Don Seenu

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Don Seenu
Don Seenu Soundtrack.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by Gopichand Malineni
Screenplay by Kona Venkat
Gopichand Malineni
Story byGopichand Malineni
Produced by R. R. Venkat
Starring
Cinematography Sameer Reddy
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Distributed by
[1] [2]
Release dates
  • 21 June 2010 (2010-06-21)(Malaysia) [3]
  • 6 August 2010 (2010-08-06)(India)
Running time
165 minutes [4]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget ₹ 30 crore [5]

Don Seenu is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Gopichand Malineni and produced by R. R. Venkat. The film stars Ravi Teja, Shriya Saran, and Anjana Sukhani in the lead roles, while Srihari and Sayaji Shinde play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by Sameer Reddy and editing by Gautham Raju. The film released on 6 August 2010 and became a commercial super hit at the box office. The film was remade in Bengali as Badsha - The Don . The film was dubbed twice in Hindi as Sabse Bada Don in 2011 and 2016.

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Plot

Srinivasa Rao aka Seenu dreams of becoming a gangster and always likes to be called "Don Seenu" since childhood due to the strong influence of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Don . Due to his enterprising nature, Seenu gains access to the cream of the city's gangsters and uses his cleverness to play off the top two gangsters and fierce rivals: Madhavpur Machiraju and Narsingh. Seenu wants to join one of the dons and grow up in the ranks, where he joins hands with Machiraju.

In the process, Seenu is given a task to leave for Germany and win the heart of Narsingh's sister, whose marriage is fixed with Praveen Duggal, the son of Dubai-based crime boss Mukesh Duggal. Seenu goes to Germany and wins the heart of Deepthi but later discovers that he was shown the wrong girl. The wrong girl is none other than Machiraju's sister. When Machiraju discovers that his henchman is the one who showed the wrong girl, Machiraju attempts to kill his henchman. Seenu manages to impress Deepthi and arrives back in India.

When Deepthi and Priya confront Seenu about the confusion, Seenu reveals that Narsingh and Machiraju were best friends turned foes, and his sister Lakshmi is Narsingh's wife who was separated due to Machiraju's antics and Panduranga Rao's plan and thus wanted to prove his innocence by joining the gang. Mukesh calls Machiraju and Narsingh at the docks, where Seenu arrives with Lakshmi and makes Machiraju prove her innocence. Narsingh apologizes to Lakshmi, and they reconcile with their child. A fight ensues where Seenu defeats Mukesh and happily leaves with his family.

Cast

Soundtrack

Don Seenu
Soundtrack album by
Mani Sharma
Released22 July 2010
Recorded2010
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length24:32
Label Aditya Music
Producer Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Subhapradam
(2010)		Don Seenu
(2010)		Koothimuka
(2010)

Don Seenu's soundtrack is composed by Mani Sharma. The soundtrack album, which was released on 22 July at Taj Deccan Hotel in Hyderabad, [6] Noted director Dasari Narayana Rao released the first audio CD, whereas movie mughal D. Ramanaidu released the audio cassette. It features 6 songs, with one being a remix.

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aidhella Vayasu" Ramajogayya Sastry Baba Sehgal 4:53
2."Raja Raja Ravi Teja"Ramajogayya Sastry Sri Krishna, Geetha Madhuri 4:15
3."Nayanakana" Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar Venu, Rita, Bhargavi Pillai4:11
4."Aduguthundi" Vennelakanti Hemachandra, Malavika 4:25
5."Andhamemo Istaraku"Bhaskarabhatla Ravi KumarHemachandra , Malavika4:17
6."Aidhella Vayasu (Remix)"Ramajogayya SastryBaba Sehgal3:14
Total length:25:25

Production and release

Trisha was signed as the lead but she was replaced by Shriya Saran later, [7] [8] [9] which marks her return to Telugu cinema after five years. [10] [11] Hindi film actress Anjana Sukhani was signed also signed as a lead. [12] [13] [14] The film was released on 6 August 2010 in India and ran for over 50 days in theatres. The film recorded as Super hit at the box office. [15]

Critical response

A reviewer for Indiaglitz called the screenplay an "eyesore", noting an imbalance in pacing between the first and second halves. Praise was directed at Ravi Teja's performance as well as the abundance of humour throughout the film. [16]

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