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Starring:
Dharmendra, Zakir Hussain, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vinay
Pathak, Rimi Sen
Produced by: Adlabs Films
Written & Directed by - Sriram Raghavan
Slick tale
of crime, betrayal, love and cold blooded murder.
Seshadri (Dharmendra) who is the senior most of the five
gang members gets an offer to make a fortune in four
days. The gang members are up for it since this is the
deal that will catapult them into the big league.
Seshadri is
an ex-gangster/smuggler and now a gentleman who has lost
his wife. He is the leader, being senior most of his
gang. Vikram joined the group to use Seshadri's
intelligence and further his prospects. Being a a smart
and charming young man, his taste for fast money and
fast life was first realized with the huge profits he
generated by speculating on stocks with other people's
money. For him money is everything is ready to get it at
any cost and by any means.
Prakash (Vinay Pathak) is a compulsive gambler and is in
charge of running a gambling club which attracts moneyed
clients and on certain days, the stakes run into several
lakhs of rupees.
CREDITS
Produced By
- Adlabs Films
Written & Directed by Sriram Raghavan
Cast
Dharmendra - Seshadri
Zakir Hussain - Shardul
Neil Nitin Mukesh - Vikram
Vinay Pathak - Prakash
Rimi Sen - Mini
Daya Shetty - Shiva
Govind Namdeo , Rasika Joshi
Sanjay Routray - Executive Producer
Original Music by - Shankar Mahadevan
Cinematography by - C.K. Muraleedharan
Film Editing by - Pooja Ladha Surti
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But the youngest member Vikram
(Neil Nitin Mukesh) has other plans to disappear to some
unknown city and start his own life with his college love
Mini (Rimi Sen) when a devilish thought crosses his mind
and decides to grab the entire jackpot. Vikram's opening
gambit is a neat double cross. But as he plunges further
into his diabolical plan…he realizes that the stakes in
this game are high. And the only losers he can afford to
leave behind are dead ones!
Shardul (Zakir Hussain) runs a chic lounge bar which
caters to the rich kids from the IT and PBOs in the
vicinity. Vikram to guides him in this venture since he
knows the pulse of the younger generation.
Daya (Daya Shetty of TV serial CID fame), a bachelor in
his mid thirties, is a brutal and virile chap, living with
his ailing mother. He is from a family of wrestlers in
Kolhapur and does the strong arm work for the group.
Dharmendra is subdued and the
real mastermind. All of them are perfect in their roles,
while debutant Neil Mukesh is cool. He is charming and
looks natural in his scenes.
This cleverly constructed movie is entertaining and never
boring and it keeps the viewer on the edge of our seats.
Johnny Gaddaar assumes that we're a thinking, breathing
audience and not just popcorn-munching machines, as it
holds the audience's hand and leads them through intricate
planning, and a lot of twists and turns. The movie's an
eye-popping heist which takes place on a train.
Writer-director Sriram Raghavan shows that respects his
present day thinking and mature audience. It almost
appears that the director holds his viewer's hands and
leads them on certain details through this intricate
planning and lot of twists and turns.
- Amar Jeet
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