Don in Town

'Don', a remake of the 1970s Bollywood hit which featured Amitabh Bachchan is an entertaining thriller with a touch of Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Mission Impossible’ or James Bond - ‘Die Another Day’.

Playing in the lead Shah Rukh Khan once again depicts a ruthless villain and this time he is a drug mafia in Malaysia. One of the keenly awaited movies from Mumbai, Sri Lanka had a simultaneous release targeting Diwali-Eid festivals on October 20 at Liberty cinema Colombo.

Based on the successful erstwhile classic of the same title, the contemporary and stylishly crafted 'Don' plays Shah Rukh in a double role with former Miss World Priyanka Chopra.

Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and directed by Farhan Akhtar the others in the cast include Ishaa Koppikar, Kareena Kapoor and Boman Irani in the principal roles. The film has been shot in India, Kuala Lumpur and Paris.

Don (Shah Rukh Khan) is the leader of a ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. Don's cleverness has made it virtually impossible for the Indian police to catch him. But eventually, the ever-elusive Don is cornered by the cops. He is seriously injured in a police encounter. And soon the word spreads that Don is dead.

It is then the chief cop De Silva (Boman Irani) makes his ingenious move. He sends a Don look-alike Vijay, a bumpkin, into Don's gang. Vijay's task is to impersonate Don and help the police catch all the big fish in the dirty business.

While Vijay passes off as Don initially, his partners-in-crime, particularly his girlfriend Anita, begins to sense a change in the man. In the meantime, Don comes closer to Roma (Priyanka Chopra) who is working amongst the gangsters for a personal reason.

Things take a turn for the worse after the cop who had sent Vijay on the secret mission is killed. None in the police force know of Vijay's mission. On the other hand, the mafia becomes more and more suspicious of their Don. So, Vijay finds himself hunted not just by the gangsters but also by the cops. Caught between hell and high water, Vijay has one option to complete his mission and bring the truth to light. In this struggle he is fully helped by his sweetheart Roma and his friend Jasjeet.

Production news says , the film has Shah Rukh doing many dangerous stunts, which includes jumping from a height of 15,000 feet which he did under the guidance of Hollywood stunt expert Joe Jennings, who has directed fights for movies like 'Charlie's Angels', 'XXX' and 'Air Force One'.