Awara Paagal Deewana

Awaraa Paagal Deewana
DVD cover
Directed byVikram Bhatt
Written byAnand Vardhan
Mangesh Kulkarni (Story & Screenplay)
Neeraj Vora (Dialogues)
Produced byA. G. Nadiadwala
Firoz A. Nadiadwala
Starring
CinematographyPravin Bhatt
Edited byAmit Saxena
Music byAnu Malik
Franco Vaz(score)
Production
company
Base Industries Group
Distributed byShemaroo Entertainment
Pen India Limited
Release date
  • 20 June 2002 (2002-06-20)
Running time
164 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget13 crore [1]
Box office27.5 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.

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]

  1. ^ a b "Awara Paagal Deewana". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ Jha, Shubhash K. (19 May 2003). "Whose movie is it anyway?". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ Renuka, Methil (16 July 2001). "Hong Kong-based stunt director Dion Lam to choreograph 'Aawara Paagal Deewana'". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Khakee (2004) - Akshay Kumar's successful action films | The Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ^ "15 weirdest character names in Bollywood films". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Akshay Kumar and director Ahmed Khan in talks for Firoz Nadiadwala's Awara Paagal Deewana 2". Pinkvilla. 9 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

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