The Don (2006 film)
The Don | |
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Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
Written by | J. Pallassery |
Produced by | S. Chandrakumar |
Starring | |
Music by | Mohan Sithara |
Production company | Malavika Films |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
The Don is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language Gangster Action-thriller filmdirected by Shaji Kailas starting dileep
ts accused of the murder and is arrested. He decides to prove his innocence and avenge Kasim's death, by killing his murderers.
Cast[edit]
- Dileep as Unnikrishnan (Salaam)
- Lal as Kasim Baba
- Saikumar as Advocate Subramaniam Swami
- Maniyanpilla Raju as MLA Abdullah Kutty
- Harisree Asokan as Koya, Unni's friend
- Gopika as Shahida
- Chitra Shenoy as Baba's wife
- Bheeman Raghu as Sikandar
- Baburaj as Abutty
- Lalu Alex as Jail Superintendent Vishwanathan
- Kazan Khan as Sharon Bhai
- Spadikam George as DYSP Anirudhan
- Shammi Thilakan as Sulaiman, Baba's nephew
- Subair as Koya Sahib
- Sreejith Ravi as Vasu, Unni's friend
- Anil Murali as Joji, Unni's friend
- Augustine as Kabir Bhai
- Sukumari as Devakiamma
Production[edit]
This film marks the first collaboration between Shaji Kailas and Dileep.[3] Pooja was initially considered to be the heroine. However, the role went to Gopika.[3][4]
Soundtrack[edit]
The music was composed by Mohan Sithara.[5]
- "Chandanatheril" - M. G. Sreekumar, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (lyrics by Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma)
- "The Don (Theme)"
Release[edit]
The Don was scheduled to release before Onam but was pushed to the first week of September.[3][6]
Critical response[edit]
Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and wrote "The Don is simply a hotchpotch of many action-drama films, clumsily put together".[7] A critic from Webindia123 wrote that "It may be better for Dileep to stop trying to become an action hero".[8] A critic from Indiaglitz stated that "The screenplay of Pallaserry offers nothing new. And with the song which arrives an hour into the proceedings, the tempo slackens".[9] Unni Nair of Nowrunning said that "The Don is not his [Shaji Kailas'] worst effort yet".[10]
Future[edit]
Dileep and Shaji Kailas were reported to collaborate again for another film produced by Dileep which did not materialise.[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ "New themes, new films". The Hindu. 7 November 2006. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Rohini (31 July 2017). "ദിലീപിന്റെ മരുന്ന് പണ്ടേ തീര്ന്നതാണ്.. 2000 മുതലിങ്ങോട്ട് പ്രേക്ഷകരെ വെറുപ്പിച്ച് 34 സിനിമകള്". Filmibeat (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Previews: The Don (2006)". Webindia123. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Pooja is the heroine of Dileep in Don". Sify. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "List of Malayalam Songs from the movie The Don". Malayalachalachitram.
- ^ "The Don". BizHat. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Palicha, Paresh C (4 September 2006). "Dileep's Don is very disappointing". Rediff. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "The Don (2006)". Webindia123. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "The Don Review". Indiaglitz. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Nair, Unni (8 September 2006). "The Don Malayalam Movie". Nowrunning. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Dileep - Shaji Kailas team up again". Nowrunning. 20 December 2006. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "ഷാജി കൈലാസിന്റെ ആക്ഷന് പടം, ദിലീപ് നായകന്!". Webdunia (in Malayalam).