Don

Well since i have written some amount of artciles i thought why not try and write a review.Hence my first attempt at an Hindi movie : Don (2006).

So here it goes

It was not a holiday but i was gettin bored at office and when my friend called and said lets try Don at about 4 in the evening i said yes without much contemplation. I do enjoy AB movies but am def not a SRK fan .I have enjoyed a couple of his movies DDLJ and Swades one in which it was important he acted over the top and in the latter it was perfect acting. Also i had no intention of watchin Don after watchin the original but succumbed to boredom.

So as i entered tha hall surrounded by SRK's multitude of fans and awestruck gals i was ready to have fun but not sure abt it.??

Well the pace of the movie was stupendous. Sometime just b4 the break i wanted to take a break but 4 the right reasons i was a bit too engrossed and needed to give the eyes a rest.As engrossing as MI-2 if not a Bond movie .The second half was not as engrossing but the climax cinched it.Do not want to write about the story as most of us know it.For those who dont watch the movie.

Now the positives

1)SRK - very good acting,SRK seriously rocks as DON a bit over the top at times with his expresions but u dont mind that .In Vijay's role I preferred AB's performance but it is more easy for an Amitabh to be a UP Bhaiyya .SRK was a bit too Englis!! bhaiyya for my liking .Saif had better UPish diction in Omkara.But still we need to give Brownie points to SRK for attempting & carrying of a stellar AB role.

2)Farhan's premise was the dialogue"Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai, but the twist in the climax was very nice."Also the story adapatation is good . Pran's role being modified from a circus performer to a biometric expert is an amazing idea.Roma already learning karate b4 hand unlike in the old Don was better.

3)Good cinematography and action...Excellent cinematography n action scenes.Nice gizmos and cars and lastly i liked the touch.Arjuna Rampal using the latest equipment of a infra red keyboard a concept which is just being probably patented by the geeks of the techy world is very interestin!!!.Tech-savvy in Hindi movies .. impressive

4)Excellent costumes. Kareena is prob no match for Helen in grace but suave and sexy she is and she does manage to seduce the audience and me??.Isha looks goods adds glamour but is purely an item gal.Now she is A+ movie item gal.Congrats on the promotion Isha

5)Roma or Priyanka Chopra :for me it is Zeenat Aman who is the suave one but Priyanka is good .Costumes are amazing compared to Krrish and amazing looks .The swimsuit was nice but the other costumes could have been better.After watching her intro I did think that probably she can be our answer to catwoman or even Ms Zeta Jones in Entrapment.


Dissapointments

!) Music lets down the film.While Yeh mera dil was good, and Aaj ki raat was good the rest of the songs were a bit of a letdown.The title song had great visualizations but there was a lull in the tempo. Expected more from the trio of music composers

2)The second half shows y we r still not up there.Killing a mafia don ie. the Don's boss seems to be 2 easy.... .Few glitches while a helicopeter is there in the final fight Roma's save of the Don doesnt have this machinery interrupting why?? .Lastly the Malay police must be very easy.Worse than Indian police def..

3)Wasting Om Puri in that role...criminal act . neednt need him in the movie just another actor

Well what is my suggestion go for it def, dont compare and it is def a fullto timepass!!! and lastly if u r a SRK fan must watch it:-)

Ratings : ***