Awara Paagal Deewana (Wayward, Crazy, Insane) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Vikram Bhatt.

[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.

The film was notable for lavish and exotic song sequences, action scenes involving Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty, and the performances of Paresh Rawal and Johnny Lever.

[4][5] The MacGuffin is $200 million worth of diamonds held in a New York bank, left in the will of Indian underworld don, Baba Baldev Prasad.

Shortly after the don's death, Vikrant plots to disguise himself as Guru and assassinate the Indian home minister while he is live on television.

From the box-office point of view, the fabulous stunts, excellent music, and an aggressive promotion will help the film reach the safety mark.

[7] Anjum N of Rediff.com wrote, ″Director Bhatt should concentrate on what he does best - making small budget, non-star cast films (Ghulam being an exception).