''John Jaffer Janardhanan'' is a 1982 Malayalam-language masala film directed by

I. V. Sasi Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (28 March 1947 – 24 October 2017), better known as I. V. Sasi, was an Indian film director who made over 110 films predominantly in Malayalam, in addition to Tamil and Hindi languages. In 2015, he was awarded the J. ...

, written by

T. Damodaran T. Damodaran ( ml, ടി. ദാമോദരൻ; c. 1935 – 28 March 2012) was a screenwriter who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. Life Damodaran wrote the screenplays of films such as '' Angaadi'' (1980)'', Ahimsa'' (1981)'', John ...

, starring

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Ravindran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer ...

and

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. It is a remake of the 1977 Hindi film '' Amar Akbar Anthony''.

Plot

Three brothers were separated at a young age, after their father abandoned them. The reason was because, their father had taken the blame of the crime committed by his master, Robert. The eldest was raised by a

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police officer, The second brother was raised by a Church priest, and the youngest was raised by a

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tailor. Many years later, the eldest son, Janardhan, is now a righteous police officer. The second son, is John and the youngest is Jaffer, a qawwali singer. Soon, the brothers find themselves falling in love. Janardhan falls for Jenny, a crook. John falls for Nancy in an Easter festival. Jaffer falls for Sophia, the daughter of Kasim. Finally, the brothers realise their bitter past, and wants to avenge the one who caused them trouble. They come in disguise to Robert's house. They succeed and the movie ends as the brothers unite with their parents and lovers.

Cast

as John Vincent *

as Jaffer *

as Janardhanan *

Balan K. Nair Balakrishnan Nair, more popularly known as Balan K. Nair (4 April 1933 26 August 2000) was an Indian actor known for his roles in Malayalam cinema. Although he appeared as a villain in most films, he was also noted for his performances in stron ...

as Chandran * Jose Prakash as Robert * Kuthiravattam Pappu as Charlie *

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as Renji *

K.P.A.C. Sunny K. P. A. C. Sunny (1934–2006) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He acted in more than 400 Malayalam films. He occupied the movie industry for four decades. Background Sunny was born as Sunny D'Cruz in Chavara, Kollam on 18 April 1934. ...

as Nanu * Prathapachandran *

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as Roberts Gunda *

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as Father * Nellikode Bhaskaran as Kasim *

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as Sumathy * Madhavi as Nancy * Sumalatha as Jenny *

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as Sofia * Surekha as Manju *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1980s Malayalam-language films 1982 films Films directed by I. V. Sasi Films with screenplays by T. Damodaran Malayalam remakes of Hindi films 1980s masala films