Johnny Gaddaar, based in Mumbai and placed in 2000s, is a tightly-crafted, crime-based, suspense-thriller that turned out to be a surprise hit in 2007. The movie was later remade in the South India in other languages.
Johnny Gaddaar has a James Hadley Chase feel to it. The title has some connection to Vijay Anand’s Johnny Mera Naam of the 70s.
Johnny Gaddaar is loosely adapted from Stanley Kubrick’s black classic The Killing.
| Directed by | Sriram Raghavan |
| Released in | 2007 |
| Genre | Crime, Thriller |
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| Music by | Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
| Produced by | Adlabs Films Ltd. |
| Written by | Sriram Raghavan |
| Language | Hindi |
| Length | 2 hours |
The Plot
Seshadri/ Seshu (played by Dharmendra) is an ageing criminal in Mumbai, who gets an opportunity to do a big drug deal. He ropes in Prakash (played by Vinay Pathak), Shardul (played by Zakir Hussain), Shiva (played by Dayanand Shetty), and Vikram (played by Neil Nitin Mukesh).
The deal is to deliver 2.5 crore rupees to a cop – Inspector Kalyan, pick a drug consignment from him, transport it from Bangalore to Mumbai and sell it for double the money in Mumbai.
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