Johnny Walker (May 15 1923 – 29 July 2003) is the screen name of a famous Indian actor and comedian, who acted in over 300 movies. He is most associated with the Indian film director and actor, Guru Dutt. He was born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in India in 1923, the son of a mill worker. The family shifted to Bombay when the textile mill his father worked in closed down. Looking after his 15-member family was tough; five of the family died young. Badruddin tried his hand at almost everything, including working in the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (B.E.S.T) buses as a conductor. He was posted at the Dadar bus depot, but worked on several routes.
He was discovered at the age of 26 in 1950 by actor, and script-writer Balraj Sahni while travelling in a B.E.S.T bus in Bombay. Badruddin was then working as a bus conductor, and in doing his job issuing tickets he entertained his passengers with various antics. This is what attracted Balraj's attention. Balraj, who was then penning the...
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Madhumati is a 1958 Indian Hindi Movie directed by Bimal Roy and written by Ritwik Ghatak. Music by Salil Choudhury, lyrics by Shailendra. The movie stars Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Pran and Johnny Walker. The film deals with reincarnation and had a gothic noir feel to it. The film was one of Roy's greatest commercial successes.
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Pyaasa (Hindi: प्यासा, Urdu: پیاسا; Eternal Thirst in English) is a 1957 Hindi film directed by Guru Dutt. The film tells the story of struggling poet, Vijay (Guru Dutt), trying to make his works known in post-independence India. Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman in her first major leading role in Hindi cinema), a prostitute with a heart of gold, eventually helps him get his poems published. The music was composed by S.D. Burman.With commercial success of thrillers like Baazi, Jaal, Aar Paar, C.I.D and comedies Mr. & Mrs. '55, Guru Dutt and his studio were financially secure and established. He could now make movies he really wanted to make, including Pyaasa. Pyaasa is rated as one of the best 100 films of all-time by Time Magazine, which called it "the soulfully romantic of the lot." Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.Vijay (Guru Dutt) is an unsuccessful poet whose works are not taken seriously by publishers or his brothers (who sell his poems as...
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Mr. & Mrs. '55 is a 1955 Bollywood film by director Guru Dutt. Guru Dutt stars alongside Madhubala , supported by Lalita Pawar, Johnny Walker and Jagdeep in this socially-critical romantic comedy set in contemporary Bombay. The films music is by O. P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh SultanpuriPreetam (Guru Dutt), a struggling cartoonist, meets Anita (Madhubala) at a tennis match, where she is watching her favorite tennis star. Anita, a wealthy and westernized heiress is controlled by her feminist aunt, Sita Devi (Lalita Pawar). Sita is suspicious of men, and cultivates her attitudes in Anita. However, to receive her fortune, her father's will decrees that Anita must marry within one month of turning 21. Sita Devi doesn't agree with this, and tries to set Anita up with a sham marriage which will soon lead to divorce, thereby giving her both freedom and a fortune. Sita hires Preetam to marry Anita, but doesn't know that the pair have already met. Preetam is kept from Anita after their...
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Aar Paar is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language film. Directed by Guru Dutt the film has music by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. A light hearted movie ( very unlike Guru Dutt in his later years) the movie stars Shakila, Johnny Walker, Shyama and Jagdeep. The lyrics of the films songs are by Majrooh SultanpuriKalu, who spent time in a prison for a traffic offence, finds a job at an auto maintenance garage after his release and falls in love with the daughter of the owner. But things begin to get out of hand when he is fired from his job and is then unknowingly hired as the driver of a gang. A sophisticated comedy filled with stylish dialogue and speedy action.Kabhi aar kabhi paar.Aar Paar at the Internet Movie Database...
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