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| Directed by: Chandra Barot Music: Kalyanji-Anandji Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Iftekhar, Om Shiv Puri, Pran, Satyen Kappoo, Helen, Kamal Kapoor |
Let me tick off the reasons why I love this movie. For one, it was ‘different’. Not the trite platitude that is trotted out every time a movie is released, but honestly different.
I was introduced to a man who, ostensibly the hero, is totally amoral. Not immoral, which is quite a different kettle of fish altogether. Amoral – totally lacking morals. Or a conscience.
Secondly, Don is a man without a background. He has no ailing mother for whose sake he turned to crime; no hapless sister who was raped – Don does not seem to have a family at all. He is not fighting society for perceived wrongs. There are no extenuating circumstances for him to have turned to crime at all, except perhaps his own proclivities. Unusual? You bet!
He is Don. Suave, sophisticated, handsome, dapper, intelligent. Did I forget to mention, ruthless, street-smart, cruel? Wanted by the police of eleven countries; impossible to catch.
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