DON 2

You may want to call it Dhoom! Yes, the Shahrukh Khan starrer DON 2 resembles the YashRaj series of films on stylized heist carried out by the lead protagonist himself. Now it’s great watching Shahrukh perform those energetic stunts and flaunt his muscles in the process, but come to think of it actually- Why does the DON have to do so much stuff all by himself? It begins to look heroic than Don-ic!

Don gets himself arrested and goes to a jail which is now the residence of Vardhan(Boman Irani). Roma (Priyanka Chopra) is very happy to see Don jailed. Vardhan is the key to an important tape which can turn Don into a billionaire. He escapes the jail along with Vardhan to black mail the President of a German bank. He then goes on to scheme a magnanimous and nearly namumkin robbery of money printing plates. Meanwhile detectives Mallik(Om Puri) and Roma and are busy hunting Don. Don’s current girlfriend, Ayesha (Lara Dutta) and a terrific computer hacker, Sameer Ali (Kunal Kapoor) form a part of the plan.

The plot is somewhat too complex to be understood by quite a majority of the audience. And it cleverly sets a fast pace preventing you from trying to spot loopholes! Towards the ending there can be two interpretations- One, DON is a brilliant chess player or two, the writers fool around the audience by the prequel DON type twist(only that this one has some lack of honesty!)

It can be intoxicating to watch SRK smile. So our cute dimpled DON keeps smiling now and then enchanting you. (Who cares if he is a smuggler and does illegal stuff?) He has developed a new style of walk. Wonder if that’s the DON style or those injuries hurt him! (Hope for the former.) Usually, the DON is calmly and stylishly mouthing those Donny dialogues, but the other times when he is supposed to be angry, it’s like he’s just shhh-ed the lead actress who is taking in a lot of stress. So this Don is sweet and cute and nice!

Director Farhan Akhtar seems to have got everything right while building the Don-Roma relationship. And quite a relationship it turns out to be! Priyanka Chopra is extremely good in those scenes. Well, it’s not difficult…loving Shahrukh, is it?

Lara Dutta plays a trivial part well. Kunal Kapoor knows his job. Boman Irani looks submissive in certain parts, but that was probably his role. Farhan Akhtar once again depicts his potential of building suspense in a story too well.

Don2 has a significant style quotient and a charismatic Don which makes it quite a watch.

RATING- 3.5 stars