Johnny Gaddaar

Johnny Gaddaar
Johnny Gaddaar
Directed by	Sriram Raghavan
Written by	Sriram Raghavan
Based on	Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud-Fourton
Produced by	Manmohan Shetty
Starring	Neil Nitin Mukesh; Dharmendra; Rimi Sen; Vinay Pathak; Zakir Hussain; Dayanand Shetty; Ashwini Kalsekar; Govind Namdeo
Cinematography	C. K. Muraleedharan
Edited by	Pooja Ladha Surti
Music by	Score: ; Daniel B. George ; Songs: ; Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Production; company	Adlabs
Distributed by	Adlabs
Release date	28 September 2007;
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹7.50 crore
Box office	₹5.68 crore

Johnny Gaddaar (transl. Johnny the Traitor) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language 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, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Govind Namdeo, Dayanand Shetty and Ashwini Kalsekar. The film received critical acclaim^[3]^[4] and was a sleeper hit at the box-office.^[5] It was remade in Malayalam as Unnam, in Telugu as Kamina and in Tamil as Johnny.^[6]

The film was later identified as an uncredited adaptation of the 1962 French novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud Fourton, which was first adapted into the 1963 French film Symphony for a Massacre by Jacques Deray.^[7] In 2018, Raghavan confessed to having read the novel while he was working at ISRO on public safety announcement films.^[8]

^ "Johnny Gaddaar". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Johnny Gaddaar". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Review: Johnny Gaddaar is a delicious thriller". CNN-IBN. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009.
^ "Movie reviews: Johnny Ghaddar". Indian Express. 30 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
^ "Thanking the Stars". Indian Express. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
^ "Exclusive: Johnny Gaddaar being remade in Telugu". Rediff. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
^ "Disappointing but True - JOHNNY GADDAAR was adapted from a French crime thriller. - by Bobby Sing". Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ "Sriram Raghavan interview: 'Every movie is a commitment, you have to be damn sure about it'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[1] "Johnny Gaddaar". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[:0-2] "Johnny Gaddaar". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[3] "Review: Johnny Gaddaar is a delicious thriller". CNN-IBN. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009.

[4] "Movie reviews: Johnny Ghaddar". Indian Express. 30 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.

[5] "Thanking the Stars". Indian Express. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.

[6] "Exclusive: Johnny Gaddaar being remade in Telugu". Rediff. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.

[bobbytalkscinema.com-7] "Disappointing but True - JOHNNY GADDAAR was adapted from a French crime thriller. - by Bobby Sing". Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[8] "Sriram Raghavan interview: 'Every movie is a commitment, you have to be damn sure about it'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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