Johnny Mera Naam
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| जॉनी मेरा नाम | |
| Directed by | Vijay Anand |
| Produced by | Gulshan Rai |
| Written by |
Vijay Anand K.A. Narayan |
| Starring |
Dev Anand Hema Malini Pran Jeevan Premnath I. S. Johar |
| Music by | Kalyanji-Anandji |
| Cinematography | Fali Mistry |
| Edited by | Vijay Anand |
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| Distributed by |
Trimurti Films Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd. |
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161 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Johny Mera Naam (Hindi: जानी मेरा नाम, English: Johny, My Name) is a 1970 bollywood crime action 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 and Iftekhar also star in pivotal roles.
At the 18th Filmfare Awards, Vijay Anand won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award, while actor I. S.Johar received his first Best Performance in a Comic Role for his triple roles: a steward in aeroplane, an associate of criminals, and a police officer. The film was remade in Kannada as Apoorva Sangama with Dr.Rajkumar, in Telugu as Eduruleni Manishi with N. T. Rama Rao and in Tamil as Raja with Sivaji Ganesan.
Mohan and Sohan are the sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father is killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan (Pran) kills the goon, takes refuge in a car boot, and goes missing.
Years later Sohan (Dev Anand) goes on to become a CID officer called Sohan Kumar who solves his cases taking up different guises. He takes the identity of Johny, a petty thief and gets himself in jail, befriends Heera (Jeevan), solves a case wooing Rekha (Hema Malini), and finds the criminal.
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