Johny Mera Naam

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.

Johny Mera Naam
Film poster
Directed byVijay Anand
Written byVijay Anand
K. A. Narayan
Produced byGulshan Rai
StarringDev Anand
Hema Malini
Pran
Jeevan
Premnath
I. S. Johar
Padma Khanna
CinematographyFali Mistry
Edited byVijay Anand
Music byKalyanji-Anandji
Production
company
Trimurti Films
Distributed byTrimurti Films
Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 20 November 1970 (1970-11-20)
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office8 crore

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 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.

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