Don is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by P. N. Sathya and starring Shiva Rajkumar and Meghna Naidu.[1]

Don
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Directed byP. N. Sathya
Written byP. N. Sathya
Produced byRamesh Yadav
StarringShiva Rajkumar
Meghna Naidu
CinematographyAnaji Nagaraj
Edited byP R Sounder Rajan
Music bySadhu Kokila
Production
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Royal Pictures
Release date
  • 16 January 2003 (2003-01-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Cast

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Production

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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