If you are a Hard Core Thriller lover, Johnny Gaddar is for you! If you are a James Hadley Chase or Alfred Hitchcock Fan, Johnny Gaddar is your cup of tea! If you like to enjoy Edge of your Seat ride, Go for Johnny Gaddar!
This is the group of Five Men, Whose fingers are in Legal and Not-So-Legal activities. The film starts with one of the Group Member Seshadri (Dharmendra) gets an offer to make fortune in four days. All the other members want this deal to materialize because this deal will take them to a Big Level. They make a plan to make this deal happen.
The youngest member of this group Vikram (Neil Nitin Mukesh) has his own secret and deadly plan to rob the money and disappear to another country with his lady love (Rimmi). Not everything comes easy in life they say. Vikram never knew that to execute his secret plans, He has to cross the pool of blood! He has to kill rest of the group members one by one!
The story of the film may sound a routine genre to all. But trust me! The film is executed in a brilliant way. Script wise the film is so tight that it keeps you to the edge. Direction wise the film is genuine and breath taking. The camera work is of first rate. Musically awesome and foot tapping at the same time. Watch out for the Back Ground score that deserve a special tap. The Film Maker has taken references from the classics like Johnny Mera Naam and Parwana. The film itself opens with a dedication card in the titles saying that this film is dedicated to Thriller Maestros like Alfred Hitchcock and Vijay Anand.
The Film Maker Sriram Raghavan tries to create an atmosphere of 70s classic Thriller Era through this film. But somewhere in the end, You crave for something more. Maybe some shock in the end, Maybe not a Negative Ending.
Performance wise Neil Nitin Mukesh is a good actor but still needs to polish his acting skills. Rimmi does not have much scope to perform. I think that the Film Maker should have given a turn to the script by showing Rimmi as the planner or something like it. Dharmendra acts like a Legend. Vinay Pathak is good with his decent part. Zakir Hussain again shows his caliber of acting and grows with the character. Govind Namdeo has a small but a decent role and he performs it very well. Ashwini Kalsekar again has a decent part and she is a pure Show Stealer.
This is the group of Five Men, Whose fingers are in Legal and Not-So-Legal activities. The film starts with one of the Group Member Seshadri (Dharmendra) gets an offer to make fortune in four days. All the other members want this deal to materialize because this deal will take them to a Big Level. They make a plan to make this deal happen.
The youngest member of this group Vikram (Neil Nitin Mukesh) has his own secret and deadly plan to rob the money and disappear to another country with his lady love (Rimmi). Not everything comes easy in life they say. Vikram never knew that to execute his secret plans, He has to cross the pool of blood! He has to kill rest of the group members one by one!
The story of the film may sound a routine genre to all. But trust me! The film is executed in a brilliant way. Script wise the film is so tight that it keeps you to the edge. Direction wise the film is genuine and breath taking. The camera work is of first rate. Musically awesome and foot tapping at the same time. Watch out for the Back Ground score that deserve a special tap. The Film Maker has taken references from the classics like Johnny Mera Naam and Parwana. The film itself opens with a dedication card in the titles saying that this film is dedicated to Thriller Maestros like Alfred Hitchcock and Vijay Anand.
The Film Maker Sriram Raghavan tries to create an atmosphere of 70s classic Thriller Era through this film. But somewhere in the end, You crave for something more. Maybe some shock in the end, Maybe not a Negative Ending.
Performance wise Neil Nitin Mukesh is a good actor but still needs to polish his acting skills. Rimmi does not have much scope to perform. I think that the Film Maker should have given a turn to the script by showing Rimmi as the planner or something like it. Dharmendra acts like a Legend. Vinay Pathak is good with his decent part. Zakir Hussain again shows his caliber of acting and grows with the character. Govind Namdeo has a small but a decent role and he performs it very well. Ashwini Kalsekar again has a decent part and she is a pure Show Stealer.
Johnny Gaddar will not leave you Dis-Appointed for sure!!!
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