Was Hrithik a better choice as Don?

The rumour that Hrithik ‘could’ play the role of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the remake of Agneepath, is one hot topic of discussion in most Bollywood blogs and forums.

Many seem to believe Ajay Devgan is the perfect choice and Hrithik may not be able to do justice to the legendary role.

Quite interesting was one common point that most stressed on, “Farhan Akhtar missed a trick with his remake of Don, Hrithik was just about perfect for the role” The same role that eventually went to Shahrukh and the actor was slammed by the critics for his performance.

Yes the movie was a HIT and SRK’s star power pulled the audience to theatres, but was Hrithik a better choice as Don? Do stylish gangster roles suit Hrithik better? Comments below

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  • Nop, Not true. Shahrukh was the best as Don. The film was a hit. Hrithik is not good for villaneous roles. Dhoom 2 may be a superhit and I know Hrithik got the best actor award for thst role. But I think that is solely because he has a lot of fans in India. Dhoom 2 was a crap movie. Dhoom 1 was much better and John Abraham did justice to the villaineous role in that film. Actually he was better than Hrithik as a thief.

    Hrithik does not look like a bad man. Whereas Shahrukh was always excellent as a villain(eg. Darr, Baazigar, Anjaam and Don). Shahrukh did better justice for the role. I know a lot who are not Shahrukh fans who liked Don and Shahrukh as Don in the Movie.

  • I dont know really, i dont see many actors fitting enough to b play gangsters…
    SRK wasnt convincing bcoz he is not a action hero…few years bac i saw Akshay playin a Don in some Khiladi movie, i felt like he played it well and also in Awaara Pagal Deewana he was good.

  • HRITHIK ROASHAN is perfact choice for all new STYLISH DON as well as the legendary VIJAY DEENANATH.
    He is only the “BEST OF THE BEST”.

  • Hey Anupama and Ambuj are u guys out of your minds that you are saying SRK and Hrithik are ideal choice for a Don. Think about character yaar that what acting skills need to even look like a DON. Ya Ajay can be a better choice in comparision of both. But who will make that real facts understood to SRK’s and Hrithik’s fans.

  • Neither Shahrukh, nor Hrithik.. both don’t fit in some negative roles as both can’t be bad guys, can’t portray in these kind of roles.

    Yeah.. Hrithik was excellent in Dhoom2.. he played a thief, but a charming intellegent thief who didn’t kill or abuse anone.. so he fitted in the role he played.. and Dhoom2 was much better than Dhoom1.. I just don’t know which way some ppl here judge any movie!!!!!!!

    The best 2 actors to play a good and a bad guy in bollywood is 1) Saif Ali Khan..2) Imran Hashimi. Saif is just perfect to be a gangster.. Saif got different images, a good, a romantic, a funny, a friendly, and a bad face too.. that proves that he is capable of doing any role.. everyone was just surprised when he played a bad guy in Omkara.. he was excellent.

    Imran Hashimi is a very talented actor.. big directors must give him a chance for big movies.

  • @ fathiya : “Shahrukh don’t fit in some negative roles as both can’t be bad guys, can’t portray in these kind of roles….”
    I think fathiya haven’t seen Darr, Anjaam etc…

  • Srk was Ok in as don, not that good. yes maybe hrithik was a better choice for the film, But Fathiya, i tottaly agree with u, Saif or Imran hashmi would have been a much better choice than Srk or hr.

  • Yashpal: I saw each of the movies (Darr & Anjam) 3 or 4 times.. and I always thought that Shahrukh never fits in these kind of roles although I loved these 2 movies, but I didn’t like (Don) neither the original nor the remake, both didn’t please me.

    Well we can’t select some good faces for some bad roles.. can we?! Can u imagine Dilip Kumar as a bad guy?! It’s the face features.. some people’s faces fit to be good or bad.. when sometimes we see some people.. we can’t predict or say: this guy looks good or looks bad.. their face is just mysterious, similar to Imran Hashimi or Saif.. we can’t say in fact if they’re good or bad guys, but faces similar to Shahrukh, Hrithik, Dilip, Rajesh Khanna, Amitab Bachan.. these all actors have good faces which reflects their good soul.. there4 I can’t accept Shahrukh/Hrithik as bad guys.. they just don’t match in villaine roles

    Princess also agree with me, that Imran Hashimi & Saif fit more in negative roles.

  • Hrithik is the best choice for the role of Don. He is really stylish and he can do that role. everyone know that how he played his role in Dhoom2. He can do better than SRK. Now SRK is Old yaar. kuch bhaiya walaa role karna chahiye na. ab yeh sab kya kar raha hai. sab log ne toh SRK ko Don hone par mazoor nahi kiya.
    Don toh Amit ji hai naa. Hrithik is best.

  • oh please
    shahrukh have much energy more than people that is younger than him so I don’t know what you are saying that he is old. just stop being jealous just because he can do this. Shahrukh is the better choice and its the reason why Farhan choose him. Hrithik can act to some extent but whateverrrrr

  • But of course hrithik would have been a better choise. he’s a great actor and every role fits him perfectly! Anyway shahrukh is a great actor to, but none can compare to hrithik. he’s the best of the best!! :D

  • Dudes,
    hrithik was the first choice for the role of Don. But the only problem with hrithik was that he was not a middle aged person ,n SRK was a middle aged person. Farhan cleared it in press and in front of hrithik.
    Hence ,for every challenging role first choice was alway mr. Roshan…

  • hey guys…………..
    HRITHIK is the best & he can play any other characters better than SRK & JON.
    only AJAY can challenge him……………….

  • Ya, ajay devgan is also an option when we are considering for intence roles,but here we need a stylish and physically fit person to play Don.so ajay shouldnt be consider for Don.
    And remember who can forget that dance masti in khaike pan banaras wala.so new Don should be a good dancer and can create that same magic again and after taking a quick look on these facts anyone can tell you that Hrithik would be a perfect Don.
    Are you listening farhan…?

  • Hi,
    I Rajesh Kumar Choudhary. I think Hrithik is the best choice for the role of Don. He is really stylish and he can do that role. HRITHIK ROASHAN is perfact choice for all new STYLISH DON as well as the legendary VIJAY DEENANATH.
    He is only the “BEST OF THE BEST”.

  • Srk aka king khan is the best choice because he can do justice to all the roles!thats why he is named king khan!stop getting jeolous of him.respect the global star,he is the most famous indian on earth!king khan rocks

  • people who have seen indian cinema over the years will know srk & aamir are far better than hrithik…. heithik is still immature for certain roles

  • hrithik can do any role he can play a superhero or villain but like him as a superhero ra one was nothing vs krrish

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