Don (2007 film)

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Don
File:Don poster.jpg
Movie poster
Directed byRaghava Lawrence
Produced byM.L. Kumar Chowdary
Written byAbburi Ravi (dialogues)
Screenplay byRaghava Lawrence
Story byRaghava Lawrence
StarringNagarjuna
Anushka Shetty
Raghava Lawrence
Nikita Thukral
Kelly Dorji
Music byRaghava Lawrence
Chinna
CinematographyS. Gopal Reddy
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
Production
company
Sri Keerthi Creations
Release date
  • 20 December 2007 (2007-12-20)
Running time
154 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget20 cr
Box office105 cr

Don is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by M.L. Kumar Chowdary on Sri Keerthi Creations banner and directed by Raghava Lawrence, starring himself along with Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty, while Nikita Thukral and Kelly Dorji play supporting roles.[1][2] Raghava Lawrence made his debut as music director for the film. Don released on 20 December 2007 and film was remade in Bangladesh as Don Number One and in Odia as with same name starring Anubhav Mohanty.

The film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Don No. 1 in 2008 and in Tamil under the same title.

Plot[edit]

1987: Surya aka Suri finds a drug dealer tormenting little boys. Surya guns down the drug dealer and One of the boys, Raghava, expresses his wish to join him where the rest of the boys become Surya's friends and eventually his henchmen.

2007: Surya is a don with a golden heart and Raghava is his lieutenant. They rule the underworld of Andhra Pradesh together and help the police to bust down corrupt activities. Stephen is a feared don throughout India, who wants to add Andhra Pradesh to his underworld business. Surya refuses to work with Stephen and warns him that he should never set eyes on the country again. Enraged, Stephan arranges many attempts to kill Surya, but Stephen's men get killed. Rathnam wants to kill Raghava due to some reason, but Raghava kills Rathnam because the latter had hosted a hideout for Stephen in Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Suri falls in love with Priya. At first, she does not like him but later finds that he is a good person and reciprocated.

Raghava also finds a girl Nandhini and falls for her, who accepts his feelings. In the process, he is cornered, where Nandhini is revealed to be Stephan's henchwoman. Raghava is killed. In a final meeting between Surya and Stephen, the latter returns Raghava's corpse. Stephen challenges Surya to a fight on the condition that (A person will lose two of his men for each fall he takes). Enraged and heartbroken by Raghava's death, Surya accepts his challenge. As the combat progresses where Surya loses two of his men. Determined to win, Surya continues the fight and thrashes up Stephen and his two women bodyguards. The fight ends with Stephen getting killed by Surya, avenging Raghava's death and Surya warns Stephen's remaining henchmen, not to be like their boss and finally, Surya becomes the unopposed don of India.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Don
Soundtrack album by
Released2007
Recorded2007
GenreSoundtrack
Length26:30
LabelAditya Music
ProducerRaghava Lawrence
Raghava Lawrence chronology
Don
(2007)
Rebel
(2012)

The music was composed by Raghava Lawrence. Music released on Aditya Music Company.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Su Su Suriyanna"Chinni CharanShankar Mahadevan4:25
2."Inthandanga Unnave"Chinni CharanHarish Raghavendra4:05
3."Mudde Pettu"Chinni CharanHarish Raghavendra, Saindhavi3:59
4."Yedho Undile (not featured in the film)"VishwaVishwa, Suchitra4:14
5."Neekai Nenu"Chandu MadhuHariharan, Reeta4:29
6."Dhada Puttistha"Chinni CharanShankar Mahadevan5:11
Total length:26:30

References[edit]

  1. "Review: Nagarjuna rocks in Don".
  2. "Don".

External links[edit]

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