This week on 'Has It Aged Well?' Abbas is joined by spoken word artist and writer Ishpreet Balbir and they're discussing the madcap comedy 'Awara Paagal Deewana' from 2002, directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty , Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, and Aftab Shivdasani. Topics discussed include: How the comedic trio of 'Hera Pheri' was repeated here, and how this compared to Priyadarshan's madcap comedies, Ishpreet's memories of growing up on 'mindless comedies', whether 'keep your brain at home' is an asset for comedies, Vikram Bhatt "borrowing" elements from Hollywood, the Paresh Rawal-Johnny Lever jodi, what kind of a gangster is called 'Gulab Khatri' and Ishpreet makes a strong case of similarities between APD and 'Deadpool & Wolverine'!

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