Don (2007 film)
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 Siddhanta Mahapatra And Anubhav Mohanty.
| Don | |
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| Directed by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Written by | Abburi Ravi (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Story by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Produced by | M. L. Kumar Chowdary |
| Starring | Nagarjuna Anushka Shetty Raghava Lawrence Nikita Thukral Kelly Dorji |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Raghava Lawrence Chinna |
Production company | Sri Keerthi Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | 20 cr |
| Box office | 32 cr |
The film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Don No. 1 in 2008 and in Tamil under the same title.
Plot
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 India together and help the police to bust down corrupt activities. Stephen is a feared don throughout globally, who wants to add India to his underworld business with Surya working under him. 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
- Nagarjuna as Surya aka Suri
- Anushka Shetty as Priya
- Raghava Lawrence as Raghava, Surya's brother
- Nikita Thukral as Nandhini
- Kelly Dorji as Stephen
- Chetan Hansraj as Anthony
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Rathnam
- Nassar as I.G.
- Chalapathi Rao as Murthy
- Supreeth as Bihar goon
- Salim Baig as Robin
- Jeeva as Suri's henchman
- Madhusudhan Rao as Drug Dealer
- Vizag Prasad
Soundtrack
| Don | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:30 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Raghava Lawrence | |||
| Raghava Lawrence chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by Raghava Lawrence. Music released on Aditya Music Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Su Su Suriyanna" | Chinni Charan | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Inthandanga Unnave" | Chinni Charan | Harish Raghavendra | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Mudde Pettu" | Chinni Charan | Harish Raghavendra, Saindhavi | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Yedho Undile (not featured in the film)" | Vishwa | Vishwa, Suchitra | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Neekai Nenu" | Chandu Madhu | Hariharan, Reeta | 4:29 |
| 6. | "Dhada Puttistha" | Chinni Charan | Shankar Mahadevan | 5:11 |
| Total length: | 26:30 | |||
References
External links
- Don at IMDb