From my favorite movies..

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The topic used by this far India crime movie reminds me a French film noir from the early sixties that I have commented five years ago on IMDb. I speak of Jacques Deray's SYMPHONIE POUR UN MASSACRE. If you watch closely to those two features, you will notice many similarities between those movies. A bunch of hoodlums plan a big money transportation by train, where one of them will be in charge of this very dangerous task. But everything gets awry when one of them - our lead - decides to kill the money carrier and keep the loot for himself...I guess the screen writer of this Indian film has seen the Jacques Deray's film. I can't imagine he did not... But I point out that will not remove anything from this very tense and powerful Bollywood piece of work. And I am probably the only human being on earth to have noticed that. No, don't be afraid, this is not a copycat, and even if it was, I repeat, no one except me will notice it.

Johnny Gaddaar is what we call superb entertainment. It is a damn good thriller - gripping, riveting, dark and suspensive, and it will definitely have you glued to your seat throughout. Director Sriram Raghavan, who earlier directed the excellent Ek Hasina Thi, directs this movie with great integrity and understanding of the required mood, capturing every moment of it with sheer skill. He clearly takes inspiration from James Hadley Chase novels and several classic movies from India and abroad to create a true westernised Indian pulp fiction, and this makes it the more so enjoyable and fun. The movie presents a realistic yet different cultural world that is just fun to watch, but most importantly, it has style. And this style is created not only by the terrific screenplay, but also by its clever use of its technical aspects. The slick cinematography, the impressive camera work, the great editing, and the awesome background score, all contribute to the film's suspense and unpredictability. The acting is roundly good, from Dharmendra, who delivers one of his finest works in recent years, to Vinay Pathak who rocks as always to the hot Rimi Sen, the wonderful Ashwini Khalsekar to Govind Namdeo and Zakir Hussan, everyone does well. The movie, however, clearly belongs to Neil Nitin Mukesh, who delivers a very convincing debut performance, effectively playing the many shades of his character. He can be naive, sophisticated, devious or just indifferent, but he is just the real Johnny. Johnny Gaddaar is a movie everyone would enjoy watching - a thriller which is taut, twisted, fast-paced, unpredictable, and just very entertaining.

This movie comes across as a refreshing movie in Bollywood today. I was taken by surprise by this movie. Frankly speaking i did not think that this could be such an edge of a seat thriller. To start with the plot was excellent. The story was beautifully woven around the five characters in the movie. It made me realize that we do have talented directors in Bollywood.Adreneline was pumping in each scene of the movie. There was various twists and turns. As an audience i was completely immersed in this fantastic movie.Every one did well as far as acting was concerned. Veteran Dharamendra showed that he can still act. Neil Nitin Mukesh comes across as a natural actor. Thank god his voice does not resemble his father or grand father.Its a pity that the movie did not do too well at the box office though. An Amir Khan or an Akshay kumar's presence may have taken this movie to the all time block busters list.Overall an excellent movie . I strongly recommend everyone to see it.

Sriram raghavan may not be India's most famous director but he has come out one of the best movies of the last 3 or 4 years.The plot is good and the twists add to the strength of the film .As far as music is concerned , Shankar Ehsaan and Loy have come out with good tracks and the lyrics by jaideep sahni are good.Neil nitin mukesh gets a dream debut and makes most of his role Dharmendra is OK,not great.Vinay Pathak and Zakir hussain are very good.All in all , a very good movie experience. its 8 on 10 for this one from Sriram Raghavan.