Johnny (2003 film)

Johnny (Pawan Kalyan) loses his mother (Geetha) when he was a kid. He runs away from his alcoholic father Ravishankar (Raghuvaran) and dysfunctional family. Years later, from a small time club fighter, Johnny becomes a mixed martial arts coach. One day, a woman named Geetha (Renu Desai) lodges a police complaint on Johnny for beating up a man. Later, she comes to know that it was a misunderstanding. Both become friends and eventually get married. After marriage, Johnny finds out that his wife is suffering from leukemia. He relocates to Mumbai to pay for her medical treatment and finds himself in dire need to pay for the medical expenses. While competing at an amateur kickboxing competition, Johnny is bought out by the organizer Tatya (Raza Murad) for a lump some offer to compete with two international martial artists. Johnny defeats them and earns a sum of 200,000 overnight, which he uses for Geeta's treatment.

The music for the film was composed by Ramana Gogula. The song "Ee Reyi Theyanadi" is based on the Chitti Chellelu song of the same name; that itself was based on the French song "L'amour est bleu".[6]

Johnny worldwide distribution rights were sold for a record breaking amount of ₹81.0 million (US$1.1 million).[8] Johnny was released in 325 Theaters worldwide with digital print quality.

Johnny went onto become one of the disaffected films in the Telugu film industry.

Johnny on IMDb