Johnny Gaddaar (2007)

Johnny Gaddaar is a caper thriller focusing on a small section of the city’s notorious nightlife.The story revolves around a gang of five men-Prakash,Vikram , Sheshadri, Shardul and Daya.
Vikram is a smart and charming young man.His taste for fast money and the fast life was first was first realized with the huge profits he earned by speculating on stocks with other people’s money.

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Vikram was unfazed when he was fired from work. For him money is everything is ready to get it at any cost and by any means.Vikram is in love with Mini ,a pretty young girl who studied with Vikram in college and is in love with Vikram.

She desperately wants him to quit the gang before it is to late. She’s a complete innocent and yet, deep within her lies a dark secret that could shatter the group and her life forever.
Prakash is a compulsive gambler and is in charge of running a gambling club. The Deepa social club was in dire debt and bailed out by Seshadri and Shardul and they all became partners in the club. The club attracts moneyed clients and on certain days, the stakes run into several lakhs of rupees. Prakash is in good contact with a range of underworld types. He is happily married to Varsha - a beautician, who is worried about her husband’s associations with the underworld.
Seshadri is an ex-gangster and a gentlemen. He was a smuggler during the seventies but left the underworld after spending some time in jail during the emergency. He loved his wife verymuch but she died of cancer many years back. He was broken after her death and lost his belief in God.But inspite of that tragedy he believed neither in self pity nor self abuse. He sought out some of his old contact, men younger than him, different from him and formed the syndicate. Vikram joined the group to use his intelligence and further his prospects. The fact that the activities of this group are not completely legal do not matter, after all, crime is only a left handed form of Human Endeavour.
Shardul ran a successful, somewhat sleazy dance bar. But the recent government ban on such bars forced him to convert his vice palace into a chic lounge bar, catering to the rich kids from the IT and PBOs in the vicinity. Shardul’s only drawback is that he has no clue about their taste in music and thats why relies on Vikram to guide him in this venture. He is very ambitious,and has good contacts both with the cops and the underworld. His robust and agreeable manner barely conceals his utter ruthlessness.
Daya is a bachelor in his mid thirties. He is a brutal and virile chap and lives with his ailing mother. His mother is presently in hospital and Shiva is worried about her health. He is from a family of wrestlers in Kolhapur and does the strong arm work for the group. He’s of the kind who’d never hurt a fly, unless it bothered him.
The story starts with one of the gang members Seshadri getting an offer to make a fortune in four days.All the gang members are up for it as this is the deal that will catapult them into the big league.But Vikram has other plans. He plans to disappear to some unknown city and start his own life with his love Mini when a devilish thought crosses his mind. He wants to grab the entire jackpot. Vikram’s opening gambit is a neat double cross. But as he plunges further into his diabolical plan…he realizes that the stakes in this game are high. And the only losers he can afford to leave behind are dead ones!

Johnny Gaddaar is an interesting story with different shades of human character like greed, betrayal, corruption, love, desperation and murder.