Don (film series)
| Don | |
|---|---|
| Creator |
Javed Akhtar Salim Khan Chandra Barot Farhan Akhtar |
| Original work | Don (1978) |
| Print publications | |
| Comics | Don: The Origin |
| Films and television | |
| Films |
Don (1978) Don (2006) Don 2 (2011) |
| Games | |
| Video games |
Don – The Social Mobsters Game Don 2: The King is Back |
| Audio | |
| Soundtracks |
Don (1978) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Tamil Remake |
Billa (1980) Billa (2007) Billa II (2012) |
| Telugu Remake |
Yugandhar (1979) Billa (2009) |
| Malayalam Remake | Shobaraj (1986) |
| Don | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Chandra Barot Farhan Akhtar |
| Produced by | Nariman Films Excel Entertainment |
| Written by |
Javed Akhtar Salim Khan Farhan Akhtar |
| Starring |
Amitabh Bachchan Shahrukh khan |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Don (1978)
Don (2006)
Don 2 (2011)
Don is an Indian action films, Comics and Video game franchise. The franchise is centered on Don, a fictional mafia lord played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan in the films.
In the series Amitabh Bachchan stars in the first film and Shahrukh Khan in the rest of the films. After the release of Don 2, the latest installment of the series, it was considered to be one of the finest action film series in India along with Dhoom (film series) and Race (film series).
Don is now the fifth highest grossing film series in Bollywood.
Producer and cinematographer Nariman Irani was in a financial mess when his film Zindagi Zindagi (1972) starring Sunil Dutt flopped. He was in debt for Rs1.2 million and couldn't pay it off on a cinematographer's salary. When he was doing the cinematography for Manoj Kumar's major hit Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974), the film's cast (Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran) and crew (assistant director Chandra Barot) decided to help him out. They all recommended that he produce another film and that they will participate in the film. They all approached scriptwriting duo Salim-Javed, who gave them an untitled script that had already been rejected by the entire industry. The script had a character named Don. Bachchan would play Don, and Barot would direct the film. Aman and Pran would play key roles in the film.Don has elements of Shakti Samanta's film China Town (1962) and is apparently inspired by it. The movie had Shammi Kapoor playing the double roles of both a gangster and his lookalike - a common man turned informer. However this film is heavily inspired from Manmohan Desai's Sachaa Jhutha starring Rajesh Khanna. Don was itself remade several times.
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