Vikram Bhatt’s crazy comedy Awara Paagal Deewana completed 23 years recently on June 20. The film, which had an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Aftab Shivdasani, Amrita Arora, Preeti Jhangiani and others, is still fresh in audience’s minds for its humour and action. Bhatt got talking about the film in an interview with us.
Vikram Bhatt on 23 years of Awara Paagal Deewana, “The sequel is very much on”
Vikram, Awara Paagal Deewana was fun to watch. Was it as much fun to shoot?
Awara Paagal Deewana was a party that just can’t be repeated. We did have a great time shooting it but it was also a very tough shoot. We went to quite a few places: New York, Spain and then Oman for the climax. Firoz bhai had an action comedy in mind and he want out of his way to produce it. Leaving no stone unturned. But APD was also Neeraj Vora who is not with us anymore. All the memes on APD that float around to this day are his genius.
This was your biggest multi-starrer
Fortunately for me, all the stars that I was working with were thorough professionals. The ladies in the film were fairly new but the male cast was star filled but very committed. Of course, I had a tough one handling all at one time and all of them were together in many scenes. I remember in the outdoor all of them standing on their marks but I could also see fifteen spot boys with fifteen umbrellas. Could hardly see the frame! But was good fun.
Was it inspired by Jonathan Lynn’s The Whole Nine Yards?
The Whole Nine Yards was something that did kick-start the project but then it totally kicked off into the other direction. It was just madness.
Which do you enjoy doing more comedy or horror?
Both comedy and horror have their demands. In one you need to have a sense of humor at the least while in the other you should be able to feel palpable fear yourself. But horror is completely director driven while in a comedy even a director has to depend on the actors. Regardless of how funny the script, if the actors aren’t going to do it, then it just won’t work.
A sequel to Awara Paagal Deewana?
I think the sequel is very much on. I did tell Feroz bhai that while I did not have the health to shoot in different parts of the world, I was certainly there for anything he needed from me. Bottom line – APD would miss Neeraj Vora a lot.
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