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Starring:
Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Boman
Irani
Director –
Farhan Akhtar
The King is back. And indeed he is! Being the second
film of the franchise or “BRAND”, Don 2 creates buzz
without much promotion in India. Shot at stunning
locations in Switzerland, Germany, Malaysia and India.
Speaking of the Don himself, Shah Rukh Khan. His acting
is very natural and spontaneous and does not seem
scripted. Every thing that he does on screen as Don
-from his dialogue delivery, body language, look or
style is truly DON.
His performances in the stunt and action scenes are done
very well. It is said to be the perfect crime and in
fact it is! The first half of the film is comparatively
slow with all the preparations taking place to commit
“THE CRIME” while on the other hand the Interpol
officers of Malaysia trying to catch Don in Berlin.
Om Puri
plays the Interpol officer Malik who is soon going to
retire but expresses his desire to catch Don to Roma (Priyanka
Chopra’s character).
Kunal Kapoor plays an important role of Sameer a.k.a.
Sam, a computer expert who Don hires to hack the
security systems. He does well in his character. His
character is presented as a very smart and intelligent
computer hacker who can do anything when it comes to
computers.
Coming to technicalities-cinematography of the movie is
done well, screenplay; done by the writers of the movie
is done well. Berlin and its locations are shown
beautifully.
Cast:
Shahrukh Khan - Don
Priyanka Chopra – Roma
Lara Dutta - Lara
Boman Irani - Vardhaan
Om Puri – Mallik (Interpol Officer)
Kunal Kapoor – Sameer (Hacker)
Sahil Shroff
Nawab Shah
Adi Putra
Alyy Khan
Hrithik Roshan – Special Appearance
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The second half is faster and more engaging, power packed
with well executed action and stunt sequences the climax
of the movie reflects the intelligence of Don’s character
and comes as a surprise.
About the various performances in the movie: Priyanka
Chopra; her character Roma is barely visible in the movie
especially in the first half .She has done justice to her
role and her action sequences in the second half are well
performed by her. The chemistry between her character Roma
and that of Don is evident.
Boman Irani plays the role of Vardhan, who was sent to
prison by Don in the first movie; in the sequel we see him
in the prison and then and then how he escapes from the
prison with the help of Don and how they plan their escape
and crime.
The movie is about the
different characters trying to double cross each other.
The stunt scenes are well choreographed. Direction by
Farhan Akhtar is very smart, some thing new and very well
conducted especially the way he depicts SRK’s
intelligence.
Although the music has not
become very popular, this fact does not make a difference
to the popularity of the movie.
The movie is a class apart, and it is in a true sense a
sequence! SRK proves that he is truly the “KING”. An
intelligent movie to catch this Christmas, living upto all
the expectations that came with the name “Don”.
Don 2 deserves a 3 stars rating owing to Farhan Akhtar’s
direction and SRK’s performance.
- Akshita G.
Credits & Crew:
Banner - Excel Entertainment,
Reliance Entertainment
Director – Farhan Akhtar
Producer – Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and Shahrukh
Khan
Story Writers - Farhan Akhtar, Ameet Mehta, Ambrish Shah
Screenplay - Farhan Akhtar Ameet Mehta Ambrish Shah
Music Director – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Lyrics – Javed Akhtar
Choreographer - Vaibhavi Merchant
Costume Designer - Jaimal Odedera
Co Producers - Arunima Roy, Miriam Joseph
Editor - Anand Subaya
Cinematography - Jason West
Dialogue - Farhan Akhtar
Sound - Nakul Kamte
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