Don (Hindi) Movie Details:
| Based on | Don (1978) by Salim–Javed |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Release date | 20 October 2006 (India) |
| Running time | 2hr 49min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Priyanka Chopra Arjun Rampal Isha Koppikar Boman Irani Pavan Malhotra Rajesh Khattar Om Puri Kareena Kapoor |
| Directed by | Farhan Akhtar |
| Screenplay by | Javed Akhtar Farhan Akhtar |
| Produced by | Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar |
| Cinematography by | K. U. Mohanan |
| Edited by | Anand Subaya Neil Sadwelkar |
| Music by | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
| Production Company | Excel Entertainment |
Don (Hindi) Movie Cast & Characters:
- Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role as
- Mark Donald aka Don, the Antagonist
- Vijay Pal, Don’s lookalike and the Protagonist
- Priyanka Chopra as Roma Bhagat, the 2nd Protagonist
- Arjun Rampal as Jasjit “J. J.” Ahuja
- Isha Koppikar as Anita Sinha
- Boman Irani as Fake DCP D’Silva/Vardhaan Makhija, the 2nd Antagonist
- Om Puri as Interpol Officer Vishal Malik
- Kareena Kapoor as Kamini Arora/ Sonia (cameo appearance)
- Pavan Malhotra as Narang Singh
- Rajesh Khattar as Mr. Sanjeev Singhania (Don’s boss) in a guest appearance
- Tanay Chheda as Deepak “Deepu” Ahuja (J. J.’s son)
- Satyajit Sharma as Mystery Man
- Chunky Pandey as T. J. (special appearance)
- Sushma Reddy as Geeta Ahuja (J. J.’s wife) (special appearance)
- Diwakar Pundir as Ramesh Bhagat (special appearance)
Storyline:
Vijay is recruited by a police officer to masquerade as his lookalike Don, the leader of an international gang of smugglers. Things go wrong when the officer is killed and Vijay is left to fend for himself.
Don (Hindi) Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹38 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹38 crore |
About Don (Hindi) Movie:
Don is the reboot version of the 1978 film of the same title, and follows the titular criminal’s look-alike who has been sent on a clandestine mission to impersonate Don after he is wounded in a chase, and to gather intelligence on the drug mafia.
In remaking the film from a new perspective, Farhan Akhtar wanted to give a contemporary style and treatment to the original film and make a film that he believed would be perfectly suited to modern times.
The director later bought the rights and conceived his adaptation as an homage to the original film and its cast and crew, and to the 1970s era in general. He co-wrote the screenplay with his father, Javed Akhtar, who had also written the original script with Salim Khan. He kept the basic plot but introduced some changes that included an international setting and a different ending.
Principal photography commenced in Mumbai, before moving to Malaysia, where 80% of the filming was done. The soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar.
In December 2005, UTV Motion Pictures acquired the overseas rights of the film. Made on a production and marketing budget of ₹400 million, Don was released worldwide on 20 October 2006 in 800 screens during the Diwali festive season, clashing with another Bollywood film Jaan-E-Mann. The film opened to excellent to very good response at the domestic box-office, with an occupancy of 90%.
This was Shah Rukh Khan’s second film to release on 20 October, after DDLJ.
It proved to be a major commercial success, grossing over ₹1.06 billion at the box-office against a production and marketing budget of ₹400 million, thus becoming the fifth highest grossing Hindi film of 2006. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its action sequences, soundtrack, production design, cinematography, and Khan and Chopra’s performances.
Khan returned to playing the villain, after a decade, having played the villain in four films prior to this, starting with Baazigar, and last being Ram Jaane.
Don won Best Asian Film at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival. The film also received 9 nominations at the 52nd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film and Best Actor (Khan).
The Home media was distributed by T-Series Home Entertainment domestically and Internationally by UTV, the film was released on DVDs on 5 December 2006 across all regions in a 2-disc Collector’s Edition pack in NTSC format, with several bonus content such as the making of the film, bloopers, trailers, deleted scenes, and clap track. It also included a “Don Comic Book.” A steel case limited edition DVD was released in January 2007 with the same bonus features. The VCD version was released at the same time. A single-disc DVD pack was also released later. The Blu-ray version was released on 27 April 2011.
Don’s television premiere occurred on Star Plus in 2007.
A sequel titled Don 2 was released on 23 December 2011.
