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New Delhi. In the history of Hindi cinema, many such films have been made whose success has interesting and surprising stories hidden behind them, but the story of Johnny Mera Naam, released in the year 1970, is considered to be different among them. This film was about 2 hours 41 minutes long and when its trial show was held, an incident happened which later made it a blockbuster.

In this film, Dev Anand and Hema Malini were seen in the lead roles. The duo created such magic on the screen that the audience went crazy. The film was directed by Vijay Anand while its producer was Gulshan Rai.

Now the most interesting aspect of the success of this film comes to the fore. It is said that when the trial show of this film was going on, producer Gulshan Rai fell asleep while watching it. Normally this can be a matter of concern for any producer because it is taken to mean that the film is not able to captivate the audience but here the case turned out to be exactly the opposite.

At that time, there was a belief in the film industry that if Gulshan Rai sleeps during the trial of a film, then that film will definitely be a hit and if he watches the entire film awake, then the chances of it flopping increase. Interestingly, this belief proved to be true not just once but many times.

Gulshan Rai had fallen asleep in the trials of both Jewel Thief and Johnny Mera Naam and both the films proved to be superhit, whereas when he did not sleep in the trials of Joshila, that film failed at the box office, due to which this incident became even more popular.

Johnny Mera Naam was a crime action drama film in which there was a wonderful combination of thrill, suspense and music. The songs of the film also became very popular, especially Pal Bharal Ke Hume Koi Pyar Kar Le, which is still on people’s lips. This film made Hema Malini an overnight star and she settled in the hearts of the audience.

This film earned tremendously at the box office and became the highest grossing film of the year 1970. This was the first film of Dev Anand and Hema Malini and their chemistry was greatly appreciated by the audience. After this, both of them worked together in many more films and their pairing was considered a hit.

It is clear from this whole story that sometimes the success of a film does not depend only on its story or star cast, but the stories and beliefs to it also make it special. Johnny Mera Naam is not just a film but an interesting chapter in the history of Hindi cinema where a producer’s sleep wrote a new definition of success.