Friday, September 5, 2008

Johny Mera Naam


johny mera nam

Film poster
Directed by Vijay Anand
Produced by Gulshan Rai
Written by Vijay Anand
K.A Narayan
Starring Hema Malini
Dev Anand
Pran
Music by Kalyanji Anandji
Cinematography Fali Mistry
Editing by Vijay Anand
Release date(s) 1970
Country India
Language Hindi
IMDb profile

Johny Mera Naam (Johny is my Name) is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie. Directed by Vijay Anand it stars the director's brother Dev Anand in the role of a pair of brothers separated in childhood. Hema Malini, Pran , Jeevan, Premnath, I. S. Johar and Iftekhar also star in this movie.

The Story

Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (played by Premnath). Mohan kills the goon and takes refuge in a car boot. Years later Sohan 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 (enacted by Jeevan) and goes to solve a case wooing Rekha (Hema) and finding the criminal.

Influences

A scene of the film is shown in the 2007 thriller Johnny Gaddaar, prompting a character to give "Johnny" as a fake name and hence the film title.


Aan Milo Sajna


Aan Milo Sajna
Directed by Mukul Dutt
Produced by Jagdish Kumar
Written by Sachin Bhowmick
Starring Rajesh Khanna
Asha Parekh
Vinod Khanna
Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal
Cinematography V Babasaheb
Editing by Pratap Dave
Release date(s) 1970
Country India
Language Hindi
IMDb profile

Aan Milo Sajna is a 1970 Hindi film written by Sachin Bhowmick. Produced by Jagdish Kumar and directed by Mukul Dutt the film stars Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh, Vinod Khanna, Rajindranath, Aruna Irani and Nirupa Roy. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film became a super hit at the box office.

Purab Aur Paschim


Purab Aur Paschim

Manoj Kumar
Directed by Manoj Kumar
Produced by Manoj Kumar
Starring Manoj Kumar
Saira Banu
Pran
Music by Kalyanji Anandji
Release date(s) 1970
Country Flag of India India
Language Hindi
IMDb profile

Purab Aur Paschim (Hindi: पूरब और पशचिम) is a 1970 Indian film; the dialogue is in Hindi. Produced and directed by Manoj Kumar, it stars Manoj, Saira Banu, Ashok Kumar, Pran and Vinod Khanna. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. The 2007 film Namastey London is based on this film.

This was the second film by Manoj Kumar where he stars as a Bharat (First being Upkar) and his 3rd film on patriotism. ( Shaheed being his first, to be followed later by Roti Kapda Aur Makaan and Kranti). In this movie a part of a family settles abroad in the UK and gets westernised. Manoj Kumar helps them realise that one should not forget one's roots or look down on one's culture.

Kati Patang


Kati Patang

Kati Patang theatrical poster
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Produced by Shakti Samanta
Written by Vrajendra Gaur
Gulshan Nanda
Starring Asha Parekh
Rajesh Khanna
Nasir Husain
Prem Chopra
Bindu
Music by RD Burman
Distributed by Shakti Films
United Producers
Release date(s) 1970
Language Hindi
IMDb profile

Kati Patang is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. It became a box office success.[1] It stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations. The film is based on a published story by Cornell Woolrich titled I Married a Dead Man and had been filmed before as No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara Stanwyck. It would be remade by Hollywood again as Mrs. Winterbourne (1996).[2] The film was Shakti's 2nd film with Rajesh Khanna after Aradhana and marked the second of a string of nine movies in which Mr. Samanta and Mr. Khanna collaborated.[1]

The movie also features Rajesh Khanna, Nasir Husain, Bindu and Prem Chopra.

Synopsis

Madhvi (Asha Parekh) is an orphan living with her maternal uncle, who arranges her marriage with someone she does not know, so she runs away to her lover, Kailash (Prem Chopra), only to find him in the arms of another woman, Shabnam (Bindu). She returns to her maternal uncle, only to find him dead. She then runs away from there, and meets with a friend, a widow and her child at a railway station. The three travel together by the same train. Unfortunately, the train meets with an accident, killing the widow instantly, leaving the child with Madhvi. Madhvi assumes the identity of the dead woman, Poonam, and travels along with the child to her in-laws. She is welcomed with open arms. She finds out that her uncle had arranged her marriage with Kamal Sinha (Rajesh Khanna). Kamal is angry and bitter at the manner his to-be wife treated him, even without knowing him. Kamal is attracted to Poonam, and makes it known to his family, who are shocked. Then Shabnam and Kailash re-enter their lives, making Madhvi look like an imposter, turning her in-laws against her; and Kamal's love turns to resentment.

Cast

Shakti Samanta has said that he cast Asha Parekh, because he was "confident" that he could extract a "convincing performance from her." She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award, the only win for the film. He soon cast her in his underrated film Pagla Kahin Ka (1970)).

Awards & Nominations

Khilona


Khilona

Film poster
Directed by Chander Vohra
Produced by L. V. Prasad
Starring Jeetendra
Sanjeev Kumar
Mumtaz
Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Release date(s) 1970
Country India
Language Hindi
IMDb profile

Khilona (English: Toy) is a 1970 Indian film directed by Chander Vohra and recipient of the Filmfare Best Movie Award. Mumtaz won the Filmfare Best Actress Award. It earned Filmfare nominations for Best Actor (Sanjeev Kumar), Best Comic (Jagdeep), Best Story (Gulshan Nanda), and Best Male Playback Singer (Mohd. Rafi for the title song "Khilona Jankar"). The film became a box office hit.

Cast