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Johnny Lever is a Actor Indian born on 14 august 1957 at Prakasam district (Inde)
Johnny Lever (born as John Prakasa Rao Janumala on 7 January 1950) is an Indian film actor and one of the most noted comedians in Hindi cinema. Lever is one of the first stand up comedians in India.
Lever has received thirteen Filmfare Awards nominations in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, and has won the award twice, for his works in Deewana Mastana (1997), and Dulhe Raja (1998). He began his career in 1984, and has acted in more than three hundred Bollywood films.
Lever is a practicing Christian. When asked about his transition, Lever replied:
It was God’s will. I had always been a religious person, but one incident changed my life. My son was diagnosed with cancer. I was helpless and turned to God for help. I stopped working in films and spent all my time praying for him. Ten days later, when he was taken for a test, the doctors were surprised because the cancer had vanished. It was the beginning of a new life for me.
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Johnny Lever
Birth name John Prakash Rao Janumala
Nationality Inde
Birth 14 august 1957 at Prakasam district (Inde)
Death 14 august 1956 (at 1 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards
Nationality Inde
Birth 14 august 1957 at Prakasam district (Inde)
Death 14 august 1956 (at 1 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards
Lever has received thirteen Filmfare Awards nominations in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, and has won the award twice, for his works in Deewana Mastana (1997), and Dulhe Raja (1998). He began his career in 1984, and has acted in more than three hundred Bollywood films.
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He is married to Sujatha and has two children, a daughter Jamie who is a stand-up comedian too and a son Jesse.Lever is a practicing Christian. When asked about his transition, Lever replied:
It was God’s will. I had always been a religious person, but one incident changed my life. My son was diagnosed with cancer. I was helpless and turned to God for help. I stopped working in films and spent all my time praying for him. Ten days later, when he was taken for a test, the doctors were surprised because the cancer had vanished. It was the beginning of a new life for me.
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Santa Banta (2016)
Directed by Akashdeep Saigal
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Vir Das, Boman Irani, Johnny Lever, Neha Dhupia, Lisa Haydon, Ram Kapoor
Roles Chooza
Rating28%
Santa Banta, a comedy film, is a story about two men in friendship and the trouble they go through because of each other. The film is shot in 3D. Boman Irani and Vir Das will be playing Sardar in the film. The film also stars Neha Dhupia and Lisa Hayden in pivotal roles.
Dilwale (2015)
Directed by Rohit Shetty
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Boman Irani, Kabir Bedi
Roles Mani Bhai
Rating51%
Randhir Bakshi et Dev Malik, pères respectifs de Kaali (Shah Rukh Khan) et Meera (Kajol) sont chefs de deux gangs adverses de la Mafia, ils sont ennemis depuis de nombreuses années. Avec l’intention de reprendre la cargaison d'or que le gang des Bakshi aurait volé, Meera commence à fréquenter Kaali quotidiennement, ce dernier ne connait pas sa vraie identité, et tombe amoureux d'elle. Meera réussi à lui faire avouer toutes les informations sur la cargaison d'or lors d'une de leur discussion, elle décide de reprendre l'or le jour de son anniversaire, jour qu'elle pense idéal pour faire ce cadeau à son père. Kaali est déçu et se sent trahi, il décide tout de même de la voir une dernière fois afin de lui dire deux mots, lors de cette rencontre, il va lui sauver la vie, ce qui va la faire tomber amoureuse de lui à son tour. Malgré quelques hésitations Kaali finit par pardonner Meera, et ils finissent par sortir ensemble. Meera veut faire un pas de plus dans leur relation et ils décident de convaincre leur pères pour leur mariage.
Entertainment (2014)
, 2h20Directed by Sajid Nadiadwala
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Akshay Kumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Mithun Chakraborty, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Vrajesh Hirjee
Roles Habibullah Shiekh
Rating45%
The film starts with Akhil Lokande (Akshay Kumar) getting paid for doing an ad, where he gets into a fight, as he wasn't paid the full amount of money that they had promised. This continues with a few other ads, where Akhil constantly ends the fight when he gets a phone call, and says he has to go somewhere. He then arrives on a shoot where Sakshi (Tamannaah Bhatia) is shooting for her television series. After her shoot lets out, they go for a walk around the park, observing other couples. At the end of their walk, Akhil proposes to Saakshi. Akhil and Saakshi go to her father's (Mithun Chakraborty) house, where they are told that until Akhil becomes rich, he can't marry Saakshi.
Rang (2014)
Actors Johnny Lever, Arjun D Kapikad, Devadas Kapikad, Naveen D. Padil, Bhojaraj Vamanjoor
Rating24%
The film is about two friends who join an engineering college in Mangalore. The hero (Arjun Kapikad) has a dark past which troubles him and is suffering from a mental disorder due to this.
Singh Saab the Great (2013)
, 2h30Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sunny Deol, Amrita Rao, Johnny Lever, Ravi Kishan, Urvashi Rautela, Prakash Raj
Roles Gulwinder
Rating55%
Singh Saab the Great follows Saranjeet Singh 'Sunny' a simple man who loves his family and values truth and believes in its triumphs. He has lived his life endorsing the good and its strength over evil.Urvashi Rautela is the girl friend of pandagale venkatesh The corruption, injustice, confusion due to inefficient system in the society has always bothered him since his childhood and so he has become a collector so that he can bring in the change in the society and put things in order. But life takes its turns and he pays the price for doing no harm to anyone individually but for standing up for honesty. His life goes hay wire as he has to choose between his wife and his belief system.
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (2013)
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Sunny Deol, Dharmendra, Bobby Deol, Neha Sharma, Kristina Akheeva, Anupam Kher
Roles Bunty
Rating35%
In Varanasi, Dharam Dhillon (Dharmendra) and his son Gajodhar—or Prem (Bobby Deol)—are conning people into thinking that Dharam is a guru named Yamla Baba. When Yograj Khanna (Annu Kapoor) comes from England to meet Dharam, Dharam notices Khanna's diamond rings. Dharam and Gajodhar pretend to own a company, Oberoi, Oberoi & Oberoi. Impressed, Yograj begins to consider a match for his daughter Suman (Neha Sharma). Suman falls in love with Gajodhar, and a marriage is arranged in England when Dharam's older son Paramveer (Sunny Deol)—a loan-recovery agent for a bank—meets Khanna.
Boss (2013)
, 2h23Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar, Aditi Rao Hydari, Danny Denzongpa, Shiv Pandit, Johnny Lever
Roles Zorawar
Rating51%
The film starts of with School Teacher Satyakant Shastri (Mithun Chakraborty) who has two children, Surya and Shiv. After Surya brawls with another child multiple times and eventually kills him, Satyakant kicks him out and disowns him. Years later, Shiv (Shiv Pandit) grows up as the only son to his father. It is revealed that after being disowned, Surya had saved the life of a transport businessman Tauji aka Big Boss (Danny Denzongpa) who had taken him in and raised him like a son for 15 years. Now, Surya (Akshay Kumar) has transformed himself into Boss, a suave, tough transport businessman who fights for justice.
Enemmy (2013)
, 2h8Directed by Ashu Trikha
Genres Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Suniel Shetty, Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Kay Kay Menon, Johnny Lever, Mahesh Manjrekar
Roles Eric Collaco
Rating2%
Enemmy follows daredevil CID officers against an underworld don. Four under cover cops Eklavya (Sunil Shetty), Naeem (Kay Kay Menon), Madhav (Mahaakshay Chakraborty) and Eric (Johny Lever) get the assignment to stop a gang war over a missing sum of money.They manage to put under world don Mukhtar Memon (Zakir Hussain) behind the bars but that doesn't solve the problem. Later, a senior CBI officer Yugantar (Mithun Chakraborty) starts investigating the case.
Crazy In Love (2013)
Directed by K.C Bokadia
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Actors Priyanka Chopra, Govinda, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Himani Shivpuri, Johnny Lever
Roles (uncredited)
Rating27%
Basant (Govinda) is a guy who gets what he wants, sneakingly. He is friends with Vasant. At an antique shop, Basant and Vasant see an antique duck made of glass. Basant purposely drops to break it because he cannot afford it. One day, Basant sees Priya (Priyanka Chopra) and is head over heels in love with her. She proceeds to draw a smiley face on the glass frame. Basant tries to run after her but he spots her earring. Meanwhile Vasnat wants to enter a music competition but on the way their car hits a girl on a bike, which is Priya. She is in hospital and requires A1B blood. However Vasant is there (because the people who knocked her over took Vasant's car so he chased them) Vasant has the correct blood type and donates blood to save Priyas life. However this small event leads to the cancellation of the competition. Vasant is unaware the girl Basant boasts about is Priya the girl he knocked over. When Priya wants to contact Vasant to thank him for the blood donation, she unknowingly calls Basant but he doesn't know it is the girl he wants. The next day, Basant and Vasant along with Satya and Prakash await the call but a music group calls insisting that Vasant must present himself there. Just after Vasant leaves, Priya calls, but says that Vasant must meet her at the Railway Station to Jodhpur. She is wearing a blue cap, has a blue top and is carrying an English novel. A call follows, and there is a problem with the boys so Vasant has to leave. When Basant sees it is the girl he wants, he plays a pretext he is Vasant instead. Basant goes home and finds his friend smoking and thinking about his guru because he is in hospital. One day, Priya calls Basant's (Vasant's) house but his mother picks up the phone. Her stupid sister blatanly says an old woman and the mother thinks they are referring to her, Basant takes the phone and speaks expletives unaware it is Priya. Vasant (the real one) goes for a music job, he has a cassette and meets Uncle ~Shakti Kapoor). He calls Priya to help him out. The plot thickens, when, just before Vasant goes for the interview Basant tells him to change his name to Ranjini Priya for good luck and he meets Priya. Both are unaware that Priya sees the boy who saved her life and Vasant (Ranjini Priya) donates blood to a girl he didn't know because he never see her.
Players (2012)
, 2h43Directed by Abbas-Mustan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood, Heist films
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bobby Deol, Vinod Khanna
Roles Mangal "BC" Chopra
Rating43%
Mastermind Charlie Mascarenhas (Abhishek Bachchan) and his accomplice Riya (Bipasha Basu) are one of the greatest pair of thieves in India. A friend of Charlie, Raj (Aftab Shivdasani) is killed by the Russian mafia. At Raj's funeral, his wife hands Charlie a CD containing information about the transfer of gold by train from Russia to Romania. Charlie decides to rob the train with the help of imprisoned Don and con-artist Victor Braganza (Vinod Khanna). They hire a team of criminals to join them in the robbery. The group includes Spider (Neil Nitin Mukesh), who is a world-class hacker, an explosives expert Bilal Bashir (Sikander Kher), a prosthetic makeup artist Sunny (Omi Vaidya), and an illusionist Ronnie (Bobby Deol).
All the Best (2012)
Directed by J. D. Chakravarthy
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, J. D. Chakravarthy, Fardeen Khan, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Bipasha Basu
Roles Tobu
Rating55%
Chaar Din Ki Chandni (2012)
Directed by Samir Karnik
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kulraj Randhawa, Tusshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Harish Kumar, Mukul Dev
Roles Paan Singh
Rating41%
Khiladi 786 (2012)
, 2h21Directed by Ashish R Mohan
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Films about families
Actors Akshay Kumar, Asin Thottumkal, Mithun Chakraborty, Paresh Rawal, Raj Babbar, Himesh Reshammiya
Roles Inspector Kambli
Rating44%
The story follows Mansukh (Himesh Reshammiya), the son of a marriage bureau owner Champak Lal (Manoj Joshi (actor)). Since he has grown up, Mansukh tries to help his father in the business, however all the alliances he had tried to get done have resulted in separation even before the marriage took place. To prove his worth to his father, he takes up an unusual challenge of getting an underworld don Tatya Tukaram Tendulkar's (Mithun Chakraborty), spoilt brat sister Indu (Asin Thottumkal) getting married to a cop called Bahattar Singh (Akshay Kumar) aka Khiladi 786 in Punjab. He convinces Tatya to pretend to be a cop to make Bahattar agree to the marriage. But little did the over enthusiast Mansukh know that Bahattar Singh, along with his father Sattar Singh (Raj Babbar) and his uncle Ikhattar Singh (Mukesh Rishi) were not cops but a family of conmen. The story takes a shape as the two hardcore families pretend to be policemen in front of each other and the beans from each side can be spilled anytime which can be life threatening for Mansukh. And to make the situation worse, it turns out that Indu has a boyfriend, Azad (Rahul Singh), who is a criminal locked up in jail. When Bahattar finds out, he helps Azad escape from jail to make Indu happy. But no sooner does Indu realize that she truly loves Bahattar.
Housefull 2 (2012)
, 2h40Directed by Sajid Khan, Sajid Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Asin Thottumkal, Jacqueline Fernandez, Rishi Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh
Roles Mithai Patil, J.D and Jolly's house servant.
Rating54%
The film opens with two cousins – Heena (Asin Thottumkal) and Bobby (Jacqueline Fernandez), the two daughters of the Kapoor family who hate each other very much – start quarrelling over something relating to their duties of Animals' Law Authority. Their fathers, Chintu (Rishi Kapoor) and Dabboo (Randhir Kapoor), are step-brothers who hate each other to the very core. Even their wives hate each other. Chintu wants the richest son-in law for his daughter, Heena, while Dabboo too wants the same for his daughter, Bobby. Aakhri Pasta (Chunky Pandey), a marriage counsellor, is ordered by both Chintu and Dabboo to find the best son-in-law. Aakhri Pasta brings Mr. Babani (Virendra Saxena) to discuss Babani's son Jai.
Be-Careful (2011)
Directed by Chandrakant Singh
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rajneesh Duggal, Tanisha, Shilpi Sharma, Rajniesh Duggall, Rajpal Yadav, Kiran Rathod
Roles Lobo
Rating34%
Sameer (Sam) & Anand (Andy) are childhood friends. Right from their school days & even in college, they studied together. Both were ahead in studies as well as in sports. They were also the champions when it came to girl-chasing. In fact they used to bet amongst themselves as to who will but it never lead to any fighting between them. For them the meaning of love was sex!