Don (character)

Don
First appearance	Don
Last appearance	Don 2
Created by	Salim-Javed
Portrayed by	Amitabh Bachchan Shahrukh Khan Hrithik Roshan (special appearance)
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Crime Boss
Title	The King
Nationality	Indian

Don is a fictional character in the Don film series. The character was created by the writer duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, and was portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan. Later in the new film series of Don he was replaced by Shahrukh Khan. Don was briefly portrayed by Hrithik Roshan in Don 2 as well in a special appearance He was first introduced in the 1978 film Don. He later appears in a remake Don and its sequel Don 2.

In the film series, he is shown as a crime lord who initially works under Singhania, but later emerges as an Emperor of the Asian and European mafia. He is characterised as evil, cunning and ruthless, though he is shown to exhibit a little romantic interest in his friend-turned-foe Roma. In the original film, he is shown to be dead and a look alike of him named Vijay takes his place to work as an informer to the police. However, in the 2006 remake it is revealed that Don is actually alive and had killed Vijay to take his place for a little while. Later he manages to control the entire Indian Mafia and eventually takes control of the European mafia.

The character had appeared in several films, comics and video games and has managed to gain a cult status in the Indian Cinema.

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