50 Years of Johny Mera Naam

 

Released on 11th Nov 1970, Johny Mera Naam was the Biggest Hit of Dev Anand's career. The movie, a thriller all the way, had the stamp of quality from director Vijay ‘Goldie’ Anand. He and Dev Anand had begun their association with “Nau Do Gyarah” in 1957 and went a long way to give Indian cinema classics like “Guide”, “Kala Bazaar” and “Tere Ghar Ke Samne”. 

With Johny Mera Naam began a Decade of Action cinema. Though Dev Anand was known for Romance his versatility lay in his desire to experiment. It was the first film of Hema Malini with Dev Anand It was also the first Superhit film of her career. Hema Malini is at her best when romancing with the hero especially in ‘Pal Bhar Ke Liye Koi Hame Pyaar Karle’, a song where the Dev Anand keeps popping up from countless windows in a rest house.

 Dev Anand and Pran play the roles of brothers separated in childhood. Years later, Sohan (Dev Anand) goes on to become a CID officer called Sohan Kumar who solves his cases taking up different guises. He takes the identity of Johny, a petty thief and gets himself in jail, befriends Heera (Jeevan), solves a case wooing Rekha (Hema Malini) and finds the criminal.

Despite being fifty years old, the film does not look outdated, thanks to Vijay Anand. This is also testimony to his skills that despite a run time of around 2 hours 45 minutes, unusually long for a thriller but a norm for Indian movies, you never feel the length

Johny Mera Naam marked some of the best music composed by the duo Kalyanji Anandji.

#	Song	Singer(s)	Picturized On	Duration
1	Title Music (Johny Mera Naam)	Instrumental	Credit Title Sequence	01:59
2	"Vaada Toh Nibhaaya"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	Dev Anand and Hema Malini	05:05
3	"Pal Bhar Ke Liye"	Kishore Kumar, Usha Khanna	Dev Anand and Hema Malini	05:05
4	"Mose Mora Shyam Rootha"	Lata Mangeshkar	Hema Malini	05:38
5	"Babul Pyare"	Lata Mangeshkar	Hema Malini	06:19
6	"Nafrat Karne Walon Ke"	Kishore Kumar	Dev Anand and Hema Malini	03:55
7	"Husn Ke Lakhon Rang"	Asha Bhosle	Premnath and Padma Khanna	05:19
8	Music Instrumental	Instrumental		02:00

Song of Johny Mera Naam 1970

Song of Johny Mera Naam 1970

Song of Johny Mera Naam 1970

50 Years of Gopi

 

Recall the song 'Gentleman Gentleman Gentleman' sung by Mahendra Kapoor. Yes, this was a very popular song of 1970, picturized on Dilip Kumar in the film Gopi. This film was released on 28th Aug 1970. It stars Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Pran, Om Prakash, Durga Khote, Farida Jalal, Johnny Walker, Lalita Pawar, and Aruna Irani. The film was a Jubilee Hit with hit music by Kalyanji Anandji. The film had 5 songs, all the songs were very popular. "Ramchandra Keh Gaye Siya Se" and  "Ek Padosan Peechhe Pad Gayi" were very popular. 

According to film expert Rajesh Subramanian, Rajendra Kumar was first signed for the film. The producers felt Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar would make a perfect pair and requested Rajendra Kumar to return the signing amount and quit the film.

Dilip Kumar plays Gopi, who is a simpleton of a village. He lives with his elder stepbrother played by Om Prakash, bhabhi played by Nirupa Roy and younger sister played by Farida Jalal. Om Prakash works for a local Lala played by Pran. Om Prakash keeps all his savings with Pran so that in future he needs for the marriage for Farida Jalal.

 Saira Banu along with her aunt comes to their home for a few days, Saira Banu fell in love with Dilip Kumar. There are a few songs picturized on them'

Farida Jalal's marriage got fixed so Om Prakash goes to the landlord Lala (Pran) to take back money, which he had saved for Nandini's wedding but gets thrown out of the house. Gopi forcibly gets the money but is accused by the landlord of stealing. Sent out of the house by Girdhari, Gopi leaves for the city and vows to come back only after making enough money for Nandini's wedding.

The highlight of the film was the acting of Dilip Kumar and Om Prakash. It is said that when Dilip Kumar heard the script of gopi he felt only Om Prakash could play his older brother. When Om Prakash was offered this movie as Dilip Kumar wanted only him to play this role Om Ji agreed on one condition that he would be paid 1 rupee more than Dilip Kumar. Dilip Kumar gladly accepted his condition. And what a performance by both actors.

The film's music is by Kalyanji Anandji and the lyrics were penned by Rajinder Krishan.

Song	Singer
"Akele Hi Akele Chala Hai Kahan"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Ramchandra Keh Gaye Siya Se"	Mahendra Kapoor
"Gentlemen Gentlemen"	Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
"Ek Padosan Peechhe Pad Gayi"	Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
"Sukh Ke Sab Saathi, Dukh Mein Na Koi"	Mohammed Rafi

Song of Gopi 1970

Song of Gopi 1970

Song of Gopi 1970

Song of Gopi 1970

Song of Gopi 1970

50 Years of SAFAR

This film was released on 31st July 1970. It was the tenth highest-grossing film of that year. Rajesh Khanna was the hero, who was at the peak of his career. This being one of the seventeen consecutive hit films between 1969 and 1971. It won one Filmfare Awards and four BFJA Awards. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, and Feroz Khan in lead roles. 
This was the second film of Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore Jodi, they appeared together in many films after this film. Sharmila was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film. This is also one of the movies for which Rajesh Khanna shall be remembered forever. 
Safar  is a story of common people grappling with staggering challenges and compromises. Sharmila Tagore plays a doctor she works under the guidance of Dr. Chandra (Ashok Kumar), who tells her that however hard doctors might try, sometimes a patient wouldn't survive. Rajesh Khanna is a cancer patient. Both of them studied together in college.  Though he admires Neela(Sharmila Tagore) very much, he never talks about love or marriage. Everyone thinks that it's because of his financial status, but it is later revealed that he has terminal cancer.
Feroz Han plays Shekhar,, he falls in love with Neela. He goes to propose marriage with her and meets her brother, Kalidas, but is told that he should instead meet with Avinash. So Shekhar introduces himself to Avinash, tells him of his intentions, and Avinash instantly approves of him, and subsequently, Shekhar and Neela are married. 
Neela regularly visits her brother's house where Avinash was a frequent visitor. Shekhar slowly grows suspicious of Neela and Avinash and asks his younger brother to spy on her. Shekhar comes to the conclusion that Neela is in love with Avinash and confronts her, they quarrel, he drinks his medicine and passes out. The next day the police arrest Neela on the charge of murder. With Avinash nowhere to be found, Neela has now to face life behind bars - or even the death sentence.

The soundtrack of the film contains 5 songs. The music is composed by Kalyanji Anandji, with lyrics authored by Indeevar.

#	Song	Singer(s)
1.	"Hum The Jinke Sahare"	Lata Mangeshkar
2.	"Jeevan Se Bhari"	Kishore Kumar
3.	"Jo Tumko Ho Pasand"	Mukesh
4.	"Nadiya Chale Chale Re"	Manna Dey
5.	"Zindagi Ka Safar"	Kishore Kumar

Song of Safar 1970

Song of Safar 1970

Song of Safar 1970

Song of Safar 1970

Song of Safar 1970

50 Years of 'Tum Haseen Mein Jawan'

This is the first film of Dharmendra and Hema Malini. The two of them went on to work in a total of 28 films together and getting married along the way, in 1979. Both of them gave. 17 consecutive hits from 1970-1979 They also had another release together that same year "Sharafat" which was also a critical and commercial success.

This film was released on 24th July 1970 and completed silver jubilee in 3 cities. The film is entertainment,, in fact, was the beginning of Dharmendra's tryst with comedy which was later extended to Chupke Chupke, Sholay, etc. This is a typical 70s style 'feel good' movie which can be watched many times over.

Dharmendra plays a Naval Officer in the film. He has a number of affairs until he meets a beautiful girl Anuradha (Hema Malini) and falls in love with each other. Ranjeet(Pran) also admires her and wants to marry her. He informs Sunil and his mother that Anuradha has a child and she is deceiving them. Shocked to hear this, The child is kidnapped and then a lot of drama to locate the child. In the end, Sunil comes to know the truth behind the child in question which changes his life forever.

If you are a Dharmendra or Hema Malini's fan, you will enjoy this film. If you can overlook the plot holes you will also enjoy this film. There is  Rajendranath, who is in top form as the comedic sidekick. There is Helen, as usual with a great song and dance number The music is by Shankar Jaikishan The music numbers are a delight and they really save the film.

Songs

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Aap Ko Pahle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai"	Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
2	"Kaamdev Jaise Teri Sooratiya"	Suman Kalyanpur
3	"Dil Achha Hai Achhi Hai Surat"	Mohammed Rafi
4	"Munne Ki Amma Ye To Bata"	Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Udhas
5	"Chheenk Meri Jaan"	Asha Bhosle
6	"Chehra Tera Allah Allah"	Mohammed Rafi

Song of Tum Haseen Mein Jawan' 1970

Song of Tum Haseen Mein Jawan' 1970

Song of Tum Haseen Mein Jawan' 1970

Song of Tum Haseen Mein Jawan' 1970

Song of Tum Haseen Mein Jawan' 1970

Song of Tum Haseen Mein Jawan' 1970