page_title: Johnny Gaddaar
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: Johnny Gaddaar / Soundtrack / Reception
caption_attribution_description: English: Music launch function of Johnny Gaddaar
context_page_description: Johnny Gaddaar is a 2007 Indian neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Sriram Raghavan, produced under the banner Adlabs. It stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, in his film debut, alongside Dharmendra, Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Govind Namdeo, Dayanand Shetty and Ashwini Kalsekar. The film received critical acclaim., went on to be 'sleeper hit' of the year. The film was later remade in Malayalam as Unnam, in Telugu as Kamina and in Tamil as Johnny.
  The movie is an adaptation of the 1963 French movie Symphonie Pour Un Massacre by Jacques Deray which was based on the 1962 French crime novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud Fourton.
context_section_description: The soundtrack featured in the "Top 10 music Albums of the year" list by Rediff, which said Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy get it right again with twisted, unorthodox productions like Johnny Gaddaar. It also was featured in the "Top 15 albums of the year" list of Planetbollywood, who remarked that "SEL have succeed in re-defining themselves and maintaining the edge over their counterparts."
caption: SEL, Dharmendra, Sriram Raghavan at the music launch
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