Awara Paagal Deewana (आवारा पागल दीवाना) 2002

Published on April 21, 2013 in Cinema

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Banner	Base Industries Group
Director	Vikram Bhatt
Writer	Anand S. Vardhan, Mangesh Kulkarni
Producer	Firoz A. Nadiadwala
Production executive	Kevyn Mendonsa
Orginal music	Anu Malik, Akbar Sami
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt
Film Editing	Amit Saxena
Art Director	Shailesh Mahadik
Camera Operator	Pankaj Kathuria
Assistant Cameramen	Pawan
Playback Singers	Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan , Udit Narayan , Shaan , Sarika Kapoor, Abhijeet, Anuradha Paudwal, Adnan Sami , Shabbir Kumar

Character	Actor / Actress
Guru Gulab Khatri	Akshay Kumar
Yeda Anna	Sunil Shetty
Dr. Anmol Acharya	Aftab Shivdasani
Preeti	Preeti Jhangiani
Mona	Amrita Arora
Tina Chippa	Aarti Chhabria
Manilal	Paresh Rawal
Chhota Chhatri	Johnny Lever
Vikrant	Rahul Dev
Paramjeet	Supriya Pilgaonkar
Mafia Don	Om Puri
Champaklal - Vikrant's Lawyer	Asrani

The story 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 leaves diamonds worth $10bn 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 the 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 moves to the street where Anmol (Aftab Shivdasani) and his family live. Anmol recognizes him from the news. His mother-in-law (Supriya Pilgaonkar) 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 USA 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 receive Vikrant and Preeti at the airport and drive 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 was a duplicate of the real one and the real one was going to come later by plane. They kill the second Vikrant and put his body in a car by the Brooklyn Bridge.

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 betrays Guru and tries to steal the diamonds. Guru wins in a fight and gives the diamonds to Yeda Anna 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.

Release date	21-Jun-02
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Filmfare Awards

2003 Filmfare Award Best Performance in a Comic Role Paresh Rawal

Screen Weekly Awards

2003 Screen Best Performance in a Comic RoleParesh Rawal
Nominated Screen Best Performance in a Comic Role Johnny Lever

Zee Cine Awards

2003 Popular Award Best Actor in a Comic Role Paresh Rawal

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