Ignore the subtle nuances and you will have a winner with "Johnny Gaddar". It is really nice to see a director deliver when expected. After 'Ek haseena thee' nothing but a well knit story could be expected from Sriram. Kudos to him for matching expectations. The success of a really good suspense thriller is when the film manages to hold the audience's attention till the very end and leaves him to find out if there are any loop holes in it only once it is over. The majority walking out of the theatre was on the look out for something to hold against the film, and to the credit of 'Johnny Gaddaar' very few arguments against the film hold strong!
Whether the film is going to be a commercial hit or not, let us appreciate the efforts of the wonderful team that has put together a real entertainer for the audience. That any day is good cinema!
People need guts to make such kind of films. Yes the second half's pace was slower and the scenes just before and after the intermission were slow. But in spite of all these flaws, Johnny Gaddaar is one of the few Indian films in which the plot dominates the characters. Johnny Gaddaar is an experiment worthy to be noted.
Was expecting a bit timepass movie while went to watch but through out the movie was thrilled... End was nice... direction was good..and Camera work was really good... felt story Dramatic too...after coming out of movie felt like its not a time pass movie but a real TIME vasool movie...
Bohot hi Aala!!! This is what came outta my mouth when i first say this movie. Being an Amitabh fan, and seen all his movies (including Parwana :)), i figured that Parwana need to be remade in this era. Thanks to the director, i have seen a great mix of class movie.
First the pros. Dharmendra is a treat to watch. I must say that the guy looks more like Sunny Deol's elder brother rather than his father. I was watching his "pyar kiya tho darna kiya" a couple of days ago, and i must say he hasnt aged a bit! His performance was really great, specially when he was feeling the pain when Niel killed him...the pain was evident from his eyes.
I love Zakir Hussain. He is amazing! Timing, dialogues, body movment...so was Vinay! He is very natural!
Niel Mukesh is a surprise! A fresh feeling to the whole movie...though he still needs to learn a lot, but the director has used him in an amazing manner. His facial expressions were top notch, specially his eyes...in the whole movie, it was required for him to show confused...and he showed that with flying colors! Dialogues were first rate.
Cons. Movie should be an hour 50 min max. It was too lengthy.
Dhamendra's english was no problem. Old desi guys used to say english in a proper desi way, so what's wrong with that!
I love the ending! I was glued to the movie till the end, and havnet lost interest for even a second.
Great work Director and the cast! and i would love to see Dharamedra back in action!
RE:RE:Wonderful
by Sanjay Balakrishnan on Oct 05, 2007 02:40 PM
D Morgan - Your name should be Dog Moragan or D Moron....It is a great movie...What it is also is that it is a a sitty review.
I am now officialy a Sriram Raghavan fan for life...Sriram Ragavan you are a genius...
In fact on the way home,will pick up a DVD of Ek Hasina Thi....
Just wondering if Johnny Gaddar was produced by the Johar's,Chopra's,Barjatya's etc of the film world what this Moron...sorry Morgan may have said...
...that the film is made to run around few amateur robbers (not professionals) and get doubt of why that and this. Amateurs will behave in that way only. If you get temped and you arent smart then this is it. just watch lopaz's U-Turn.
Such a tight n accurate screenplay even cant be seen in hollywood. Simply fantastic!
RE:Just go hollywood!
by arunmoy bose on Oct 09, 2007 01:58 AM
awesome, superb, mindblowing ! Thanks himeshBhai for gifting us this "wordset" I have not watched the movie yet, is it worthwatching !
Shriram raghavan is no doubt a grat story teller. He sends shivers in ur spine. This jhonny is a grt film. And not to forget neil mukesh has got a dream debut too good and full on gen next guy with lot of attitude and offcourse grt acting talent. Everybody including ashwini kelsekar and Rimi sen to all the male guys all have acted top rate.
