telugu film don-review

DON - TT Review

As Nagarjuna mentioned during the audio release of the film, it is all about stylish making and that is pretty much of what can be said about Don; because the story can be narrated in one line - it is the fight between Hyderabad Don and Mumbai Don. The film has no relevance to the previously made Dons except some Don standards such as the set up and a close buddy. Story in short: Surya alias Suri (Nagaruna) is the Don of Hyderabad. Unlike typical Mafia Dons, Suri cares for the public too. He has a close buddy Raghava (Larencce), who is with him from his childhood. On the other part of the world, there is a Mumbai Don Stephen who wants to become national Don. Either he colonizes the Dons from each State or eliminates them if they do not concede. Finally, Stephen's eye falls on Andhra Pradesh and Suri will not fall for either of Stephen's pranks. Why Suri did not shake hands with Stephen and how he survived the evil wrath of Stephen should be seen on screen. As for performances, Nagarjuna is as usual - looking handsome and stylish. A few more mannerisms were added along with his natural style. His getup is also good. Action sequences and dance movements are nicely conceived on him. The film projects a new style of Nagarjuna. Ragava Larencce has almost the same footage as Nagarjuna has in this film. He did the friend of Suri with good ease. His comedy timing is good. Anushka looked glamorous and ravishing. However, her scope is pretty much limited to songs. Nikitha contributed her own share as the love interest of Ragava. She did her role well. Chalapati Rao, Jeeva and others did their role to content. Kudos to Larencce for handling so many departments in the film and yet not disappointing with any of them. He did screenplay, direction, choreography and music also for the film. There is not much story in the film and it is purely screenplay that ran the show. Not even a single point of time that there is scope for lag moment. The narration is pretty good. Every scene is done as if it is the highlight scene of the film. Right twists at right points also helped the movie. If there is anything that he should have taken care, it is the music. He gave very good background score but when it came to songs only couple of numbers are effective. Dialogs by Abburi Ravi are very good. Cinematography by Gopal Reddy and editing by Marthand Venkatesh are top notch. Action sequences are conceived very well. Especially the fights between Dons with a challenge is done nicely. Even though the climax is predictable, the sequence is brought out with good amount of excitement. Climax is very effective. Overall, the film might seems an enhancement of Nagarjuna's Super. Even though there is no story in the film, it is the narration, stylish takings and tiny twists keep the movie going without a boring moment. And the film is not that long. It wrapped up in 2 1/2 hours. A stylish film is what can be said about Don and it can surely be given a shot once.
Review by: Phani