Johnny is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film,[3] written and directed by J. Mahendran. The film stars Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Deepa. Featuring Rajinikanth in a dual role, it revolves around the eponymous con artist who is implicated for a crime committed by Vidyasagar, a lookalike barber.

Johnny was released on 15 August 1980. Though the film disappointed audiences in the first two weeks of its run because its title gave the impression of an action entertainer, it picked up in the third week and became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.

Mahendran had a strong desire to make a film with Rajinikanth at that time, hence he made this film simultaneously with Nenjathai Killathe. As the producer could not provide the equipment and facilities for the climax scene with a song, Mahendran was forced to use stock shots and manage to shoot with the limited facilities offered, but managed to mix the close-up shots with stock shot, and the scene came properly. This was the first time for which popular artist Jayaraj designed the costumes. He first drew the illustrations of scenes with costumes and then got them stitched, bringing in newness and style in Rajinikanth's look, which attracted the masses.[2]

The scene where Archana proposes to Johnny was shot in Ooty in a bungalow at midnight. When the scene was shot, the whole unit was silent, they saw only the characters of the film, not Rajinikanth and Sridevi. After the scene was shot, Rajinikanth appreciated Sridevi's acting and mentioned to Mahendran that though he tried, she overshadowed him in the scene.[2] Because Rajinikanth played two roles, he was billed twice in the opening credits, as "Rajinikanth and Rajinikanth".[4] To play Vidyasagar, Rajinikanth sported a centre-parted hairstyle and wore box-framed glasses.


The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[8] The song "Oru Iniya Manathu" is erroneously credited to Jency on the original LP record marketed by Inreco,[9] but actually sung by Sujatha.[10] The song "Aasaiye Kaathule" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Sindhu Bhairavi,[11] and "Kaatril Enthan" is set in Keeravani.[12] "Aasaiye Kaathule" was reused twice in Telugu as "Naa Sari Sogasari" in Chakravyuham (1993) and as "Raathri" in Gundello Godari (2013).[13][14] It was also reused as "Sannata" in the Hindi film Shamitabh (2015).[15] The song was lifted by Anand–Milind as "Dil Mere Udaas" for Angrakshak (1995).[16] "Kaatril Endhan Geetham" was reused as "Naina Bole" in Aur Ek Prem Kahani (1996),[17] and the instrumental theme was sampled by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the theme of 7G Rainbow Colony (2004).
Johnny was released on 15 August 1980.[19][20] Piousji of the magazine Sunday wrote, "Sridevi not only looked smart, but came out with a convincing performance and [Rajinikanth] too was quite impressive" in Johnny.[3] Ananda Vikatan gave the film a C+ rating.[21] The title Johnny gave the impression of an action entertainer, hence it disappointed audiences in the first two weeks. However, the emotionally moving story, intense acting by Rajinikanth and Sridevi and songs attracted the audience, so the film picked up in the third week and became a success,[22] running for over 100 days in theatres.

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