Deewane Huye Paagal (2005)

This is the story of Karan and Tanya. Karan is in love with Tanya but is too shy to tell her. One day Tanya witnesses the murder of a scientist by his evil twin brother, the underworld don ... See full summary »

Director:

Vikram Bhatt

Writers:

Kiran Kotrial (story), Neeraj Vora (dialogue),

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Shahid Kapoor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Akshay Kumar	...	Rocky Hiranandani
Sunil Shetty	...	Sanju Malwani
Shahid Kapoor	...	Karan
Rimi Sen	...	Tanya / Natasha Mulchandani
Paresh Rawal	...	Tommy
Om Puri	...	Mehboob / Scientist Khurana
Johnny Lever	...	Murugan
Vijay Raaz	...	Babloo
Suresh Menon	...	Veerappan 'Sunny' Khurana
Asrani	...	Blind man
Rakesh Bedi	...	Gullu Mulchandani
Supriya Pilgaonkar	...	Sweety aunty
Baljeet Singh	...	Baljeet Khurana
Vivek Oberoi	...	Narrator (Sutradhar) (as Viveik Annand Oberoi)
Aftab Shivdasani	...	Raj Sinha

Storyline

This is the story of Karan and Tanya. Karan is in love with Tanya but is too shy to tell her. One day Tanya witnesses the murder of a scientist by his evil twin brother, the underworld don Mehboob, and needs to flee the country. When Karan's friend coaxes him to track Tanya after she migrates to Dubai, he enlists the aid of a deceptive investigator, Rocky to track her down. Rocky ends up falling in love with her at first sight and tries to stop Karan from wooing her. Meanwhile, Tanya's physically disabled friend, Sanju also has a soft spot for her and tries thwarting Rocky's attempts at getting close to Tanya. The plot thickens when Don Mehboob and his gang track Tanya down in Dubai.

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Plot Keywords:

dubai | twin | murder | mentally challenged | scientist | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Switzerland India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

25 November 2005 (India)

Filming Locations:

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£71,064 (UK) (25 November 2005)

Gross:

$355,962 (USA) (9 December 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Base Industries Group

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film, despite being a multi starrer and a comedy which was successful those days, was a failure at the Box Office. Many people felt the film didn't leave up to the expectations of Awara Paagal Deewana while some felt there were too many back to back comedies.

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Goofs

Akshay's hair and look is inconsistent throughout, in some places shaved and in many places unshaven. The scene wherein all the plans are revealed to Shahid towards the end, Suneil Shetty who has short hair suddenly has long hair and the background also is different all of a sudden which explains it was shot later

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Quotes

Rocky: [regarding Tanya] First husband. Very good person. Only one bad habit. Smoking. Once, he burnt the cigarette and was blasted.
Murugan: Blasted?
Rocky: He was standing at the petrol pump!

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Connections

References Koffee with Karan (2004)

User Reviews

Pretty decent!

Well I must say I quite enjoyed the movie even though I was expecting it to be another one of those boring comedies with the same story line. Well the movie is a rip-off of There's Something About Mary. The whole plot and characters are similar. So I give it very low points for originality. But I have to admit, that although the storyline was not original, the jokes fitted into the story were pretty hilarious.

Akshay Kumar has returned back to some really good acting after a terrible mess in Garam Masala. Paresh Rawal is well used in this film, along with some pretty good scenes from Sunil Shetty, Johnny Lever and other members of the film.

I enjoyed it much much more than Garam Masala, and it really won't be a BIG waste of time if you go watch it. I'd recommend it if you really have the time. It is entertaining.