दीवाने

Deewaane (दीवाने) is a romantic pop number from Riteish Deshmukh's Selfiee (2023), composed by Tanishk Bagchi with lyrics by Kunaal Vermaa, sung by Aditya Yadav and Stebin Ben (with Bagchi and Vermaa also credited as vocalists on the official release). Released by Play DMF ahead of the film's 24 February 2023 theatrical debut, the track is picturized as a special-appearance dance number featuring Jacqueline Fernandez, distinct from the film's core lead pairing of Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi. It functions as Selfiee's glossy, feel-good musical interlude within a story otherwise built around bureaucratic farce and celebrity satire.

Tanishk Bagchi's composition for Deewaane leans into a light, contemporary pop-romantic sound — mid-tempo, melodically accessible, and built for a special-appearance dance picturization rather than dramatic weight. The song carries four vocal credits on its official release (Aditya Yadav, Stebin Ben, Tanishk Bagchi, and Kunaal Vermaa), a layered arrangement typical of Bagchi's recent Bollywood productions where composer and lyricist both step in as singers alongside the primary playback voices, giving the track a fuller, chorus-like presence in its hook lines.

Kunaal Vermaa's lyric celebrates a small, specific pleasure — the charm of conversations left incomplete between two people who are already hopelessly smitten ('deewaane'). Rather than grand declarations, the writing stays in a light, everyday romantic register, describing the pull of half-said things and lingering moments, which suits the song's function as an easy, danceable interlude rather than an emotional centerpiece of the film.

Selfiee, directed by Riteish Deshmukh, follows superstar actor Vijay Kumar (Akshay Kumar) and RTO inspector Om Prakash Aggarwal (Emraan Hashmi) in a public standoff after the star is caught driving without a valid licence, escalating into a media circus that culminates in a televised driving test — a Hindi remake of the Malayalam film Driving Licence. Deewaane arrives as one of the film's musical interludes, staged as a special-appearance dance number with Jacqueline Fernandez rather than involving the lead pair directly, a common Bollywood device for adding a glamorous, standalone musical moment to a plot-driven comedy-drama.

Deewaane found a steady audience as one of Selfiee's more danceable, radio-friendly tracks, helped along by Jacqueline Fernandez's special-appearance picturization, though it did not match the chart profile of the film's other promotional pushes. It remains a recognisable Tanishk Bagchi-Kunaal Vermaa collaboration from the 2023 release slate, streaming steadily on JioSaavn and Spotify since its release.