- Awara Paagal Deewana
Infobox_Film
name =Awara Paagal Deewana
director =Vikram Bhatt
producer =Firoz A. Nadiadwala
writer = Anand Vardhan
Mangesh Kulkarni
narrator =
starring =Akshay Kumar Sunil Shetty Aftab Shivdasani Preeti Jhangiani Amrita Arora Aarti Chhabria
music =Anu Malik
Sameer
cinematography = Pravin Bhatt
editing = Amit Saxena
distributor =
released =June 21 2002
runtime = 169 mins
country =India
language =Hindi
budget =
gross =
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imdb_id = 0319020Awara Paagal Deewana (English: "Wayward, Crazy and Insane") is a 2002
Bollywood actioncomedy directed byVikram Bhatt . The film is a remake of theCanadian film "The Whole Nine Yards". The film's music was written byAnu Malik , and the lyrics by Sameer.ynopsis
The film centres on the legacy of a dead Indian underworld don (
Om Puri ), who dies of a heart attack at the beginning of the film. He leavesdiamond s worth $10bn at the New York Bank, to be distributed equally between his son Vikrant, his daughter Preeti, and Preeti's husband Guru. To claim the diamonds, all three benefactors must be present at the bank, or, if dead, their death certificates must be presented. Shortly after the Don's death, Vikrant attempts to eliminate Guru by assassinating the Indian Home Minister in full view oftelevision cameras while disguised as him. Guru flees to the US to escape prosecution.Characters
*Guru (
Akshay Kumar ) is the don's son-in-law; ironically, he is more loyal to his father-in-law than Vikrant and therefore more favoured. He recaptures the stolen pistol Vikrant sold to the Chinese, defeating fourninja in the process.
*Vikrant (Rahul Dev ) is the don's treacherous son. In an early scene, he sells a high-techpistol to a Chinese gang. When his bodyguards try to stop him, he disarms and kills them both.
*Yeda Anna (Sunil Shetty ) (Hindi for 'Crazy Brother') and Chota Chatri (Hindi for 'Little Umbrella', referring to his trademark umbrella in which he keeps a concealedswordstick ) are bothassassin s for the mob. Both have great difficulty speaking; Chatri has astammer , while Yeda frequently forgets the names of things, to comic effect.
*Anmol (Aftab Shivdasani ) is adentist living in America, who becomes unwillingly embroiled in the gangsters' dispute when Guru, having fled Vikrant's attempt to frame him, moves next door. He lives with his wife Mona (Amrita Arora ), his father-in-law Manilal (Paresh Rawal ) and his mother-in-law Paramjeet (Supriya Pilgaonkar ). Both Anmol and Manilal are extremely hen-pecked, forced to hand over their income to their wives and do most domesticchore s. Anmol mentions that his chief reason for staying married is to keep his Green Card. Anmol's assistant, Tina (Aarti Chhabria ), has afixation on criminal bosses and Guru in particular.
*Preeti (Preeti Jhangiani ) is the don's daughter and Guru's wife. She wants adivorce from Guru, on the grounds that she has seen little of him in the five months they were married, and the marriage was purely one of convenience. Guru refuses to give her a divorce, out of pride and the fact that doing so would annul his claim to his late father-in-law's diamonds.oundtrack
The movie's soundtrack contains the five songs featured in the film, plus 'Ye Tuna Kya Kaha' and the 'Love Theme' instrumental. Below is the album's tracklisting; English versions of the titles are in brackets.
* Jise Hasna Rona Hai (He Who Wants To Laugh And Cry)-
Udit Narayan ,Shaan ,Sonu Nigam ,Alka Yagnik ,Sunidhi Chauhan ,Shreya Ghosal
* Maine To Kai Kasam (I've Taken an Oath)-Abhijeet ,Sunidhi Chauhan
* More Sawariya (Come My Love)-Anu Malik ,Shaan ,Sunidhi Chauhan
* Awara Paagal Deewana (Wayward, Crazy and Insane)-Shaan ,Sunidhi Chauhan
* Ye Tune Kya Kaha (What Did You Say)-Sonu Nigam ,Anuradha Paudwal
* Ya Habibi (Lover) / Yaak Yaak Tera (You Suddenly...)-Adnan Sami ,Shaan
* Love ThemeAwards
Paresh Rawal won awards for "Best Performance in a Comic Role" from Filmfare, Screen Weekly and Zee Cine.Johnny Lever was also nominated for Screen Weekly's "Best Performance in a Comic Role" award for his part as Chhota Chhatri.External links
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