John Jaffer Janardhanan

John Jaffer Janardhanan
John Jaffer Janardhanan
	Poster
Directed by	I. V. Sasi
Written by	T. Damodaran
Starring	Ratheesh; Ravindran; Mammootty; Balan K. Nair; Madhavi
Cinematography	C. E. Babu
Edited by	K. Narayanan
Music by	Shyam
Release date	24 September 1982;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

John Jaffer Janardhanan is a 1982 Malayalam-language masala film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran, starring Ratheesh, Ravindran and Mammootty. It is a remake of the 1977 Hindi film Amar Akbar Anthony.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

Three brothers were separated at a young age, after their father abandoned them. The reason was because, their father had taken the blame of the crime committed by his master, Robert. The eldest was raised by a Hindu police officer, The second brother was raised by a Church priest, and the youngest was raised by a Muslim tailor.

Many years later, the eldest son, Janardhan, is now a righteous police officer. The second son, is John and the youngest is Jaffer, a qawwali singer.

Soon, the brothers find themselves falling in love. Janardhan falls for Jenny, a crook. John falls for Nancy in an Easter festival. Jaffer falls for Sophia, the daughter of Kasim.

Finally, the brothers realise their bitter past, and wants to avenge the one who caused them trouble. They come in disguise to Robert's house. They succeed and the movie ends as the brothers unite with their parents and lovers.

Cast[]

Ratheesh as John Vincent
Ravindran as Jaffer
Mammootty as Janardhanan
Balan K. Nair as Chandran
Jose Prakash as Robert
Madhavi as Nancy
Sumalatha as Jenny
Swapna... Sofia
Kuthiravattam Pappu... Charlie
K. R. Vijaya... Sumathy
Surekha... Manju
Captain Raju... Renji
K.P.A.C. Sunny... Nanu
Prathapachandran
Lalu Alex
Rajkumar Sethupathi
... Kasim

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"John Jaffer Janaardanan"	K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, Unni Menon, Kalyani Menon	Sreekumaran Thampi
2	"Mathamethaayaalum"	K. J. Yesudas	Sreekumaran Thampi
3	"My Name is John"	K. J. Yesudas	Sreekumaran Thampi
4	"Nirangal Nirayum"	S. Janaki	Sreekumaran Thampi
5	"Poonthattam Pongumpol"	S. Janaki, Unni Menon	Sreekumaran Thampi
6	"Vidarnnu Thozhukai"	K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki, P. Susheela, P. Jayachandran, Unni Menon, Kalyani Menon	Sreekumaran Thampi

References[]

^ "ജോണ്‍ ജാഫര്‍ ജനാര്‍ദ്ദനന്‍ വീണ്ടും". Filmibeat (in Malayalam). 29 December 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^ "10 Remakes From Other Languages That Worked In Malayalam". Film Companion. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

External links[]

John Jaffer Janardhanan at IMDb

[1] "ജോണ്‍ ജാഫര്‍ ജനാര്‍ദ്ദനന്‍ വീണ്ടും". Filmibeat (in Malayalam). 29 December 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

[2] "10 Remakes From Other Languages That Worked In Malayalam". Film Companion. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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