Ginny Aur Johnny

Ginny Aur Johnny
Ginny Aur Johnny
	Poster
Directed by	Mehmood
Produced by	Amarlal Chabria
Starring	Mehmood; Baby Ginny; Amjad Khan; Helen; Hema Malini
Music by	Rajesh Roshan
Release date	27 October 1976;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Ginny Aur Johnny (transl. Ginny and Johnny) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film. Produced by Amarlal Chabria and directed by Mehmood the film stars Mehmood, Amjad Khan, Helen, Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Vinod Mehra, Nutan, Rakesh Roshan and Baby Ginny, who is Mehmood's own daughter. The film is based on 1973 American film Paper Moon.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

The story is of a man named Johnny and a nine-year-old girl Ginny who is Mehmood's daughter. Ginny's mother Rosie dies in an accident and Ginny is left alone. Johnny comes to visit Rosie and during this time he learns about her death. Thus, her villagers request Johnny to take Ginny to an orphanage at Ooty.

On the other hand, Johnny, a con man, visits those places where somebody had died and by taking their names, he sells holy books to the families. While travelling to Ooty, he continues his work. The journey consists of beautiful slapstick events and how they banter with each other.

Music

The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan, while all the songs are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Kahoon Kya Tumse Apni Dastan"	Mohd Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
2	"Jab Tu Badi Ho Jayegi"	Kishore Kumar, Vijayta Pandit
3	"Johnny Ko Maine To Jaana Hai - 1"	Kishore Kumar, Vijayta Pandit
4	"Sun Ginnya"	Kishore Kumar, Vijayta Pandit
5	"Johnny Mera Naam Hai" - 1	Kishore Kumar
6	"Johnny Mera Naam Hai" - 2	Kishore Kumar
7	"Johnny Ko Maine To Jaana Hai" - 2	Kishore Kumar, Vijayta Pandit

Cast

Mehmood as Johnny
Baby Ginni as Ginni
Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh
Helen as Johnny's girlfriend
Rajesh Khanna as in a special appearance as the Inspector
Bhushan Tiwari as
Nutan as Rosie's sister
Randhir Kapoor as Dabbu
Vinod Mehra as a Mechanic
Rishi Kapoor in a guest role
Hema Malini as Rosie (Ginny's mother)
Rakesh Roshan
Preeti Ganguly as Sweety
Imtiaz Khan as Inspector (brother of Gabbar Singh)
Sunder
Asit Sen as Hawaldaar
Dev Kumar as Police Commissioner
Mohan Choti
Leela Mishra
Shailendra Singh^[1]

Production

Mehmood went to the United States to visit his in-laws, as he used to do annually. While there, he watched the American film Paper Moon, and decided to adapt it in Hindi with the title Ginny Aur Johnny.^[2]

References

^ "I was supposed to sing 'oh hansini', all songs of 'Saagar' for Rishi: Shailendra Singh". National Herald. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ Cine Blitz, Volume 13. Blitz Publications. 1987. p. xxii.

External links

Ginny Aur Johnny at IMDb

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[1] "I was supposed to sing 'oh hansini', all songs of 'Saagar' for Rishi: Shailendra Singh". National Herald. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[2] Cine Blitz, Volume 13. Blitz Publications. 1987. p. xxii.

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