Johny Mera Naam (1970)

Original title

जॉनी मेरा नाम

Directed by

Vijay Anand

Genre

action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 54m

Rated

U

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers are separated in childhood and later find themselves on opposite sides of a spy conspiracy. One brother is an undercover agent while the other gets involved with criminals.

fast-pacedspydramaticwhimsicalaction-packedsuspensefulnostalgiccomic relief

What happens

Johny Mera Naam (transl. Johny is my name) is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language action spy 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, Iftekhar, Padma Khanna also star in pivotal roles. At the 18th Filmfare Awards, Vijay Anand won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award for this film, while 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 Tamil as Raja (1972), in Telugu as Eduruleni Manishi (1975) and in Kannada as Apoorva Sangama (1984). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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