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]

Ginny Aur Johnny
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Directed byMehmood
Produced byAmarlal Chabria
StarringMehmood
Baby Ginny
Amjad Khan
Helen
Hema Malini
Music byRajesh Roshan
Release date
  • 27 October 1976 (1976-10-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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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.

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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

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Production

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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

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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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