Johny Mera Naam

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• This film was followed by another Dev Anand film - "Banarasi Babu" (1973) - that featured brothers named Mohan and Sohan. While Dev Anand played both these roles in "Banarasi Babu" (1973), he played Sohan and Pran played Mohan in this film. K.A. Narayan wrote the stories for both the films.[1]
• The film was a big hit and spawned remakes in multiple languages. It was remade in Tamil as "Raja" (1972) starring Shivaji Ganesan, in Telugu as "Eduruleni Manishi" (1975) starring N.T. Rama Rao, and in Kannada as "Apoorva Sangama" (1984) starring Rajkumar.
• Director Sriram Raghavan dedicated the film "Johnny Gaddaar" (2007) to "thriller maestros" Vijay Anand and James Hadley Chase. There were a few references to Vijay Anand's films in it. The most prominent amongst them was a scene in which this film was shown playing on the TV. In fact, the title "Johnny Gaddaar" (2007) was derived from this Vijay Anand film.[2]
• This was Gulshan Rai's first film as a producer. He launched the banner Trimurti Films with it. Rai had distributed Vijay and Dev Anand's "Guide" (1965) and "Jewel Thief" (1967) previously and turned to the brothers for his first film as a producer. It was Rai who wanted Kalyanji - Anandji to compose the film's music and K.A. Narayan, who was the story writer of "Jewel Thief" (1967), to write its story. The film was initially titled "Do Roop". Its eventual title came about since Rai, who was a superstitious man, wanted a "lucky" title that started with the letter "J".[3][4][MR52]
• Vijay Anand had cast his friend Prem Nath in "Teesri Manzil" (1966) to help him stage a comeback. The actor had done very well in his earlier films but his career had floundered in recent years. When he failed to impact in "Teesri Manzil" (1966), Anand cast him again in this film, which was a massive hit and revived the actor's career.[5][MR52]
• Director Vijay Anand had asked Gulshan Rai for a fee of Rs. 5 lakhs for this film but settled for the producer's counter-offer - a signing amount of Rs. 5000 and a one-third share of the film's profits. Following this verbal agreement, Anand conscientiously managed the film's budget and told Rai that he would not accept any additional money from him till the film made money. However, Rai reneged on his promise when the film became a superhit. Instead of giving Anand a share of the film's profits, Rai offered him a fee of Rs. 1 lakh. The director was so hurt by Rai's betrayal that he did not accept this fee and refused to work with him again. Rai also went back on his promise to Dev Anand. The star had demanded a fee of Rs. 12 lakhs for the film but agreed to accept Rs. 10 lakhs on the condition that Rai would pay the balance if the film did well. That never happened. Unlike his brother, however, Dev Anand had no qualms about doing "Joshila" (1973) with Rai.[6][MR52]

Song

• Pal Bhar Ke Liye Koi Hamen Pyar Kar Le - This song was used at the end of S17E17 of the animated TV show "The Simpsons". The episode, titled "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore", was originally aired in 2006.
• Husn Ke Lakhon Rang - The composition of this song took a long time to perfect - about twenty days. Vijay Anand wanted a sensual rhythm in the song and referred Kalyanji - Anandji and Rajendra Krishan to S.D. Burman's "Raat Akeli Hai Bujh Gaye Diye" ("Jewel Thief", 1967) as an example of how words could be spaced to get the desired rhythm. It was based on this brief that the word "dekhoge" in the song's mukhda was spaced out as "de-kho-ge".[7][MR52]
• Husn Ke Lakhon Rang - Padma Khanna's strip-tease dance in this song created quite a flutter. The Censor Board had asked Vijay Anand to remove the song from the film but the director convinced them that it was tastefully shot and essential for the film.[MR52]

1. ^ Banarasi Babu (1973)
2. ^ Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
3. ^ Guide (1965)
4. ^ Jewel Thief (1967)
5. ^ Teesri Manzil (1966)
6. ^ Joshila (1973)
7. ^ Raat Akeli Hai Bujh Gaye Diye (Jewel Thief, 1967)