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The Don (2006 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Don' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas and starring Dileep and Lal.
Cast
*Dileep as Unnikrishnan / Salaam
*Lal as Kasim Baba
*Saikumar as Advocate Subramaniam Swami
*Maniyanpilla Raju as MLA Abdullah Kutty
*Harisree Asokan as Salim, Unni's friend
*Gopika as Shahida
*Chitra Shenoy as Baba's wife
*Bheeman Raghu as Sikandar
*Baburaj as Abootty
*Kazan Khan as Sharon Bhai
*Lalu Alex as Superintendent Vishwanathan
*Spadikam George as D.Y.S.P Anirudhan
*Shammi Thilakan as Sulaiman, Baba's nephew
*Subair as Koya Sahib
*Sreejith Ravi as Vasu, Unni's friend
*Anil Murali as Joji, Unni's friend
*Augustine as Kabir Bhai
*Sukumari as Devakiamma
Production
This film marks the first collaboration between Shaji Kailas and Dileep. Pooja was initially considered to be the heroine.
Release and reception
The film was scheduled to release before Onam, before the release was pushed to the first week of September.
Paresh C. Palicha of 'Rediff.com' gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and opined that "The Don is simply a hotchpotch of many action-drama films, clumsily put together". A critic from 'Webindia123' wrote that "It may be better for Dileep to stop trying to become an action hero". A critic from 'Indiaglitz' stated that "The screenplay of Pallaserry offers nothing new. And with the song which arrives an hour into the proceedings, the tempo slackens". Unni Nair of 'Nowrunning' said that "The Don is not his [Shaji Kailas'] worst effort yet".
Box office
The film was a box office failure.
Future
Dileep and Shaji Kailas were reported to collaborate again for another film produced by Dileep, but it did not materialise.
References
Category:2006 films
Category:2006 action films
Category:Indian action films
Category:Indian gangster films
Category:2000s Malayalam-language films
Category:Films directed by Shaji Kailas
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