Don 2

Plot synopsis:
The film opens five years after the ending of Don: The Chase Begins Again, with Don (Shah Rukh Khan) narrating the story. The European drug cartel bosses meet in the French Riviera to discuss a new threat emerging from Asia: Don is jeopardising their business by undercutting their prices, and the bosses decree that Don must die. Living in Thailand for the last five years, he goes to a remote settlement to pick up a shipment of cocaine. Instead of the expected uneventful transaction, Don fights his way out. He returns to Malaysia, surrendering to Roma (Priyanka Chopra), who has joined Interpol, and Inspector Malik (Om Puri). Don is sentenced to death and sent to prison, where he meets old rival Vardhan (Boman Irani). He offers Vardhan a partnership, and they escape from prison after poisoning the other inmates.
In Zurich Don meets trusted companion Ayesha (Lara Dutta), and they retrieve the contents of a locker accessible only by Vardhaan. In it is a tape of J.K. Diwan (Alyy Khan), vice-president of the Euro-printing DZB (Deutsche Zentral Bank), who was sent by Fabian Kohl to bribe Singhania (Rajesh Khattar) to kill a competitor; Singhania was killed by Vardhaan five years earlier. Don blackmails Diwan into giving him the bank's blueprints so he can steal the printing plates. Diwan misleads him and hires Abdul Jabbar (Nawab Shah), a deadly assassin. Don escapes, however, and baits Jabbar to working for him. With no other choice, Diwan gives Don the blueprints.
Don and his team plan and execute a bank robbery, taking hostages. After stealing the printing plates he is betrayed by Vardhaan and Jabbar, but escapes. However, Sameer (a team member, played by Kunal Kapoor) calls the police and Don is arrested; he threatens Sameer for informing on him. Unable to enter the bank and free the hostages, the police are forced to work with Don in exchange for giving him German immunity.
Don and Roma reach Vardhaan and Jabbar. When ordered by Vardhaan and Jabbar - and even Don himself - Roma is shot by Jabbar when she refuses to kill Don. She still has feelings for Don, although he killed her brother five years earlier, and she also refused to kill him because she refused to do it the illegal way. Don defeats Vardhaan and his thugs, and kills Jabbar. Don ultimately saves the entire team. Don obtains his immunity papers, surrendering the plates and a disc with information about his team. He brings Roma to a waiting ambulance, and they exchange glances before the doors close. Don later detonates a bomb planted earlier in Diwan's car.
In a final scene Don still has one of the currency plates, which the police think was destroyed by the explosion. Sameer was actually loyal to Don; informing the police was part of the plan. The disc Don gave them actually contains the names of the European drug cartel; when they are arrested, Don becomes king of the European underworld and tells Ayesha and Sameer they have no idea how rich they will become. When Ayesha tells him she was afraid he would be caught, he says: "Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahin, namumkin hai" ("It is not just hard to catch Don, it is impossible.") and the film ends with the song "Dushman Mera".

Tags: revenge

Review:
To keep it short and to the point: SRK was brilliant (as he is most of the time, but the villainous role was brilliantly done), Priyanka was quite good (even though she wasn't in the movie that much), and Boman Irani and the person who played Jabbar were quite good as well.
Saw Don 2 today morning at a Terrific theater atmosphere........even after reserving the tickets,we had a tough time entering the theater........Now coming to the movie,Don 2 is a fast paced thriller that lies entirely on SRK and Farhan,what makes it a watchable thriller is SRK's energetic performance,Looks and Charisma and Farhan's direction.Movie doesn't have much Story to offer.It starts off from where the first part ends......Don returns to Malaysia where he eventually surrenders to Interpol officers Roma and Malik.From there he goes to the jail to see his arch enemy Vardhan(villain in the 1st part)where he has set new plans for a robbery and then the film deals with the execution of the robbery and of course there are some twists and turns here and there....Shahrukh as the villainous hero Don is the main highlight of the film.He portrays the role with ease.His looks and action scenes were top notch.His entry look was simply superb.I really liked the way he delivers the good one liners.The film entirely lies on his shoulders.Cant imagine any other person to do this role.(maybe AB.....he did it in 1978,But now there is no chance for him too)Priyanka Chopra did her job very well....looked good in the movie.....but a bit boring in the 2nd half....didn't have much role when compared to the 1st part.Final song sequence was not needed though Boman Irani as Vardhan did what he was told too....not too outstanding and not too bad......
Kunal kapoor,Lara dutta and the Others did what was demanded.....not much to do though.......Hritik Roshan's Cameo was not very needed but it doesn't cause any harm to the film also....Like I said earlier,Its an SRK film and its SRK all the way overshadowing all the other others with his performanceFarhan Akthar who is known for trend setters like Dil chahta hai ,Lakshya returns to direction after 5 years with Don 2......He lives up to the expectations to a certain extent,His writing deserves a special mention.I loved the dialogues.But on the Whole,The movie could have been better.screenplay should have been more tight and romance of Don with Roma could have been removed from the film.......The main drawback of the film is the lack of thrilling moments we expect from a thriller.Apart from a chase sequence in the first half,Ther are not many scenes to thrill.In the 2nd half,plot becomes predictable........and twists became very weak......we feel that we have seen it all somewhere....and that is where the movie fails.....Music is also another drawback....yet i liked the track Zara dil ko tham lo from the movie....which i didn't like earlier.......Background score is awesome though.....Well I would rate Don 2 as a watchable fare which could have been better.....SRK fans might love it......and In the box office,Don 2 is sure to set he cash registers ringing........Farhan should focus more on the story and screenplay if he plans for a DON 3.........
i agree that storyline is predictable and quite simple as we have seen many Hollywood movies but dude it's movie of bolly, positive points - srk's acting was tremendous ,stunts are amazing and direction is lovable,boman and others were superb too negative points - storyline, priyanka chopra's poor acting overall movie is no doubt 2011 best movie ,throughly enjoyed it ,i dn't know why people hates this kind of movies, if are that good please make movies like this thanks srk and farhan akhtar.
The movie's strengths are action, plot twists and it's faced paced storyline which always keeps you at the edge of your seat.Yes Don 2, does borrow from some Hollywood flicks like Mission Impossible, but it's neatly made and the plot fits in like a jigsaw puzzle at the end of the movie.The only negatives were the touch of grey given to Don's character and the love story angle towards the end.
Here, her character, "Roma" has joined the Interpol and she is determined to catch Don.Lara Dutta has replaced Isha Koppikar and plays the character, "Ayesha," who is all the time with the Don. Boman Irani returns as "Vaardhan," who was caught by the Police five years back and Om Puri, also returns as CBI Officer Vishal Malik.But one actor, who did a good job of his role, is Kunal Kapoor as a man who helps DON.Farhan Akhtar has returned to be behind the cameras and not in front of them.
While, his father, Javed Akhtar, has written good lyrics for the music directors Shankar Ehsaan Loy to compose.The action sequences, especially in 3D, are worth watching out.If you like to watch action movies, then this is not to be missed..
The Don does not have any team, always looks like on a fashion show, practicing 100 different face movements .I am not surprised, Shahrukh is not capable of doing anything better , but utterly disappointed with Farhan Akhtar , never expected him to work on such a weak plot .
No story line..starts with typical Hindi movie question "We need software engineer"..who can crack everything easily...no background how they got all this modern technology equipment's and no background about software guy why and how he is so good..everything very 007 type but 007 had so much backup Don does everything solo..Guys look so girly in jail..Almost everything copied from so many Hollywood movies..Please wake up audience we need better movies from our big stars or our industry will fail big time..Don 2 is a big disappointment, Mr. Shahrukh needs to make more with Indian background and try to show problems happening in India..I saw MI4 and then Don 2, In Don 2 I almost left after interval...Direction was bad as well..and what is Ompuri and Priyanka chopra doing in the movie anyone please answer me that?.
"All style and no substance make Don2 a dull movie",here's Don2 for you in a single sentence.The movie is a classic case of a promising start gone awry,and its all too evident as the thunderous applause at the introduction of SRK gives way to jeers and loud guffaws as the movie approaches its climax,which best described is a never ending lullaby,a snooze fest,if u will.Apart from slickly filmed car chases,breathtaking shots of Berlin, Thailand and some witty dialogs(SRK is on a roll throughout wid those)there's nothing about Don2 that sets the pulse racing.Even the ever-reliable soundtrack of SEL is a damp squib.Akhtar drags d flick into a self drawn predicament,as Don,the drug lord,the mafia king becomes the focal point of a caper story and its nothing that one hasn't seen before.You get the drift,with regards to the movie,as in the end the word "slick"gives way to the sentence "Cut us some slack Mr.director"...Srk is at his boisterous best as he walks away nonchalantly with his swagger and his head held high into fumes of mediocrity,that shroud Don2 throughout..
OK lets chuck the fact that I don't exactly like Shahrukh Khan when it comes to something like action,I mean he is a good actor when it boils down to movies like Swadesh and Chak De India but he should really accept the fact that movies like Don should not be his cup of tea.Though there are many people who have loved this movie 10/10 but that is purely because of the fact that they love SRK and they don't exactly get movies so let me tell you in short what is actually in this movie without any spoilers (well there is nothing worth calling a spoiler in this movie).Indian South Asian Crime lord dreams it big and plans to get Europe now.Interpol is after him and strange enough all the lead positions in the globe are held by an Indian.Bad dialogues never end,horrible soundtracks popping in throughout the movie,amateur acting and yes predictable storyline.But the only good thing about the movie can be that maybe its a new start for Crime,Drama in Bollywood..
Don 2 directed by Farhan Akhtar is a decent flick.The movie had a great start,absorbing middle and a bad ending.Even the duration of the movie is quite long with some unnecessary scenes which could have been avoided.The movie featuring Shahrukh Khan who gives a fine performance along with Priyanka Chopra who is good too.But the scene stealer were Boman Irani and Nawab Shah who perform superbly.Om Puri's character must be shelved off in Don 3.Lara Dutta is okay.Kunal Kapoor is subtle.The action scenes have been performed very well.The locales of Germany and Zurich have been captured very well.The music is passable.The story is okay.The screenplay is half-baked.All in all,Don 2 is a decent flick!.
Don, femme fatale Ayesha (Lara Dutta) and the scowl-faced Vardhaan travel to Switzerland, hire an Indian bad-ass called Jabbar (get the ingenious Gabbar inclination?) played by what looks like a wooden plank, make plans and blackmail high-placed officials, with the sole purpose of extorting the Vice-President of Deutsche Central Bank - just the act of a man who can't differentiate between intrepid and asinine.The image of a Don cultivated by classics like Godfather and Goodfellas is mercilessly disemboweled by Shah Rukh Khan.
Roma (Priyanka Chopra ) carries along very well in the film as she plays a cop confronting Don in his master-plan Chase scene really makes u grip the edges of your seat hard, Don's fighting skills do remind u of 'Bond' type Hollywood movies.
Gone are the days when only Hollywood can eke out such thrillers- Shah Rukh Khan has once and for all silenced his criticizers and has indeed emerged as the 'Badshah of the Bollywood'.Though it maybe imprinted on a firangi's mind that Bollywood Movies are just 'Song and Dance', he may even be right in most of the cases, but Don 2 is an exceptional case, and why shouldn't it be- after all it's directed by Farhan Akhtar.I am a simple man (or kid, if you want to be specific) - it's not difficult to please me at all.
DON-2 ...really the best movie BOLLYWOOD have ever had...SRK has made a terrific comeback ....his coordination with farhan s really unimaginable...with a deep story base and awesome locations ,this movie has a pleasant appeal for viewers all around the globe..SRK's stunts are really really mind blowing and its amazing to see him giving his best of all time...Priyanka redefines her role in the movie and it is really cool to have such a female lead who maintains a good rapport with the co-stars..and boman irani has really done a beautiful job and finally he has the same plot for his role...finally DON-2 s one of the best ever movie by any director in BOLLYWOOD which includes terrific action, stunning twists, and for the audience "the real satisfaction " for witnessing such a mind blowing movie ---ONE OF ITS KIND-(in India)DON-2 ~ SIMPLY MARVELLOUS ~.
Rounding up his troopers are tech geek (for any heist film) in Sameer (Kunal Kapoor), and femme fatale Ayesha (Lara Dutta) in a small role.The muti-talented Farhan Akhtar had pulled out all the stops here in making an action crime caper worthy of standing out there in the international film circuit, boasting all the necessary ingredients that made Don 2 an exhilarating ride from start to end, whether be it fight sequences involving guns, knives, fists or makeshift weapons, or complex designed stunts from multi-leveled car chases to having SRK leap off a rooftop from 300ft.
Goodbye gross exaggeration, hello smooth execution.This is probably the first time I've seen SRK play a negative role on the big screen, and he does his Bad Shah persona with aplomb, balancing that sneaky schemer in his Don character with the necessary physique for the role, putting us all to shame since he's pushing 50 years of age and still looking good for the part of the action super-star.
Priyanka Chopra also proved that she's no flower vase in this film, with enough stunts here to put her in almost the same league as what Scarlett Johansson had done with her Black Widow role, showing off her toned frame and one tough cookie persona in having to perform her own fight routines, which was a good break from her extended involvement here that has Interpol always on the back pedal, addressing villains with their hands tied.Opportunities to add some pizazz such as bond-ish song and dance routines especially that featured in its closing credits seemed to hard to pass up, but these routines were thankfully kept to a bare minimum and usually out of the main narrative, which was a thankful deliberate decision so as not to detract from the relative seriousness of the narrative.
In a nutshell Don-2 has some flaws yet makes a good one time watch Bollywood flick with a powerful star cast, breathtaking car chases/action and beautiful cinematography..
First I would like to congratulate Farhan and his team of writers for writing a screenplay that was taut and editing that was specially fast which is important for an action thriller movie.We have to accept this fact that we don't have budgets to match the scale of a A grade action thriller of Hollywood.But I was pleasantly surprised to see this film taking on the best of its western counterparts head on in terms of style,technique,presentation,story,screenplay and action.Kudos to the Don 2 team for showing the world that India too can deliver world class Action Thrillers making them at a fraction of a budget.I am now looking forward to Dhoom 3,Krrish 2, Don 3 as Don 2 has redefined slick in Indian Cinema..
We want more work from him.He has many power to be one of the best director in the worldMusic:Music is good as demanded of storyVisual Effect is very goodStory: Story is fine and last hour is so fantasticScreenplay has making this movie so niceI think this movie have power to conquer the world cinema and better than many Hollywood movie like MI4..
Don 2 is a classic action/crime thriller that doesn't let go, even for a moment.It works for 3 reasons: "SRK's performance, Farhan's direction and those fantastic dialogues.The film has a bland first hour, but the second half takes the film to another level.It is a perfect entertainment package for this Christmas.
Don 2 is slick,stylish,fast paced and can easily beat many of its Hollywood contemporaries.Its fast pace and gripping story won't leave you for a second.The movie doesn't leave momentum for a second.Shahrukh is mind blowing in both the avatars.He is the soul of film.he has made Don most iconic character of Indian cinema.Hats off to him for bringing such action-heist genre to Indian cinema.Farhan's direction is gripping.Jason west's cinematography is just awesome.he has captured every location in a very stylish manner.Action is the other alluring selling point of Farhan Akhtar's film.
Imagine that.Only 2 songs with choreography.Music is good, with a little bit of rock.Far better than the prequel, the action scenes and twists are the main reason why you should watch this movie.You won't regret it!!.
Priyanka Chopra did her job well.Superbly written dialogues, much better presented by Mr. Shah Rukh Khan.Talking about the story and the flow of the movie, the first half was just above average, seriously speaking all that made the first half work was SRK.
Throughout the story you kind of guess that something is coming, there is a catch to it even then you get dumb struck when you see how the suspense gets revealed.Amazing work everyone, brilliantly done, and it won't be a mistake to say that the new era in the way the Indian movies are made has changed and a great contribution in it goes to Mr. Farhan Akhtar.MUST WATCH.....
shahrukh khan is back.As we all know that his earlier movie Ra one doesn't match with the expectations.This time Don 2 will exceed your expectations.Everything is good in this movie.Farhan Akhtar's direction,story,screenplay and acting by star cast , everything is excellent.Farhan Akhtar story narration is perfect.There are lot of car chases and action sequences in the movie which are superb.we can say the action sequences are all logical and are not seen before in any bollywood movie.i would go with 9 stars to this movie but i give extra star just because of SRK !!!.Shahrukh khan is perfect in this film.He acts with so ease and gives charisma to his character.he portrays the role of Don beautifully .
the locations are great thanxs to Jason West...story of the movie is simple but quite effective with a nice twist and turn around.....now about the characters....its all SRK SRK SRK......he did splendid job in the movie and taken the charisma of DON into higher level....priyanka as always sweet, boman was nice, lara did short but good job....kunal is used as an ACE of playing card in the movie by don, and the HUNK JABBAR played a good role of villain.....the action sequence of the movie is Brilliant I should say......not like the typical Hindi movies......Its very good movie for Bollywood standards...sometimes feels like watching a Hollywood movie....background music of the movie is also slick and stylish.....and my god the dialogues...they were fantastic......on whole I like to give it a 8/10......but because of the KING DON SRK and for his excellent acting I must give DON 2 a 10/10!
Simple plot but the twists and turns in the movie were amazing.average story,excellent performances,and brilliant direction from Farhan.......the German stars like Florian Lukas,Rik sch mid,martin Georas,Wolfgang,sent Dorothea,frank Christian all were awesome.Shah Rukh Khan is the life of the film and charms his way into the audience's hearts.
positive points 1-its style and modern looking than other bollywood film 2-the way sharukh khan acts very good as don 3-it has everything a good action movie needs-a car chase,a item song,two fight scenes,a very special don escape,and also with light comedies.