Awara Paagal Deewana

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Awaraa Paagal Deewana
Awarapaagaldeewanadvd.jpg
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Directed by Vikram Bhatt
Written byAnand Vardhan
Mangesh Kulkarni (Story & Screenplay)
Neeraj Vora (Dialogues)
Produced byA. G. Nadiadwala
Firoz A. Nadiadwala
Starring
Cinematography Pravin Bhatt
Edited byAmit Saxena
Music by Anu Malik
Franco Vaz(score)
Production
company
Base Industries Group
Distributed by Shemaroo Entertainment
Pen India Limited
Release date
  • 20 June 2002 (2002-06-20)
Running time
164 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹13 crore [1]
Box office₹27.5 crore [1]

Awara Paagal Deewana (transl.Wayward, Crazy, Insane) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film's music was composed by Anu Malik, and the lyrics by Sameer. It has a plot loosely inspired by The Whole Nine Yards , [2] and features action scenes choreographed by stunt director Dion Lam, who worked on The Matrix and Hong Kong action films. [3] It features Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Preeti Jhangiani, Aarti Chhabria, Amrita Arora and Rahul Dev.

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Awara Paagal Deewana released worldwide on 20 June 2002 and received mixed reviews from critics. The film was notable for lavish and exotic song picturizations, action scenes by Akshay Kumar [4] and performances of Paresh Rawal and Johnny Lever. [5]

A sequel, Awara Paagal Deewana 2, is in development as of 2023. [6]

Plot

The story centres on the legacy of a dead Indian underworld don Baba Baldev Prasad (Om Puri), who dies of a heart attack. He leaves diamonds worth $200 million at the New York Bank, to be distributed equally between his son Vikrant (Rahul Dev) his daughter Preeti (Preeti Jhangiani) and Preeti's husband Guru Gulab Khatri (Akshay Kumar) . To claim the diamonds, all three benefactors must be present at the bank or, if dead, their death certificates must be presented.

Shortly after Don's death, Vikrant attempts to eliminate Guru by assassinating the Indian home minister in full view of television cameras while disguised as him. Guru flees to the US disguised as someone else to escape prosecution. Guru is located on the street where Anmol (Aftab Shivadasani) and his family live. Anmol recognizes him from the news. His mother-in-law forces him to go to India, along with his father-in-law, Manilal (Paresh Rawal) to tell Vikrant about Guru and get the reward. But everything turns wrong when Vikrant doesn't give the reward and instead sends Anmol and Manilal back to the US with his hired men, Yeda Anna (Sunil Shetty) and Chota Chathri (Johnny Lever) to kill Guru. Later, they find out that Yeda Anna was a double agent: He was working for Guru the whole time because he offered more money. The group received Vikrant and Preeti at the airport and drove to the hotel. At the hotel, Vikrant is kidnapped by a mysterious group of Chinese goons. Yeda Anna receives a phone call and finds out that the kidnapped Vikrant is a duplicate of the real one and the real one is going to come later by plane. They kill the second Vikrant and put his body in a car by the Brooklyn Bridge after a party.

With Vikrant's death, Preeti and Guru each get half of the diamonds. When they are outside the bank, a group of policemen arrest them and take them to an unknown desert area. It is revealed that Vikrant is still alive and the first Vikrant was kidnapped by Chinese goons. Vikrant gets the diamonds and tries to kill Guru. A fight occurs. At the end of the fight, Guru kills Vikrant. When it's all over, they ask each other to find out who has the diamonds. Anmol has them and says he will give them to Guru if he gives Preeti a divorce. Guru arrives at the location selected by Anmol and gets the diamonds while giving Anmol the divorce papers. Yeda Anna double-crosses Guru and tries to steal the diamonds. Guru wins in a fight and Yeda gives the diamonds to Guru while hanging him to a bar and having him stand on Chota Chathri's shoulders. In the end, Anmol and his love, Preeti, are seen going to India. Anmol's ex-father-in-law gives him some diamonds that he received from Guru. Preeti comments that she didn't know that Guru was so nice.

Production

This film was shot in New York and was wrapped on July 10, 2001. Some scenes of this movie were shot in Mumbai.

Cast

Soundtrack

Awara Paagal Deewana
Soundtrack album by
Anu Malik
Released6 March 2002
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Saregama

The music of the album has been composed by Anu Malik.

All lyrics are written by Sameer

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Awara Paagal Deewana" Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan 4:00
2."Jise Hasna Rona" Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sarika Kapoor7:30
3."Love" (Theme) –1:10
4."Maine To Khai Kasam"Sunidhi Chauhan, Abhijeet 5:02
5."More Sawariya"Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Anu Malik 6:36
6."Ya Habibi" Adnan Sami, Shabbir Kumar, Sunidhi Chauhan7:19
7."Yeh Tune Kya Kiya (not used in the film)"Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal 7:18

Critical response

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 2 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, AWARA PAAGAL DEEWANA has an excellent first half, but a just-about-okay second half. From the box-office point of view, the fabulous stunts, excellent music, and an aggressive promotion will help the film reach the safety mark. Business in metros should prove to be the best. Well worth a watch!″ [8] Anjum N of Rediff.com wrote ″Director Bhatt should concentrate on what he does best --- make a small budget, non star cast films (Ghulam being an exception). Here, he shows his capability in handling the comic scenes well --- there weren't many light scenes in his earlier films. But overall, he fails to hold the audience's attention. See the film only if you are a diehard fan of Rawal's comic talent or Akshay's action scenes." [9]

Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2003 Paresh Rawal Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role [10] Won
Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role Won
2004 Screen Award for Best Comedian Won
Johnny Lever Nominated

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