# Deewane (दीवाने)
**Deewane** (दीवाने) is a 2000 Hindi-language action romance film directed by Harry Baweja and produced by Paramjeet Baweja under the banner S.P. Creations, starring [Ajay Devgn](https://www.edgepedia.org/ajay-devgn) in a double role as a police officer and his lookalike, alongside [Urmila Matondkar](https://www.edgepedia.org/urmila-matondkar) and [Mahima Chaudhry](https://www.edgepedia.org/mahima-chaudhry).[1](https://www.yashrajfilms.com/movies/deewane) • [2](https://boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=340) It was released in India on 11 August 2000, the same day as *Dhadkan*, and finished as a box office flop.[3](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html) • [4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 11 August 2000, India; Hindi language[1](https://www.yashrajfilms.com/movies/deewane) |
| Director / producer | Harry Baweja / Paramjeet Baweja, S.P. Creations[2](https://boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=340) |
| Lead cast | Ajay Devgn (Vishal / Arun), Urmila Matondkar (Sapna), Mahima Chaudhry (Pooja)[2](https://boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=340) |
| Music | Sanjeev-Darshan; lyrics by Sameer; story by Anees Bazmee, screenplay by Karan Razdan[2](https://boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=340) |
| Runtime | 164 minutes per Box Office India; other listings give 2h 44m, 175 minutes, or 2h 51m[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340) • [5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deewane) • [6](https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/deewane) |
| Box office | Budget ₹85,000,000; total nett gross ₹69,500,000; worldwide gross ₹122,518,750; verdict: Flop[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340) |
| Distribution | Yash Raj Films (International)[1](https://www.yashrajfilms.com/movies/deewane) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Inspector Vishal (Ajay Devgn) is a hard-working, committed police officer engaged to his childhood friend Sapna (Urmila Matondkar), who resents how his devotion to work crowds out their time together.[7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/deewane-/articleshow/403627411.cms) While raiding a boat, Vishal is shot and slips into a coma.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340)
To keep criminals from learning that Vishal is incapacitated, his superior, Commissioner Chavan (Shivaji Satam), recruits Arun, a petty thief who happens to be Vishal's lookalike, and trains him to take Vishal's place; the Times of India's contemporary review puts the price paid to Arun at Rs. 1 million (Rs. 10 lakhs).[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340) • [7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/deewane-/articleshow/403627411.cms) Sapna, unaware of the switch, falls in love with the "new" Vishal, and Arun falls in love with her in turn.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340) The real Vishal eventually wakes from his coma, ending Sapna's romance with Arun.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340) A parallel thread follows Pooja (Mahima Chaudhry), a singer who has never confessed her feelings to the man she longs for.[1](https://www.yashrajfilms.com/movies/deewane)
## Cast and production
Ajay Devgn played both Vishal and Arun; per a 2025 retrospective, this was the third double role of his career, after *Hindustan Ki Kasam* and *Gair*.[3](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html) The supporting cast included [Paresh Rawal](https://www.edgepedia.org/paresh-rawal) as Lekhraj, Vishal's uncle, Gulshan Grover and Aashif Sheikh as Vishal's cousins, [Reema Lagoo](https://www.edgepedia.org/reema-lagoo) as Vishal's mother, [Johnny Lever](https://www.edgepedia.org/johnny-lever) as Okay, Arun's friend, Tiku Talsania as Sapna's father, and Padmini Kapila as Sapna's mother, Dhanwanti.[2](https://boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=340) • [8](https://www.thetvdb.com/movies/deewane)
**Casting and on-set events.** Urmila Matondkar was not the production's first choice for Sapna; the role was first offered to [Karisma Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/karisma-kapoor), who turned it down.[3](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html) During the shoot, Mahima Chaudhry was injured in an accident while traveling to the set of *Dil Kya Kare*, in which 67 pieces of glass struck her face; Ajay Devgn and Kajol supported her and her recovery was kept quiet so that her signed films would not be lost.[3](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html) A dispute followed on the *Deewane* set when Chaudhry declined a close-up because of her facial injury and the director would not agree; Devgn intervened to defer the scene, after which media rumors of an affair between the two spread.[3](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html)
Shooting locations listed by the Cinemaazi film archive include Film City, Filmistan, Mehboob Studios, National Standard Mills, and Malshej Ghat in India, plus Australia and New Zealand; the film was certified U/A by the CBFC on 1 July 2000 (certificate CIL/2/24/2000-MUM).[9](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/deewane-1) In Australia it was classified M with the consumer advice "Medium level violence" on 11 August 2000.[6](https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/deewane)
## Music
The score was composed by the duo Sanjeev-Darshan, with lyrics by Sameer.[2](https://boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=340) The soundtrack's songs were performed by playback singers including [Udit Narayan](https://www.edgepedia.org/udit-narayan), Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula, Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and [Anuradha Paudwal](https://www.edgepedia.org/anuradha-paudwal); tracks include "Aye Dil" in male and female versions, "Churao Na Dil", "Deewane", "Ishq Da Gunjal", "Jogiya", "Qayamat", and "Sajna Ne Phool Marya".[10](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/deewane-movie-120968) The audio cassette also included dialogues from the film, a practice Harry Baweja had used on his earlier films *Dilwale* (1994) and *Diljale* (1996).[3](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html)
## Box office
*Deewane* opened on 245 screens and clashed directly with *Dhadkan*, which released the same day and featured Mahima Chaudhry alongside [Akshay Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/akshay-kumar), Sunil Shetty, and [Shilpa Shetty](https://www.edgepedia.org/shilpa-shetty); *Dhadkan* won the box office contest.[3](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html) • [4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340) Against a budget of ₹8,50,00,000, the film earned a first day of ₹73,00,000, a first weekend of ₹2,09,00,000, and a first week of ₹3,70,00,000, closing with a total nett gross of ₹69,500,000 in India, an India gross of ₹11,68,00,000, overseas gross of $125,000, and a worldwide gross of ₹122,518,750 on about 4,849,000 footfalls; Box Office India's verdict was Flop.[4](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340) Sacnilk's compilation gives slightly different figures, an India net of ₹67.9 million (₹6.79 crore) and a worldwide total of ₹121.5 million (₹12.15 crore) against a budget of ₹80 million (₹8.00 crore), with the same Flop verdict.[11](https://www.sacnilk.com/movie/Deewane_2000?hl=en)
## Reception
Contemporary and retrospective assessments were unfavorable. The Times of India's review a few days after release called the film slow-paced for a Harry Baweja film, criticized the execution of the story, and noted melodramatic stretches, while crediting the performances, particularly Devgn's acting and Matondkar's turn.[7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/deewane-/articleshow/403627411.cms) Film Information's 2000 review judged Anees Bazmee's story interesting but ruined by a shoddy screenplay by [Karan Razdan](https://www.edgepedia.org/karan-razdan), and called Baweja's direction ordinary, while praising several songs including "Ae dil", "Qayamat", "Churao na dil", and "Jab ishq da" as excellently tuned.[12](https://filminformation.com/featured/flashback-12-august-2025-from-our-issue-dated-12th-august-2000/) On aggregate databases the film sits low: IMDb records 4.7/10 from 722 votes, and Rotten Tomatoes shows a Popcornmeter audience score of 29% from more than 50 ratings with no critic reviews counted.[13](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255097/) • [5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deewane)
The film has remained available in home and digital formats long after its theatrical run: [Yash Raj Films](https://www.edgepedia.org/yash-raj-films) handled international distribution, and the title later streamed on Amazon Prime Video (April to October 2021) and appeared on the Apple TV Store in 2017 to 2018, though [JustWatch](https://www.edgepedia.org/justwatch) listed it as unavailable to stream in India as of its most recent check.[1](https://www.yashrajfilms.com/movies/deewane) • [14](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/deewane) A full upload on the Goldmines YouTube channel in 2021 drew over 19 million views.[15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kNf2PJKEU)
## References
1. [Deewane Movie – Release Date, Cast & Crew Details, Yash Raj Films](https://www.yashrajfilms.com/movies/deewane)
2. [Deewane – Cast & Crew, Box Office India](https://boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=340)
3. [Ajay Devgn's 'Deewane' Turns 25: Behind-the-Scenes stories, Box office clash & on-set controversies, PeepingMoon (11 August 2025)](https://www.peepingmoon.com/entertainment-news/news/80951/Ajay-Devgns-Deewane-Turns-Behind-the-Scenes-stories-Box-office-clash-on-set-controversies.html)
4. [Deewane – Movie Story & Box Office, Box Office India](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie-story.php?movieid=340)
5. [Deewane, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deewane)
6. [DEEWANE, Australian Classification](https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/deewane)
7. [Deewane review, Urvashi Ashar, The Times of India (15 August 2000)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/deewane-/articleshow/403627411.cms)
8. [Deewane, TheTVDB.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/movies/deewane)
9. [Deewane (2000) – Movie Details, Cinemaazi](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/deewane-1)
10. [Deewane Movie (2000) – Release Date, Review, Cast, Trailer, Songs, Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/deewane-movie-120968)
11. [Deewane (2000-08-11) – Review, Rating & Box Office Collection, Sacnilk](https://www.sacnilk.com/movie/Deewane_2000?hl=en)
12. [FLASHBACK | 12 August, 2025 (From our issue dated 12th August, 2000), Film Information](https://filminformation.com/featured/flashback-12-august-2025-from-our-issue-dated-12th-august-2000/)
13. [Deewane (2000), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255097/)
14. [Deewane streaming: where to watch movie online?, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/deewane)
15. [Deewane (HD) Bollywood Hindi Film, Goldmines, YouTube (18 October 2021)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kNf2PJKEU)
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