Don (2003 film)

Don
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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
Release date	16 January 2003 (2003-01-16)
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. ^[1]

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) ^[2]

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. ^[3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Sadhu Kokila. ^[4]

• 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, ^[5] but the film ended up releasing a day earlier. Although the film was a box office success and ran for fifty days, ^[6] the film was not as big a success as it was thought to become. ^[7]

Reception

A critic from Viggy wrote that "Don is a must see movie for Shivanna's fans". ^[8] A critic from IndiaInfo wrote that "Apart from Shivaraj Kumar this film has nothing to offer". ^[9]

References

1. "MAJESTIC DIRECTOR PN SATHYA NO MORE". Chitraloka.com . 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. "Ruchitaprasad joined Jogula". Viggy.
3. "Attack on Don film troupe". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
4. "Don (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Gaana.
5. "Don releasing on Jan. 17th". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
6. 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.
7. "'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.
8. "Don film review". Viggy. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
9. "DON – Review". indiainfo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

External links

• Don at IMDb