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
- The song “Pal Bhar Ke Liye” composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, and performed by Kishore Kumar in this film was used at the end of The Simpsons episode Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore (2006).
- 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.
