() is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Vijay Anand. The film stars the director's brother, Dev Anand and Pran in the roles of brothers separated in childhood. Hema Malini, Jeevan, Premnath, I. S. Johar, Iftekhar, Padma Khanna also star in pivotal roles.
At the 18th Filmfare Awards, Vijay Anand won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award, while actor I.S. Johar received his first Best Performance in a Comic Role for his triple roles: a steward in an aeroplane, an associate of criminals and a police officer. The film was remade in Kannada as Apoorva Sangama, in Telugu as Eduruleni Manishi and in Tamil as Raja.
Synopsis
The story revolves around Mohan and Sohan who are the sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father is killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit. Upon seeing this Mohan kills the goon, takes refuge in Ranjit's car boot, and goes missing.
Years later, Sohan 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, solves a case wooing Rekha and finds the criminal. Finally, Rekha finds her father who was imprisoned in Ranjit place and with Sohan's help rescues him from Ranjit who is handed over to the police. Heera informs Mohan about Johny's real identity, leading to a confrontation between Mohan and Sohan. In the midst of this conflict, they both come to the realization that they are long-lost brothers. In the end, they are reunited with their mother, and the stolen jewels from the Radha Krishna temple are also returned.
Cast
Dev Anand as Sohan / Johny
Hema Malini as Rekha
Pran as Mohan / Moti
Jeevan as Heera
Premnath as Ranjeet / Rai Sahib Bhupendra Singh
I. S. Johar as Pehlaram / Dujaram / Teejaram (Triple Role) Iftekhar as Chief Inspector Mehta Sulochana Latkar as Mother Padma Khanna as Tara Randhawa as Babu
Box office
It was the highest grossing Bollywood film of 1970.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by the duo Kalyanji-Anandji and lyrics were penned by Indeevar.
Influences
The song "Pal Bhar Ke Liye" was used at the end of The Simpsons episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore" (2006).
A scene of the film is shown in the 2007 thriller Johnny Gaddaar, prompting a character to give Johnny as a fake name and hence the film title.
