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'Ginny Aur Johnny' is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film. Produced by Amarlal Chabria and directed by Mehmood the film stars Mehmood, Amjad Khan, Helen, Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Vinod Mehra, Nutan, Rakesh Roshan and Baby Ginny, who is Mehmood's own daughter. The film is based on Hollywood movie 'Paper Moon'.

Plot



The story is of a man named Johnny and a nine-year-old girl Ginny who is Mehmood's daughter. Ginny's mother Rosie dies in an accident and Ginny is left alone. Johnny comes to visit Rosie and during this time he learns about her death. Thus, her villagers request Johnny to take Ginny to an orphanage at Ooty.

On the other hand, Johnny, a con man, visits those places where somebody had died and by taking their names, he sells holy books to the families. While travelling to Ooty, he continues his work. The journey consists of beautiful slapstick events and how they banter with each other.

Music



The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan, while all the songs are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Cast



* Mehmood as Johnny

* Baby Ginni as Ginni

* Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh

* Helen as Johnny's girlfriend

* Rajesh Khanna as in a special appearance as the Inspector

* Bhushan Tiwari as

* Nutan as Rosie's sister

* Randhir Kapoor as Dabbu

* Vinod Mehra as a Mechanic

* Rishi Kapoor in a guest role

* Hema Malini as Rosie (Ginny's mother)

* Rakesh Roshan

* Preeti Ganguly as Sweety

* Imtiaz Khan as Inspector (brother of Gabbar Singh)

* Sunder as

* Asit Sen as Hawaldaar

* Dev Kumar as Police Commissioner

* Mohan Choti

* Leela Mishra

* Shailendra Singh

Production



Mehmood went to the United States to visit his in-laws, as he used to do annually. While there, he watched the American film 'Paper Moon', and decided to adapt it in Hindi with the title 'Ginny Aur Johnny'.

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