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{{Infobox film
| name = Don
| image = don_poster.jpg
| caption = Movie poster
| writer = [[Abburi Ravi]] {{small|(dialogues)}}
| story = Raghava Lawrence
| screenplay = Raghava Lawrence
| producer = M.L. Kumar Chowdary
| director = [[Raghava Lawrence]]
| starring = [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] [[Anushka Shetty]] Raghava Lawrence [[Nikita Thukral]] [[Kelly Dorji]]
| music = [[Raghava Lawrence]] Chinna
| cinematography = [[S. Gopal Reddy]]
| editing = [[Marthand K. Venkatesh]]
| studio = Sri Keerthi Creations
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|12|20}}
| runtime = 154 mins
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = 20 cr
| gross = 105 cr
}}
'''''Don''''' is a 2007 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action film]] produced by M.L. Kumar Chowdary on Sri Keerthi Creations banner and directed by [[Raghava Lawrence]], starring himself along with [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Anushka Shetty]], while [[Nikita Thukral]] and [[Kelly Dorji]] play supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/21don.htm|title=Review: Nagarjuna rocks in Don}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/don-review-telugu-pclw1Qdfagcfj.html|title = Don}}</ref> [[Raghava Lawrence]] made his debut as music director for the film. ''Don'' released on 20 December 2007 and film was remade in Bangladesh as ''[[Don Number One]]'' and in Odia as ''with same name'' starring [[Anubhav Mohanty]].

The film was later dubbed and released in [[Hindi]] as ''Don No. 1'' in 2008 and in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] under the same title.

==Plot==
'''1987''': Surya aka Suri finds a [[drug dealer]] tormenting little boys. Surya guns down the drug dealer and One of the boys, Raghava, expresses his wish to join him where the rest of the boys become Surya's friends and eventually his henchmen.

'''2007''': Surya is a don with a golden heart and Raghava is his lieutenant. They rule the underworld of [[Andhra Pradesh]] together and help the police to bust down corrupt activities. Stephen is a feared don throughout India, who wants to add Andhra Pradesh to his underworld business. Surya refuses to work with Stephen and warns him that he should never set eyes on the country again. Enraged, Stephan arranges many attempts to kill Surya, but Stephen's men get killed. Rathnam wants to kill Raghava due to some reason, but Raghava kills Rathnam because the latter had hosted a hideout for Stephen in [[Hyderabad]]. Meanwhile, Suri falls in love with Priya. At first, she does not like him but later finds that he is a good person and reciprocated.

Raghava also finds a girl Nandhini and falls for her, who accepts his feelings. In the process, he is cornered, where Nandhini is revealed to be Stephan's henchwoman. Raghava is killed. In a final meeting between Surya and Stephen, the latter returns Raghava's corpse. Stephen challenges Surya to a fight on the condition that ''(A person will lose two of his men for each fall he takes)''. Enraged and heartbroken by Raghava's death, Surya accepts his challenge. As the combat progresses where Surya loses two of his men. Determined to win, Surya continues the fight and thrashes up Stephen and his two women [[bodyguard]]s. The fight ends with Stephen getting killed by Surya, avenging Raghava's death and Surya warns Stephen's remaining henchmen, not to be like their boss and finally, Surya becomes the unopposed don of India.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] as Surya aka Suri
* [[Anushka Shetty]] as Priya
* [[Raghava Lawrence]] as Raghava, Surya's brother
* [[Nikita Thukral]] as Nandhini
* [[Kelly Dorji]] as Stephen
* [[Chetan Hansraj]] as Anthony
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Rathnam
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as [[Inspector General|I.G.]]
* [[Chalapathi Rao]] as Murthy
* [[Supreeth]] as Bihar goon
* [[Salim Baig]] as Robin
* [[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Suri's henchman
* [[Madhusudhan Rao (actor)|Madhusudhan Rao]] as Drug Dealer
* [[Vizag Prasad]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Don
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Raghava Lawrence]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2007
| recorded = 2007
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 26:30
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = [[Raghava Lawrence]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Rebel (2012 film)|Rebel]]
| next_year = 2012
}}

The music was composed by [[Raghava Lawrence]]. Music released on Aditya Music Company.
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 26:30
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Su Su Suriyanna
| lyrics1 = Chinni Charan
| extra1 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length1 = 4:25
| title2 = Inthandanga Unnave
| lyrics2 = Chinni Charan
| extra2 = [[Harish Raghavendra]]
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Mudde Pettu
| lyrics3 = Chinni Charan
| extra3 = Harish Raghavendra, [[Saindhavi]]
| length3 = 3:59
| title4 = Yedho Undile (not featured in the film)
| lyrics4 = Vishwa
| extra4 = Vishwa, [[Suchitra]]
| length4 = 4:14
| title5 = Neekai Nenu
| lyrics5 = Chandu Madhu
| extra5 = Hariharan, Reeta
| length5 = 4:29
| title6 = Dhada Puttistha
| lyrics6 = Chinni Charan
| extra6 = Shankar Mahadevan
| length6 = 5:11
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt1169270}}
{{Raghava Lawrence}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:2000s masala films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Indian gangster films]]
[[Category:2007 action films]]

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