Don (1978 film)
Don is an Indian
Hindi film released in 1978. The movie was produced by Nariman Irani and directed by
Chandra Barot. The music was by
Kalyanji Anandji and lyrics by
Anjaan. The film stars
Amitabh Bachchan,
Zeenat Aman,
Pran,
Iftekhar ,
Helen and
Om Shivpuri,
Satyan Kapoo and
Pinchoo Kapoor.
Don (
Amitabh Bachchan) is the leader of an underworld gang until Police Officer D'Silva (
Iftekhar) tracks him down and Don is killed. Then Officer D' Shilva tracks down a lookalike of Don named Vijay. Vijay impersonates Don to take down the rest of Don's gang.
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Amitabh Bachchan.... Don/Vijay
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Zeenat Aman....Roma
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Pran....Jasjit (J.J.)
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Iftekhar....DSP D'Silva (as Iftikhar)
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Om Shivpuri....Interpol Officer R.K. Malik
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Satyen Kappu....Inspector S. Verma (as Satyen Kapoo)
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P. Jairaj....Dayal (Judo Karate Instructor)
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Kamal Kapoor....Narang
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Arpana Choudhary....Anita (as Arpana Choudhry)
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Helen....Kamini
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M.B. Shetty....Shakaal (as Shetty)
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Mac Mohan....Mac
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Azad....Azad
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Yashraj *
Devaraj* A
remake starring
Shahrukh Khan and
Priyanka Chopra is scheduled for release in 2006.
* The film was previously remade in 1979 in
Telugu as
Yughandar with N.T. Ramarao playing the title role, and Jayasudha playing the role that Zeenat Aman originated in the Hindi film. Although some of film tunes were different than the original Hindi film, the tune for the Hindi song
Khaike Pan Banaras wala was exactly the same, and it was now titled
Oh Rabba Yesukunna Killi.
* A year later, Don was remade again, this time in
Tamil as
Bhilla(1980) starring
Rajnikanth. This movie also had the remade version of the
Khaike Pan Banaras Wala as
Vethallaya Pottendi Shakthi Konjam Yerudhad. This blockbuster film helped
Rajnikanth achieve
Superstar status.
* The movie was also remade in
Malayalam as
Sobharaj (1986) with
Mohanlal.