Don 2 Review

Don Ke Character Ko Bhulana Muskhil Hi Nahi… Namumkin Hai! It’s one of those films, where one character overshadows everything else and stays with you long after you exit the cinema hall.

The sequel to the 2006 hit, Don 2 has the exact same star cast with a few additions. Shahrukh Khan returns as Don, Priyanka Chopra plays Roma, Boman Irani is Vardhaan, Om Puri is Malik and Lara Dutta is Ayesha. Additions are Kunal Kapoor, Aly Khan, Sahil Shroff and Nawab Shah.

Expectations: SRK’s last release Ra One, irrespective of it’s box-office collections, was an average film. With Don 2, almost all the trailers were great and with Farhan as the director, our expectations were high.

Don 2 Review

Unlike most biggies, Don 2 has a story to tell, one that has plenty of twist-and-turns. Even though Don 1 released more than 5 years back, the iconic characters are fresh in the minds of the audience. And Farhan has wisely avoided wasting time on character introductions, as Don’s new crime begins as soon as you settle in your seats.

The second half begins a little slow. While we loved the film, the sudden change-of-heart for Don was hard to digest. Why ruin a character that was built to be cold-hearted, someone who is selfish and cared for none? The brief romance between SRK and Priyanka comes across as forced.

The action sequences were good, but nothing that you haven’t already seen before. The camerawork throughout was fantastic and so was the background score. There was no scope for music, just one song in the first half and the other during the credits.

From start to finish, what really stands out are the dialogues by Farhan Akhtar – every single wisecrack by SRK was applauded.

Coming to the performances, it’s Shahrukh Khan’s show all the way. He’s fantastic, his expressions and his voice modulation works big time. While age is fast catching up with the superstar, his stubble-look (first 15 minutes) worked well with the character that he was playing. Wish they had retained it throughout the film. Boman Irani like always is a class act. Priyanka Chopra looks pretty and is good in the action sequences. Kunal Kapoor plays his part well. Om Puri and Lara Dutta have a small role. Sahil Shroff does well in his very first film.

Overall, Don 2 works mainly because of three reasons – SRK’s performance, Farhan’s direction and those fantastic dialogues. At the box-office, the film has opened well and should continue it’s good run for the next 2 weeks. Many have asked us about the repeat-value. For us, Don 2 is a one-time watch in theater and second-time on DVD for sure.

Rating: ★★★★☆

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96 Comments

  • boring, please don’t wast your important time and money on this one, stay home and watch any TV show i am sure you will enjoy tv

  • Superb movie awesome it is very very nice movie more than what I expected, the actions and thrills are like best Hollywood movies and Shahrukh Khan is brillint he proved that once again why he is King of Bollywood and now of the world, so guys go and watch Don 2 by your
    self you will too say yes we have seen something extraordinary and just believe what you see.

  • what a movie…india collection not breaking record cz poor music..but overseas create record breking collection on 1st day…movie is super excellent sure 3weeks running strongly..

  • Don 2 Creates Records Overseas in Day-1 Collection

    *** North American gross – US$ 550K on Friday from 164 locations. The film opened on Friday and beat My Name Is Khan’s opening day gross of US$ 445K and is also higher than the sum of the first three days of RA.One.

    *** In UK the film debuted in the UK Top 10 on Wednesday and has collected US$ 527K to date from 76 locations with 3-D version accounting for 2\3rds of the collections.

    *** Middle East has grossed $ 930K on Thursday and Friday which is higher than the first two days of RA.One (US$ 710k) and MNIK (US$ 750k).

    *** Don 2 broke the record for the highest single day gross ever for a Hindi film in Australia where it took US$ 82K on Friday. The earlier record was Reliance Entertainment’s Bodyguard (US$ 74k). Don 2 has grossed US$ 136K in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

    Salman ka koyi name aur nishana bhi nahi hai…

    The International King..SRK…

  • Don 2

    Fri collection: 15+ crores
    Sat collection: 19+ crores
    Sun collection: should be 23+ crores

    First Weekend collection could be 58-60 crores easily. Don-2 also has repeat value on big screen looks like. Public will watch it atleast 2wice.

    any bollywood flick with lowest rating of 3/5 stars & highest rating of 4.5/5 stars will be easily repeatedly watched on big screen.

    add to this SRK’s steller anti-hero performance since Darr.

    Don will cross 180 crores liftime.

  • Indecine, if it’s a avg movie then can u pls tell us which movie in past can match a Hollywood style. I just saw mi4 last week n apart from Dubai burj Khalifa building scene I don’t see ne thing was missing in Don.. So far it’s abt brief romance, it was abt to give new dimension to Don n Roma angle. After long after chak de it’s one movie where I couldn’t get fm my seat..

  • Just saw DON2…
    Dare..if anyone says Salman and SRK are in same league..
    SUperbb…
    Felt as if I was watching some Hwood film

  • @Wadud
    I really liked your Comment. Great job friend.
    @Ahsankhan
    Tu India ka flim dekhna chor de aur shirf Dubai ka TV show hi dekh.
    @Jani
    You should immediately admit in a mental hospital.

  • everybody like don 2 except salman crazy fan…srk crazy fan will watch minimum 4 times..and others watch 2 time…don 2 run 4 weeks strongly…

  • srk fan not like ra.one so run only one week strongly…but don 2 like everyone and srk fan like crazy…so lifetime collection must be huge…

  • don 2 overseas run extremly outstanding us 3.8 million upto friday..already 20c don 2 looking 40c weekend in overseas market….create historical all time blockbluster by huge gap from any movie..

  • Osm movie..srk u r a brillient actor, u r tom cruise of bollywood..aaj tumhe etna hit dekh ke tumhari maa kitni khush hoti…sallu ke lalluo sadda hua salman ko janta kon h,bs chothe log hi jante h..sala sixer h tbhi shadi nhi ho rhi h us sallu ki..hahaha ab don ko koi nhi rok skta

  • wo finally I m back to indicine..gud to see that indicine is writing gud abt srk….4 star …wow…agar dusman ko ye movie acha laga hai,tho doston ko tho acha hi lagega…gud…give honest review…u should give ra one 3 star….

  • Saw it today.. Shahrukh was in his best performance in an action film, loved the first half more than the second.. I saw Don1 one yesterday to enable me remember everything about the movie, as Don2 is a sequal, but left the theatre with one question: what happened to Arjun Rampal? He didn’t die in part 1!

    Will he be a part of this film in Don3? Maybe.. the end tells us that there’ll be a part 3.. so Don will come back again, in a new style, new character, new story!

  • Although Dabangg had a much more bigger opening, partcularaly with regard to box-office collections but take our word, Don-2 is superior to Dabangg in terms of visuals, action and sound editing.

    The signature theme of the original 1978 Don is a delight to hear and feel on todays surround amplification systems.

    We would write a longer review whenever our group sees the film. This time we just confine it to core-technicalities that was observed AT a glance first day at the cinemas.

    Don-2, is surely a film to be seen on a cinema, pacing sometime gets a bit tardy, but impact is good.

  • Dialog of D-2 was written interestingly and SRK did it well. Nobody is noticed one thing that he is the king of romance…but he changed his body language as per the character. One thing more, if action scenes of D-2 is not good enough, bodyguards action scenes are not watchable. Ya.. eagerly waiting for Don-3.

  • ITS A NEW YEAR GIFT 2 ALL OF US I FEEL WATCHING THIS THRILLER AGAIN AND AGAIN MY KIDS R VERY MUCH POSSESSED BY DON 2 ……GR8 JOB DONE..I GIVE THIS MOVIE 5 STAR*****

  • WATCH TIS MEGA MOVIE WITH UR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS CHILLING NEW YEAR EVE U WILL NOT B ABLE TO FORGET IT…….HAPPY NEW YEAR

  • DON-2 is an Awesome movie, sumtym 1st half was slow…but 2nd half, it waz just really awesome & amazing, First tym I saw a Bollywood movie having mission, action, thriller & suspense like a Hollywood movie…!! U’ll enjoy the movie all d time..!! SRK again proved after Chak De India in DON-2, He is real King of Acting..! Priyanka’s acting was poor, Boman done well…Movie don’t have ny Over Action, If u’r not goin for Bollywood Character u’ll say it’s an Hollywood Movie..!! Note…If u’r hate Shahrukh, start Salute & Respect him…!! He is only an Indian & Bollywood Actor, whozz movies liked all over d world, Specially DON-2..!! My Rating for DON-2 >>>>>4.5/5<<<<<

  • ITS AMAZING 2 SEE SHARUKH IN THIS ROLE SUPERB ITS NEW YEAR TIME CHILL ENJOY THIS ENTERTAINER SPEECHLESS WATCH IT WITH UR KIDS FAMILY FRIENDS AND POPCORN U WILL LOVE IT U WILL NOT B ABLE 2 GO OUT TILL THE END THATS FOR SURE ACTION THRILLER FOR THE FIRST TIME

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