Johnny Gaddaar is a 2007 Indian crime thriller neo-noir film by Sriram Raghavan; produced under the banner Adlabs Films Ltd . It stars Neil Mukesh, the grandson of legendary singer Mukesh and son of singer Nitin Mukesh in his film debut alongside Dharmendra, Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak and Ashwini Khalsekar. The film has been hailed widely as a path breaking film in the Hindi movie industry. It pays tribute to film noir and the James Hadley Chase stories.
The story is about a gang which does shady deals. One such deal promises to make the group a lot of money, but one member of the gang has his own secret plans, leading to unforeseen situations for the group. In the opening credits the movie is dedicated to James Hadley Chase (besides Vijay Anand), and while the story is not based on any of his novels, it does follow a somewhat similar plotline. Director Sriram Raghavan has exercised the same genre as his previous venture Ek Hasina Thi.
In the story, five regular partners are going for a deal splitting profit five ways as usual. It is all fine until one of guys, Vikram (played by Neil Mukesh) wants it all for himself and plans to elope with his mistress (played by Rimi Sen). The plan could not be executed without problems and none of the members of the group is a rookie.
In the movie, the viewer knows, at the very outset, who the actual traitor is, but his partners-in-crime don't. The protagonist finds himself forced to eliminate one member of the group after the other. Just when it seems that he is in the clear, there is a twist in the plot.
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