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2003 Indian film
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Directed by | P. N. Sathya |
Written by | P. N. Sathya |
Produced by | Ramesh Yadav |
Starring | Shiva Rajkumar Meghna Naidu |
Cinematography | Anaji Nagaraj |
Edited by | P R Sounder Rajan |
Music by | Sadhu Kokila |
Production company | Royal Pictures |
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Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Don is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by P. N. Sathya and starring Shiva Rajkumar and Meghna Naidu.
Cast
- Shiva Rajkumar as Surya
- Meghna Naidu as CBI Jhansi alias Kaveri
- Avinash as Ramaswamy Iyenger
- Jai Jagadish as police officer
- Rajan P. Dev as Sadhu Shetty
- Ashok as Inspector Indrajith (cameo)
- H. G. Dattatreya
- Harish Rai
- Shobharaj
- Chitra Shenoy
- P. N. Sathya
- Bullet Prakash
- Mandeep Roy
- Ruchita Prasad (item number)
Production
During the shooting of the film, a misinterpretation of the Tamil dialogues of the film crew led to them being mobbed by Bajrang Dal.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Sadhu Kokila.
- Kaveri Kandanu - Shankar Mahadevan
- Ondene Naavu Ondene - Sangeetha, Shivarajkumar
- Sundari Sundari - Nanditha, Udit Narayan
- Kannu Bitre - Manjula Gururaj
- Mehbooba Mehbooba - Shaan, Soumya
Release
The film was scheduled to release on 17 January 2003, but the film ended up releasing a day earlier. Although the film was a box office success and ran for fifty days, the film was not as big a success as it was thought to become.
Reception
A critic from Viggy wrote that "Don is a must see movie for Shivanna's fans". A critic from IndiaInfo wrote that "Apart from Shivaraj Kumar this film has nothing to offer".
References
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- "Don (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Gaana.
- "Don releasing on Jan. 17th". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- K.N. Venkatasubba Rao (3 January 2004). "2003, a flop for Kannada cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- "'ದಾಸ' ದರ್ಶನ್ 'ಗುರು' ಪಿ.ಎನ್ ಸತ್ಯರವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಮಗೆಷ್ಟು ಗೊತ್ತು". News18 (in Kannada). 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- "Don film review". Viggy. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- "DON – Review". indiainfo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2023.