Later in 2002, Bobby was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role as a suave, wealthy shipping businessman in Abbas-Mustan's romantic thriller "Humraaz". The film is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M For Murder" (1954) (remade in 1998 as "A Perfect Murder") and features Deol in a love triangle with Akshaye Khanna and Ameesha Patel. The film was generally praised by critics, with Chitra Mahesh of "The Hindu" saying, "Bobby Deol spends the entire first half looking moony eyed and spaced out, but overcomes the stupor towards the end where he actually gives a good performance." Bobby’s final film of 2002 was David Dhawan's "Chor Machaaye Shor" in which he acted alongside Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Bipasha Basu and Om Puri. He played Shyam, a small-time crook who gets his hands on some diamonds worth millions.