Don (2006/I)

Director:

Farhan Akhtar

Writers:

Salim Khan (based on an original screenplay by) and
Javed Akhtar (based on an original screenplay by) ...

Release Date:

20 October 2006 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The countdown begins...

Plot:

A simple man (Vijay) from the city of mumbai is recruited by a police officer to masquerade as the Don, the leader of an international gang of smugglers. But things go wrong, the officer is killed and now vijay is on his own, with only his lover (Roma) and a lame ex con artist to help him to prove his innocence.

Plot Keywords:

Malaysia | Police Officer | Look Alike | Drug Lord | On The Run

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Shahrukh Khan	...	Don / Vijay
Priyanka Chopra	...	Roma
Arjun Rampal	...	Jasjit Ahuja
Isha Koppikar	...	Anita
Boman Irani	...	DCP De Silva
Om Puri	...	CBI Officer Vishal Malik
Pavan Malhotra	...	Narang (as Pavan Mallhotra)
Rajesh Khattar
Tanay Chheda	...	Deepu
Kareena Kapoor	...	Kamini
Chunky Pandey	...	TJ
Sushma Reddy	...	Geeta Ahuja (as Sushama Reddy)
Diwakar Pundir	...	Ramesh (as Diwaker Pundir)
Sandrine Verrier Seth	...	TJ's moll
Sidhart Jyoti	...	Insp. Verma

Runtime:

USA:171 min | Morocco:168 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | India:UA | UK:12A | USA:Not Rated | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Champs Elysées, Paris 8, Paris, France

Company:

Excel Entertainment

Trivia:

During a shoot, Shahrukh Khan's wedding ring slipped off his finger. Khan had everyone on the sets searching for it, with the implausible excuse that if they didn't find it, he would have to get married again in order to get himself a new wedding ring. Needless to say, they found it in double quick time.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In one scene as Don goes to the safe to lock his DVD, Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" is seen in the background (implying he was perhaps involved in its theft from Munch Museum in 2004). However, the painting had been recovered by the release of the movie. The Filmakers cleverly used this in the UK promotion of the movie by suggesting the recovered painting was the fake, and the painting in Don's safe was the original.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Don: I am a wanted man across the world, but you must understand one simple fact... it is not difficult to catch Don, it is impossible!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Partner (2007)

Soundtrack:

Main Hoon Don

Don reincarnated!

The movie was stunning. You have to give full credits to Farhan Akhtar. His way of presenting the previously said story is completely unmatchable. At times, the movie was way over the top of exaggeration but in the end everything falls in place. The movie was fast tracked at many places and many sequences were skipped that were present in the previous version. Some plots were twisted to bring in the modern day touch and nothing seemed unnecessary. The sequences were copied very much to the exactness of the situation and it was a good effort to bring back the charisma that a personality like Don should have. One more special thing about this movie is its climax, which was not at all stereotype. One would not expect such a thing in bollywood movies and yet it was brilliantly done. I would say DON was an overall entertainer and is definitely worth a watch.