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BOLLYWOOD<br />
Celebrating<br />
Bollywood<br />
fter all the hype and hoopla<br />
around some of the worst<br />
movies from Bollywood, if<br />
Ayou've lost hope, it's time to watch<br />
Johny Gaddar. A refreshing, witty and<br />
engaging film, Johny Gaddar keeps<br />
you on the edge throughout and<br />
exuberantly celebrates the Bombay<br />
film industry.<br />
The film is aptly dedicated to<br />
Vijay Anand, whose “Jewel Thief”<br />
redefined the genre thriller in<br />
Bollywood and novelist James<br />
Hadley Chase. The film draws its<br />
skeleton from the perpetual plot of<br />
Chase novels where the protagonist<br />
attempts to commit a theft that leads<br />
him to commit murders. The talented<br />
director adds flesh and blood to this<br />
plot and the entire movie turns out<br />
into a joyous celebration of<br />
Bollywood.<br />
For all those who suggested<br />
Dharmendra to stay away from the<br />
Industry, after watching him in “Life<br />
In A Metro” will be pleasantly<br />
surprised. He's the only big star in this<br />
64<br />
Bollywood has recently experimented with two exciting themes, Johny Gaddar<br />
and Manorama: Six feet under. Johny Gaddar is a thriller with a sense of humor<br />
whereas Manorama: Six feet under brings in subaltern perspective to otherwise<br />
glitzy Bollywood cinema writes Bikas Mishra, editor www.dearcinema.com.<br />
<strong>Pravasi</strong> <strong>Today</strong> ✦ November <strong>2007</strong><br />
film however the film also marks the<br />
beginning of a budding star Neil<br />
Mukesh. You could mistake him for<br />
Hritik Roshan at times but this starry<br />
eyed boy has a style of his own.<br />
Okay, so Johny Gaddar's plot<br />
revolves around five characters.<br />
Dharmendra plays the mastermind.<br />
They pool in Rs. 50 Lakh each to<br />
make a deal that will make them<br />
richer. While four of them eagerly<br />
wait to see the deal through, one of<br />
them has different plans. We know all<br />
along who the rat is however the<br />
characters on screen pay the price of<br />
this knowledge by their lives, one by<br />
one and that keeps film moving<br />
forward.<br />
The final shot of the film looks<br />
like a tribute to the director Sriram<br />
Raghvan's debut film “Ek Hasina<br />
Thi”. It looks quite different from the<br />
rest of the film. The final murder also<br />
stands apart for the reason that it<br />
comes from nowhere. It looked<br />
slightly imposed on the script.<br />
The film never gets into the detail<br />
of the deal and it's depicted in a<br />
matter-of-fact style, something that I<br />
admired. The script plays on<br />
unpredictability and each character<br />
gets time to carry the story forward.<br />
This is why the tinge of the film keeps<br />
changing along with the character<br />
who is going to be killed. What binds<br />
all these together is protagonist's<br />
quest for the two and half Corers and<br />
the dreams of a happily married life<br />
with his beloved. How Johny Gaddar<br />
gets his name is hilarious and very
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