''Don'' is a 2007 Indian

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-language

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produced by M.L. Kumar Chowdary on Sri Keerthi Creations banner and directed by

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, starring himself along with

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, Anushka Shetty, while

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and

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play supporting roles.

made his debut as music director for the film. ''Don'' released on 20 December 2007 and film was remade in Bangladesh as ''

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'' and in Odia as ''with same name'' starring

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And

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. The film was later dubbed and released in

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as ''Don No. 1'' in 2008 and in

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under the same title.

Plot

1987: Surya aka Suri finds a

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tormenting little boys. Surya guns down the drug dealer and One of the boys, Raghava, expresses his wish to join him where the rest of the boys become Surya's friends and eventually his henchmen. 2007: Surya is a don with a golden heart and Raghava is his lieutenant. They rule the

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together and help the police to bust down corrupt activities. Stephen is a feared don throughout globally, who wants to add India to his underworld business with Surya working under him. Surya refuses to work with Stephen and warns him that he should never set eyes on the country again. Enraged, Stephan arranges many attempts to kill Surya, but Stephen's men get killed. Rathnam wants to kill Raghava due to some reason, but Raghava kills Rathnam because the latter had hosted a hideout for Stephen in

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. Meanwhile, Suri falls in love with Priya. At first, she does not like him but later finds that he is a good person and reciprocated. Raghava also finds a girl Nandhini and falls for her, who accepts his feelings. In the process, he is cornered, where Nandhini is revealed to be Stephan's henchwoman. Raghava is killed. In a final meeting between Surya and Stephen, the latter returns Raghava's corpse. Stephen challenges Surya to a fight on the condition that ''(A person will lose two of his men for each fall he takes)''. Enraged and heartbroken by Raghava's death, Surya accepts his challenge. As the combat progresses where Surya loses two of his men. Determined to win, Surya continues the fight and thrashes up Stephen and his two women bodyguards. The fight ends with Stephen getting killed by Surya, avenging Raghava's death and Surya warns Stephen's remaining henchmen, not to be like their boss and finally, Surya becomes the unopposed don of India.

Cast

as Surya aka Suri * Anushka Shetty as Priya *

as Raghava, Surya's brother *

as Nandhini *

as Stephen *

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as Anthony *

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as Rathnam *

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* Chalapathi Rao as Murthy * Supreeth as Bihar goon *

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as Robin * Jeeva as Suri's henchman * Madhusudhan Rao as Drug Dealer *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. Music released on Aditya Music Company.

References

External links

* {{Raghava Lawrence 2007 films 2000s Telugu-language films Telugu films remade in other languages 2000s masala films Indian action films Indian gangster films 2007 action films Films directed by Raghava Lawrence