''Johnnie Walker'' is a

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Indian

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-language film directed by

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and written by Ranjith.

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appeared in the lead along with a set of youngsters. The story centres around a middle aged man who joins the same college that his younger brother studies at.

Plot

Mammootty's character, Johnny Varghese is fondly known as Johnnie Walker because of his preference of the alcohol brand of the same name,

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. He has a brother Bobby Varghese who studies in

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for a degree in Economics. A visit from his brother and friends changes Johnnie's mind and he joins college despite his age. From there he clashes with Swamy who rules the college with his drug gang. Because of his love towards his brother Bobby, Johnny joins his college as a student and they start living together. Soon he becomes the hero of the college as well as rival to Swamy and his gang. Bobby falls in love with his classmate Chandini, who is a depressed girl, as she is an adopted child to her parents. Chandini gets introduced to drugs by Swamy and eventually gets hospitalised. Johnny suffers from weakening eyesight and realizes that he will soon lose his vision completely; because of which he wants to get Bobby married and pleads Chandini's parents for the same. They agree after hearing about his predicament. On the night of the wedding, Bobby is killed by Swamy and his gang. When Johnny learns of his brother's death, he kills Swamy and Didi, the leader of the gang. In the end, Johnny loses his sight completely, meets with an accident and dies.

Cast

as Johny Varghese *

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as Mridula, lecturer * Kamal Gaur as Swamy the drug dada of College *

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as Bobby Varghese *

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as Chandini *

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as Principal * Prem Kumar as Bobby's friend * Gopal Poojari as Didi * Thrissur Elsy as Hostel Warden *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Mridula's mother * Abu Salim *

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as Drug mafia member *

Hakim Rawther Hakim Rawther, known mononymously as Hakim, was an Indian actor and film maker in Malayalam cinema. He was known for his directional debut ''The Guard'' (2001), which is the world's first film with only a single actor in the cast. He had also acte ...

as Drug mafia member *

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as Priest *

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as Coach Mohana Krishan *

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as Police Constable *

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as Doctor * T. S. Krishnan as Hassan *

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as Chandini's father * Robin Verghese as Shelly * Neelakandan Natrajan as Kuttappayi

Music

The song Shanthamee Ratriyil was choreographed by

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, his Malayalam debut.

References

External links

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Kamal Gaur Return to 'M' town
at TOI {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnnie Walker (Film) 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Jayaraj