (2022)

Soundtracks
Johnny Gaddaar
Written by Jaideep Sahni
Composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Performed by Suraj Jagan and Akriti Kakar
Courtesy of Big Music

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Featured review

9/10

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.