Don (2003 film)

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

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

Cast

• 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

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

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

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

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]