''Bhaag Johnny'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi language Bollywood thriller film directed by Shivam Nair, and produced by

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, Krishan Kumar,

Vikram Bhatt Vikram Bhatt (born 27 January 1969) is an Indian director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the ''Raaz'' film series, an Indian horror series produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt and for directing '' Ghula ...

and Ajay Kapoor. The film stars Kunal Khemu,

Mandana Karimi Mandana Karimi (born Manizeh Karimi; on 19 May 1988) is an Iranian actress and model based in India. After working on several successful modelling projects around the world, she appeared as a lead in the Bollywood film, ''Bhaag Johnny''. She pa ...

and Zoa Morani in leading roles. It was released on 25 September 2015.

Plot

Bangkok-based Janardhan "Johnny" Arora is called in by his conniving boss Ramona Bakshi where she accuses him of cheating and gives him a chance to redeem himself by going to Pattaya on a vacation. Whilst there, he learns from Ramona's right-hand man Mr. Nobody that she sent him to murder a girl named Tanya Malik who appears to pose some threat to Ramona. Although intent on saving his job, the moment he sets his sight on the beautiful Tanya, he is drawn into a state of confusion as to whether he should save the innocent girl's life or his job. However, a genie Jinn appears to help him and gives him an offer to live 2 different lives of his own at once, where one life will be completely isolated from another, Johnny won't remember that he even met the Jinn. As he accepts this offer, Johnny finds himself at the head of a conspiracy and several events unfolding fast.

Cast

* Kunal Khemu as Janardhan "Johnny" Arora * Zoa Morani as Tanya Malik *

as Rachel Robinson *

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as Ramona Bakshi *

as Jinn *

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as Savitri Arora *

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as Acharya Ji *

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as ACP Pathan *

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as Johnny's girlfriend * Major Bikramjeet Singh as Third Eye Detective *

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as Tanya's boss *

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as Mr. Nobody *

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as Tanya's father *

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in a special appearance in the song ''Aankhon Aankhon'' *

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as himself in the beginning of the song ''Daddy Mummy''

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by

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, Arko and Devi Sri Prasad (DSP).

Ankit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari is an Indian playback singer, live perfomer ,music director, composer. His career began upon meeting Pradeep Sarkar where he got a chance to work on jingles and started composing background music for television programmes. Subsequ ...

Rahul Vaidya Rahul Krushna Vaidya (born 23 September 1987) is an Indian people, Indian singer. He has worked as a playback singer in Bollywood films such as ''Shaadi No. 1'', ''Jaan-E-Mann'' and ''Krazzy 4''. He also participated in the reality shows ''Ind ...

and Sunil Kamath sang for the film.

Production

Casting

Earlier, Deepak Tijori was first to direct the film with Indian television actor Karan Singh Grover. Later on, Vikram Band Tijori will not be a part of project instead of this, Kunal Khemu will play leading role.

Filming

Critical reception

Subhash K. Jha rated the film one and half stars out of five, saying, "Not that Bhaag Johnny was ever meant to be a dud. It must have sounded promising on paper, a crime thriller with a twist to the telling."

Box office

The film grossed under in its first weekend. Kunal Khemu was praised by the critics and the audience as well for convincingly pulling off both Positive and Negative Character at the same time.Kapil Sharma’s Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon Rakes In Huge Moolah , 1st Weekend Box Office , Koimoi
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References

External links

* * {{Vikram Bhatt 2015 films 2010s Hindi-language films T-Series (company) films Indian action thriller films 2015 thriller films Hindi-language thriller films