EXCLUSIVE: Akshay Kumar and director Ahmed Khan in talks for Firoz Nadiadwala’s Awara Paagal Deewana 2

Akshay Kumar, Ahmed Khan and Firoz Nadiadwala are presently working to develop an apt idea for the sequel.

Written by Avinash Lohana , Journalist

Published on Nov 09, 2022 | 02:50 PM IST | 609.2K

EXCLUSIVE: Akshay Kumar and director Ahmed Khan in talks for Firoz Nadiadwala’s Awara Paagal Deewana 2 (Pic Credit: Shaira Khan / Instagram)

Yesterday, Pinkvilla exclusively reported that Akshay Kumar has plans to revive three of his most loved franchises – Hera Pheri, Welcome, and Awara Paagal Deewana – with producer Firoz Nadiadwala. A source close to the development had informed that Akshay and Firoz have had multiple meetings in the last few months to get everything in place for these projects. Pinkvilla now has another update on one of these exciting movies. We have heard that Akshay and Firoz are in talks with filmmaker Ahmed Khan to direct Awara Paagal Deewana 2.

“Akshay, Ahmed and Firoz’s association goes back a long way. In fact, Ahmed had even worked as a choreographer on Awara Paagal Deewana, so he understands the project. The trio is presently working to develop an apt idea for the sequel, after which they will start working on the script. However, they are not rushing into it and are giving it their all, as they want to do complete justice to the original,” informs a source in the know. The 2002 original was helmed by Vikram Bhatt, and had also featured Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Aarti Chabria, Preeti Jhangiani, and Amrita Arora, among many others.

Akshay Kumar’s future line up

Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar has Tinu Suresh Desai’s Capsule Gill, Amit Rai’s OMG 2, Subhash Kapoor’s Jolly LLB 3, and Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bade Miyan Chote Miyan in the pipeline. He will start shooting for the latter project with Tiger Shroff from January-end or in early February next year.

Ahmed Khan on the other hand is busy with his next production - Baap - which is headlined by Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol. Its first look was unveiled today.

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