Anil Kapoor & Govinda's Deewana Mastana: All you need to know

The dynamic duo of Govinda and Anil Kapoor will be reuniting for the making of a sequel of their comedy flick Deewana Mastana. The first movie was released in 1997, and it has been 22 years since the release of the film. It will be after a long time that the stars will be sharing the silver screen. This was announced on the sets of the dancing reality show Nach Baliye 9. It was also reported that John Abraham will be joining the duo in the sequel. Before watching Deewana Mastana 2, here is all you should know about the first Deewana Mastana movie.

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All you should know about Deewana Mastana

The first movie was directed by David Dhawan, while the movie was written by Anees Bazmee. Prayag Raj helped with the additional screenplay. In the lead roles of the first movie, we saw Anil Kapoor as Raj Kumar (Raja) / Inspector Bansi Rao, Govinda as Bunnu, and Juhi Chawla as Dr Neha Sharma. Other prominent roles in the film were played by Johnny Lever, Anupam Kher, and Reema Lagoo.

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The movie follows the story of a small-time crook named Raja (Anil Kapoor) who sells railway tickets in a black market near Amirpur station. He is tired of the small money and wants to make big money, and he thus starts to think of a way to earn more money. To make quick money, he plans to loot ₹2.5 million with the help of his friend Ghafoor (Johnny Lever) and a police inspector. Later they run into a real cop and fall into trouble, so they run away to Mumbai with the loot.

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After coming to Mumbai, Raja takes one look at Dr Neha (Juhi Chawla) and falls in love with her. Raja looks for Neha’s address and meets her as Raj Kumar, a man just returned from the US gain her trust. Later, Raja is warned by Ghafoor not to rush love, but he does not listen. This kick-starts the second phase of the movie where Bunnu (Govinda) enters the scene as the son of a rich businessman. Bunnu is sent to Dr Neha as a patient, and he also instantly falls in love with her.

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The story follows both Bannu and Raja in pursuit of Neha while they try to kill each other by hiring hitmen. This makes the story more fun to watch. Both fail to kill each other and are still fighting to get Neha. Later, Neha calls both of them to the court with a garland and a gold ring where they think they are going to marry her. In a surprising turn of events, they find out that Neha is going to marry someone else. At that moment, Salman Khan (Prem) enters and both Raja and Bannu witness the marriage of Dr Neha with Prem.