Celebrating DON

“Don ko pakarna mushkil hi nahin, naminkin hai!!!!”

This is the dialogue which SRK dreamt in his childhood of delivering in a movie. And very few will have such a real chance to actually deliver it. And let’s hope he delivers it in style. Being touted as the most awaited movie of the year and due for a release tomorrow, expectations from the movie have reached great heights. Diwali/Eid has been one of the most sought out dates for the big banners to release their movies to cash in on the opportunity provided by the holidays as well as to tap the consumer spending spree during the festival season.

Coming to the movie, which is a remake of the erstwhile DON starring none other than the Big B was a legendary movie in itself. And this movie has not only to keep up to its credentials but also surpass it to prove that such a bold step of re-making the movie itself in the first place was worth the buck and a challenge in itself. And no doubt there will be comparisons between both the movies, comparison between Big B and SRK, comparison between the 2 stories and a lot more.

However, one thing seems to be sure…if the movie was made exactly the same way as the previous DON, then there would be no fun in there and everything would be predictable. And Farhan Akhtar has probably understood this quite well. The result is we see a totally new avatar of DON where the DON is more
-rustic
-trendy
-tech savvy
-plays golf
-more passionate for girls
-and dares to jump from a height of 50000 feet

And not to mention, this DON has left the beaches of Mumbai where he used to carry his smuggling activities and now adores the Petronas Towers in his backyard.

The movie if a success would also mean a stamp of authority for SRK and would prove that he has not budged a bit from maintaining his status as the King of Bollywood. More so because unlike the previous DON, which was made when Big B was peaking up in his career, this one comes at a time when SRK is already at the peak of his career.

Other challenge for the movie is to beat the competition in the form of Jaaneman which is also a strong contender on the block and is a movie which SRK could not do due to unavailability of dates. Let’s hope SRK does it again as he has done in so many of the previous Diwali releases.