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Don
Movie
Don
Director
Lawrence Raghava
Producer
M L Kumar Chowdary
Music
Lawrence Raghava
Cast
Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anushka, Nikitha, Lawrence Raghava, Kelly Dorjee
 
By Moviebuzz
 
Lawrence Raghava, who made his debut as director with Mass gave a commercial entertainer. Many a time, the director has claimed that style is the king and that he has no belief in story. His so-called style in filmmaking does not work with Don as he has absolutely messed up things. He not only confused the audience, but he himself gets confused. But, one thing is clear: This movie is truly disappointing!

Suri (Nagarjuna) is a local don in Hyderabad. To put it straight, he is a don who does only good to society. An orphaned Raghava (Lawrence) is closely attached to Suri since his childhood and is like a younger brother. A bad don Stephen (Kelly Dorjee) becomes a land shark in Hyderabad and wants to keep his sway. Suri opposes Stephen tooth and nail. Now, Stephen is desperate to kill Suri. The fight between the two takes many a twist and turn, before the good wins over the bad.

Nagarjuna has let down his big fan base and the general audiences too by selecting this seemingly wrong subject. There is no nativity in his getup and the entire film sounds odd, driving itself to farfetched imagination. However, he looked handsome as usual in the romantic scenes with Anushka, who provides some relief with her comedy, that too with limited punch. Lawrence came out with highly exaggerated performance, which is loathsome to watch. It is only after his death on the screen, that Nag gets some footage in the second half. Kelly Dorjee who did the bad don is adequate.

There is absolutely no story and Lawrence’s screenplay, cinematography and stylish stunts. Comedy is not given even minimum place. Though Lawrence tried his level best to give some humorous elements, it turned out to be a flop show all the way. Music by Lawrence is a letdown. It is highly ridiculous to encourage experiment in music for such a film with mafia backdrop. The background score is monotony and not situational. You have two songs Entandanga unnave… and Su Su Soori Anna…which have some appeal but not memorable.

Cinematography by S. Gopal Reddy is an asset to the film. Who cares for that? Some of the scenes have the standards of a Hollywood flick. But, they too have little stamina to resurrect the film. The film is directly influenced by the mafia subject. Lawrence has more or less makes you recall some scenes from Big B's Sarkar, Rajni's Basha and some Hollywood flicks.

There is no originality at all. First half of the film is full with introduction scenes pertaining to the main characters. Second half is devoted to stunts. The climax comes like a bang, so abruptly that audiences curse Lawrence and it’s easily his most self-indulgent exercise.

It is a wrong project for Nag. In fact, Lawrence played the villain against the film.

Verdict: Avoidable

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