Deewangee
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| Directed by | Anees Bazmee |
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| Produced by | Nitin Manmohan |
| Starring | Ajay Devgn Akshaye Khanna Urmila Matondkar |
| Cinematography | Pushan Kripalani |
| Edited by | Ashfaq-Sarvar |
| Music by | Ismail Darbar |
Production company | Neha Arts |
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Running time | 169 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹ 90 million |
| Box office | ₹ 220 million |
Deewangee (transl. Madness) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Nitin Manmohan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, and Urmila Matondkar. The music was composed by Ismail Darbar, with lyrics by Salim Bijnori and Nusrat Badr. This was Devgn's first negative role for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain.
It is inspired and has its first half adapted from Primal Fear (1996) by Gregory Hoblit which was itself based on William Diehl's novel of the same name. Released on 25 October 2002, the film was a commercial success at the box office. It was remade in Tamil as Kadhal Kirukkan in 2003.