Producer: Firoz Nadiadwala
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Preeti Jhangiani, Amrita Arora, Arti Chabria, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Johny Lever, Asrani and Rahul Dev
Music: Anu Malik

After the debacle of romantic saga ‘Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage’, director Vikram Bhatt looks forward to direct this comedy film ‘Awara Paagal Deewana’. He makes a masala commercial Bollywood potboiler having everything in it that a hit strategy requires. With stars like Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal he sets out with a big budget to shoot in foreign locations with loads to action and comedy. But he misses on the one factor – entertainment.

The film begins with the death of mafia don (Om Puri). His death begins a tug of war between his son-in law Guru Gulab Khatri (Akshay Kumar) married to his daughter Preeti (Preeti Jhangiani) and his only son Vikrant (Rahul Dev), over his will. The will includes diamonds worth hundred crores in a foreign bank and money that has to be equally divided between these three. They will have to be present in the bank personally to claim the diamonds and sign the papers. Vikrant and Guru Gulab are rivals of each other and are always in a chance to outdo each other. Guru Gulab gets associated in a serious crime with the aid of Vikrant, which makes him flee India. He heads for America.

Here he becomes the neighbor of Dr. Anmol Acharya (Aftab Shivdasani). Anmol is a dentist who is facing woe both from his personal and professional life. He is a henpecked husband who works in home like a dog and in his clinic like a donkey. As if that was not enough he gets trapped into underworld. This follows mayhem and roller coaster ride through this laugh riot. Vikrant announces grand prize for the one who can give him any information about Guru. Anmol’s wife Mona (Amrita Arora) forces him to meet Vikrant in India and inform him about Guru and bag the cash prize. He heads for India along with his father-in- law (Paresh Rawal). Choto Chhatri (Johny Lever) takes them to Eaida Anna (Sunil Shetty). Anna says Vikrant that he will kill Guru for the prize money to be offered by him and Vikrant agrees. Anmol returns back not with his hand full of money but Anna and Chota Chhatri. However it is later understood that Anna is not interested in the cash money but the diamonds lying in the bank. Adding more twist Yeda Anna gets attracted to Anmol's wife, Anmol falls in love with Guru's wife and Anmol's secretary (Aarti Chhabria) loves the married Guru. At the end lovers go for divorce and settle with each other.

Director Bhatt lets us down again. Handling such a big budget film is not his cup of tea and he proves this. He manages comic scenes well and this is a complete revelation for the director who has concentrated more on serious films earlier. But he fails to manage an entertaining show that can impress the audience. Anu Maliik's music is a failure and none of the songs rise above expectation.

Paresh Rawal is the show stealer and a complete entertainer with hilarious performance. Akshay too cake walks but his efforts don’t seem very sincere in his delivery. He excels with action and comedy. Aftab Shivdasani doesn’t has much to do. Same goes for Sunil Shetty, Rahul Dev, Johny Lever and Om Puri. Preeti Jhangiani looks boring. Aarti Chabbria and Amrita Arora need to work on their acting talent.
 
Only if you want to watch some good comedy film without expecting much from it then you should go for ‘Awara Paagal Deewana’.