Bhaag Johnny

Bhaag Johnny (transl.  Run, Johnny) is a 2015 Bollywood thriller film directed by Shivam Nair, and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Bhatt, and Ajay Kapoor.^[1] The film stars Kunal Khemu, Mandana Karimi and Zoa Morani in leading roles. It was released on 25 September 2015.^[2][3][4][5]

Bhaag Johnny
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shivam Nair
Screenplay by	Vikram Bhatt
Produced by	Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Vikram Bhatt Ajay Kapoor
Starring	Kunal Khemu Zoa Morani Mandana Karimi
Cinematography	Prakash Kutty
Edited by	Mukesh Thakur
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad Mithoon Yo Yo Honey Singh Arko
Production companies	T-Series Films BVG Films
Distributed by	AA Films
Release date	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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 Arora /Johnny
• Zoa Morani as Tanya Malik
• Mandana Karimi as Rachel Robinson
• Manasi Scott as Ramona Bakshi
• Vikram Bhatt as Jinn
• Nishigandha Wad as Savitri Arora
• Arun Bali as Acharya Ji
• Mukul Dev as ACP Pathan
• Urvashi Rautela as Johnny's girlfriend
• Major Bikramjeet Singh as Third Eye Detective
• Mohan Kapoor as Tanya's boss
• Aseem Merchant as Mr. Nobody
• Gyan Prakash as Tanya's father
• Deana Uppal in a special appearance in the song "Aankhon Aankhon"
• DSP as himself in the beginning of the song '"Daddy Mummy"

Soundtrack

Bhaag Johnny
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad (DSP), Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Arko
Released	20 August 2015 (2015-08-20)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	22:47
Language	Hindi
Label	T-Series
Singles from Bhaag Johnny
"Daddy Mummy" Released: 20 August 2015

The songs are composed by Mithoon, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Arko and Devi Sri Prasad (DSP). Ankit Tiwari, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Rahul Vaidya and Sunil Kamath sang for the film. The song "Daddy Mummy" is a Hindi remake of the song "Akalesthey Annam Pedatha" from the Telugu film Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007).^{[Note 1]}

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Daddy Mummy"	Kumaar	Devi Sri Prasad (DSP)	Devi Sri Prasad (DSP), M. M. Manasi	04:25
2.	"Iss Qadar Pyar Hai"	Faaiz Anwar	Arko	Ankit Tiwari	03:50
3.	"Aankhon Aankhon"	Yo Yo Honey Singh	Yo Yo Honey Singh	Yo Yo Honey Singh	04:04
4.	"Kinna Sona"	Amitabh Verma	Mithoon	Sunil Kamath	05:03
5.	"Meri Zindagi"	Amitabh Verma	Mithoon	Rahul Vaidya	05:25
Total length:					22:47

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.^{[clarification needed][7]}

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."^[8]

Notes

1. The lyrics "Daddy Mummy" are based on the song of the same name from Villu (2009), which was also based on the same Telugu song.^[6]