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
Soundtrack album by
Released6 March 2002
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSaregama

Awara Paagal Deewana (Wayward, Crazy, Insane) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Vikram Bhatt. Anu Malik composed the film score with lyrics by Sameer. The plot is loosely based on the 2000 American film The Whole Nine Yards.[2] Dion Lam, who worked on The Matrix and Hong Kong action films was the stunt director.[3] The film's cast includes Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Preeti Jhangiani, Aarti Chhabria, Amrita Arora and Rahul Dev.

Awara Paagal Deewana was released on 20 June 2002 to a global audience. It received mixed reviews from critics. The film was notable for lavish and exotic song images, action scenes by Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and performances by Paresh Rawal and Johnny Lever.[4][5]

In 2023, a sequel, Awara Paagal Deewana 2, was in development.[6]

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  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. ^ "15 weirdest character names in Bollywood films". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  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.