Johny Mera Naam
1970 film by Vijay Anand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johny Mera Naam (transl. Johny is my name) is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language 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, Iftekhar, Padma Khanna also star in pivotal roles.
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Directed by | Vijay Anand |
Written by | Vijay Anand K. A. Narayan |
Produced by | Gulshan Rai |
Starring | Dev Anand Hema Malini Pran Jeevan Premnath I. S. Johar Padma Khanna |
Cinematography | Fali Mistry |
Edited by | Vijay Anand |
Music by | Kalyanji-Anandji |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Trimurti Films Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd. |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹8 crore[1] |
At the 18th Filmfare Awards, Vijay Anand won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award,[2] while actor 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 Kannada as Apoorva Sangama, in Telugu as Eduruleni Manishi and in Tamil as Raja.[3]