Don (2006)
Directed by Farhan Akhtar
DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.
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This seemingly unlikely project proves to be a most snug fit for Boyle's unique sensibilities: his florid visual imagination, his skill with young actors, his oft-repeated concern with money, and his attention to detail (the huge Bolly-phile that I am, I was impressed with the nods to real-life KBC hosts Amitabh Bachchan and--very subtly--Shahrukh Khan, via the use of a song from his 2006 remake of the Bachchan starrer Don ).
Sure, Hollywood still leads the way in special-effects-heavy spectacles like Avatar, Transformers and the endless spate of comic-book movies, from Iron Man to Superman (although Bollywood is steadily making inroads into the latter arena too with films like Krrsh and RA.One , which also stars Don’s leading man—and one of the biggest names in Indian movies—Shah Rukh Khan), but Don 2 is just as glossy and enjoyably preposterous as such recent action-franchise entries as Fast Five and Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol.
While a sequel to his 2006 global action hit, Farhan Akhtar's Don 2 is really the first film to truly reflect what an ongoing Don film series would look like should it continue.
If Shah Rukh Khan 's over-zealous turn as a camp superhero in Ra.One prompted you to declare a ban on anything that involved Khan, a high-speed chase and some very suspect styling, Don 2 will go some considerable way to erasing the memory of the $50 million (£32 million) debacle of a film and restoring Khan's superstar sheen, as he redeems himself as the don of the Asian underworld in this classic action/crime thriller.