Don (2003 film)

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2003 Indian film

Don

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Directed by| P. N. Sathya
Written by| P. N. Sathya
Produced by| Ramesh Yadav
Starring| Shiva Rajkumar
Meghna Naidu
Cinematography| Anaji Nagaraj
Edited by| P R Sounder Rajan
Music by| Sadhu Kokila

Production
company

Royal Pictures

Release date

* 16 January 2003 (2003-01-16)

Country| India
Language| Kannada

Don is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by P. N. Sathya and starring Shiva Rajkumar and Meghna Naidu.[1]

## Cast

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* Shiva Rajkumar as Surya
* Meghna Naidu as CBI Jhansi alias Kaveri
* Avinash as Ramaswamy Iyenger
* Jai Jagadish as police officer
* Rajan P. Dev as Sadhu Shetty
* Ashok as Inspector Indrajith (cameo)
* H. G. Dattatreya
* Harish Rai
* Shobharaj
* Chitra Shenoy
* P. N. Sathya
* Bullet Prakash
* Mandeep Roy
* Ruchita Prasad (item number)[2]

## Production

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During the shooting of the film, a misinterpretation of the Tamil dialogues of the film crew led to them being mobbed by Bajrang Dal.[3]

## Soundtrack

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Soundtrack was composed by Sadhu Kokila.[4]

* Kaveri Kandanu - Shankar Mahadevan
* Ondene Naavu Ondene - Sangeetha, Shivarajkumar
* Sundari Sundari - Nanditha, Udit Narayan
* Kannu Bitre - Manjula Gururaj
* Mehbooba Mehbooba - Shaan, Soumya

## Release

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The film was scheduled to release on 17 January 2003,[5] but the film ended up releasing a day earlier. Although the film was a box office success and ran for fifty days,[6] the film was not as big a success as it was thought to become.[7]

## Reception

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A critic from Viggy wrote that "Don is a must see movie for Shivanna's fans".[8] A critic from IndiaInfo wrote that "Apart from Shivaraj Kumar this film has nothing to offer".[9] Deccan Herald wrote "Director Satya, who was successful with Majestic, has come up with a similar theme keeping in mind Shivanna’s image. The film’s music has nothing much to write home about though this is Sadhu Kokila’s 100th film. This one is a must-see for Shivanna’s fans!".[10]

## References

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1. ^ "MAJESTIC DIRECTOR PN SATHYA NO MORE". Chitraloka.com. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. ^ "Ruchitaprasad joined Jogula". Viggy.
3. ^ "Attack on Don film troupe". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
4. ^ "Don (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Gaana.
5. ^ "Don releasing on Jan. 17th". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
6. ^ K.N. Venkatasubba Rao (3 January 2004). "2003, a flop for Kannada cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
7. ^ "'ದಾಸ' ದರ್ಶನ್ 'ಗುರು' ಪಿ.ಎನ್ ಸತ್ಯರವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಮಗೆಷ್ಟು ಗೊತ್ತು". News18 (in Kannada). 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
8. ^ "Don film review". Viggy. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
9. ^ "DON – Review". indiainfo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
10. ^ Srikanth (19 January 2003). "DON (Kannada)". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 17 August 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

## External links

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* Don at IMDb