''Don Seenu'' is a 2010 Indian

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directed by debutant

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who co-wrote the film with

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. The film stars

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and

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. Music has been scored by

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. The film was released on 6 August 2010. The film's title is noted to be similar to ''

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'', another

starrer. The film was remade in

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as '' Badsha The Don''.

Plot

This story is all about an ambitious boy named Seenu aka Srinivasa Rao who dreams of becoming a gangster. He has always liked to be called 'Don' Seenu since childhood due to the strong influence of the

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staring ''

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''. He grows up with just one passion – that of becoming the World's No: 1 Don. Thanks to his enterprising nature, he gains access to the cream of the city's gangsters, and uses his cleverness to play off the top two – Madhapur Machiraju and Narsingh, fierce rivals – against each other. Seenu wants to join one of these dons and grow up in the ranks. He joins hands with Machiraju. In the process, he is given a task to go to

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and win the heart of Narsing's sister whose marriage is fixed with the son of a

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-based crime boss Naveen Duggal. Seenu goes to Germany and wins the heart of Deepthi and later, he discovers that he was shown the wrong girl. The wrong girl is none another than Machiraju's sister. When Machiraju discovers that his henchman is the one who showed the wrong girl, Machiraju attempts to kill his henchman. Seenu manages to impress Deepthi and arrive back at India. When Deepthi and Priya confront Seenu about the confusion, Seenu reveals that his sister Lakshmi is actually Narsing's husband who was separated due to Machiraju's antics and thus wanted to prove his innocence by joining the gang. Meanwhile, Duggal calls Machiraju and Narsingh at the docks where Seenu arrives with Lakshmi and makes Machiraju to prove her innocence. Narsingh apologize to Lakshmi and they reconcile with their child. A fight ensues where Seenu defeats Duggal and happily leaves with his family.

Cast

Soundtrack

''Don Seenus soundtrack is composed by

. The soundtrack album, which was released on 22 July at Taj Deccan Hotel in Hyderabad, Noted director

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released the first audio CD, whereas movie mughal

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released the audio cassette. It features 6 songs, with one being a remix.

Production and release

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was signed as the lead but she was replaced by

later, which marks her return to Telugu cinema after five years. Hindi film actress

was signed also signed as a lead. The film was released on 6 August 2010 in India and ran for over 50 days in theatres. The film recorded as Super hit at the box office.

Critical response

A reviewer for Indiaglitz called the screenplay an "eyesore", noting an imbalance in pacing between the first and second halves. Praise was directed at Ravi Teja's performance as well as the abundance of humour throughout the film.

References

External links

* * {{Gopichand Malineni 2010s Telugu-language films Telugu films remade in other languages 2010 action comedy films 2010 films 2010 masala films Films scored by Mani Sharma Indian action comedy films 2010 directorial debut films Films directed by Gopichand Malineni 2010 comedy films