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Don...The chase has begun

Hopes are always high on every SRK flick. But this time the stakes were compounded enormously as SRK was donning the DON's mantle which was elevated to iconic status by the Big B about 30 years ago. The man behind the script and the camera happened to be the son of the writer who scripted the Amitabh classic.

Though Farhan Akhtar recieved mixed results at the box office of his two movies, on a personal note i enjoyed both of them. DCH for standing out of contemporary cinema and bringing out the story teller in Farhan and Lakshya for the cinematic genius he had inherited.

So checking out the new DON on the day of its release had enough reasons backing it. The plot seemed to go the old DON way and just as we thought the movie is gonna be just a tribute the classic, the first twist was delivered right before the intermission. In desperate need to differentiate the new DON from the old one, the movie post intermission involves lots of twists at a frentic pace..some enjoyable and some at times seemed dragging but the climax more than made up for all the drag part.

Coming to the performances, it was great watching the 'king' NOT doing what he does best for a change. SRK comes out with a great performance to bridge the iconic role of Big B and his own inimatable style and the product is enjoyable.

Boman Irani adds another feather in his already clustered cap of Dr J.Asthana, Lucky Singh, K.Khurana with his portrayal of D.C.P De Silva...you got to watch the movie to know if he was doing just that ;)

Kareena did't have much to do in the movie, though she did try to look elegant in her dances but the void between her and the legendary Helen seemed too big to bridge. The veteran Om Puri was wasted in the movie while Priyanka Chopra was a revealation in the movie. She matched the brilliant Zeenat in her own way and amongst others in the movie, hers was a standout performance.

The music was good..the background score being the best. Shaan with 'Main Hoon Don' and Shankar's 'Moriya Re' were my favorites. Udhit Narayan's awful rendition of 'Khaike Paan Banaras Wala' of the Kishore Kumar classic was the only negative point in an otherwise decent score by the Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy team

So the overall verdict...an enjoyable movie with good music and sufficient twists in the plot to keep you hooked till the end. The old Don loyalists might not like it but Farhan has done a decent job out of his dad's script but he could have done better going by his earlier movies. I would rate the movie at 3/5 and a MUST WATCH for all SRK and Priyanka Chopra fans...

Don Ko Pakadna Mushkil Hi Nahi...Namumkin Hai....:)

Having Fun for Rs.100 or less

- Drive out of the city and have a meal at a roadside dhaba sitting on a charpoy
- Buy a kite. Rediscover the art of flying it
- Go see a circus
- Bet what you can cheerfully lose on India winning a cricket match
- Buy a lottery ticket
- Get a fortune teller to spin a tall yarn on when and how you will make your millions
- Treat your family/friends on a pani puri/ gol guppa
- Get a massage plus haircut plus your ears cleaned plus your nails trimmed and the back of your neck powdered from a roadside barber and have some change left for peanuts
- Get to know your city by using a public transport in a totally random manner. Get off the first bus you take at the third stop, have a look around and a board a bus without looking at the number, get down at the fifth stop and so on.One note though, see the number to get back home
- Buy some second hand books
- Buy a mouth organ and practise your tunes at night, a kinda payback to your stuffy boring neighbour

Gr8 to be Back
It's been more than a year since I wrote my last blog entry. My 'being busy' would be more of an excuse than a reason for the same. The long hiatus has been one helluva experience. There was this fresh MBA grad asking his prof "I don't think I have learned much from this program. The prof replied "The learning part..you would realize later but for now just try to differentiate the guy who is standing in front of me from the one who met me on the first day of the program and you would have got your answer".
I would vouch for the Prof's statement..As I reach the last 'quarter' of my program, blogs were possibly the last thing on my mind but blogging was something made compulsory for the System guyz..I wasnt one but then I thought about beginning my second innings neways. Cheers to all bloggers and hoping that those on my previous blogroll are able to find this page :p