Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Console best movie i've ever seen.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Paddy Raghunathan By Indian Bollywood standards, a very great movie. I saw it when I was a kid, and have been enamored ever since.Amitabh plays the role of his life, no doubt. The direction by Chandra Barot is stellar, and his knowledge and use of camera angles is extraordinary.If someone had told me that Salim Javed believed it to be a "breakfast script," I would not have believed it. However, on closer look, one can see why.There are many bloopers in the movie that go unnoticed because of the fast pace of the movie...you don't think when you are watching it.Here are some:1. The car that Amitabh arrives in before he is accosted by the police is not the one he drives away in. And there is no way the "Herbie" like car can be a police car that he tries to escape in.2. The police inspector Iftikhar says the diary reveals that the leader is Vardhan, but it does not contain info on the address. However, Pran has no issues finding the address to Vardhan's place later in the movie. In fact Pran's dialog goes, "doosra bekaar sawaal."3. The police never bother to check on Amitabh the fake Don's claim about the children in St. Teresa Bandra...if they had done so, the fake Don would not be a fugitive during the latter half of the movie.4. When the prisoners are being transfered from one prison to another, they are not in handcuffs. Why they don't break the door and just run away is anybody's guess, but the fight between Amitabh and Shetty inside the van is well done...kudos to Chandra Barot on the camera work.However, the above apart, a great, great movie experience. I am not sure why it called a cult movie, because it is universally liked.The things well done: 1. Amitabh escapes in one dress from the police van and is always wearing that dress...it shows he's a fugitive.2. The way the real "mole" is hidden is done very well and heightens the suspense.All I can say is, enjoy the movie, not once but again, and again.Paddy

long-ford This much loved thriller is rated very highly by most people. I enjoyed it a great deal too, but more as a campy entertainer with fun songs. Amitabh Bachchan is very good in both his roles. The film is hurt by its modest budget but rises above it by focusing on histrionics. Pran has a great role as a circus performer. Zeenat Aman provides the glamor element. The soundtrack is still very popular and was partially copied in the Shahrukh remake. While the remake is admittedly stylish and with better production values, Amitabh's 'Don' remains more entertaining to watch.Overall 7/10

Ibuk This movie has to be one of the best thrillers of the 70's and it still packs a punch today. The reason is simple, you think you know the whole story then suddenly the plot twists leaving you all shaken up. The script by Salim Javed was absolutely superb. Amitabh excelled in a role he was born to play. Zeenat Aman provided good support as his love interest. Even Pran lent fantastic support.The action scenes were very well executed. The songs were simply mind blowing. My favourites were Khaike paan banaraswala and Mein hoon don. I saw the remake recently and to my surprise I was not disappointed. This movie ranks amongst the best thrillers Bollywood has ever made.

nithinrajagopal Indian filmmakers have long been wrought with the fear that the audience wont understand the plot. So much so that they think that we are downright stupid. That explains why the bad guys spare a few minutes to explain their ploy at the end of the movie, even if they are hanging from a twenty-floor building. And that also explains why even flawed movies are hailed to be the best.I think DON is an exemplary movie glorifying the idiotic nature of the filmmakers who never let the audience grow. And its also a good example of how all the overdose of drama and fanfare can catapult even an average actor like Bacchhan to the status that he enjoys today.Now for the flaw...think of the scene just before the title song where this lady is locked up in the room, a bathroom i guess. To make her escape impossible, we are shown that her hands and legs are tied up. But that is not enough, since the audience hasn't been taken for a ride yet. To make things really really difficult for the lady, the door is locked up from inside!!! Now you don't need to watch 200 episodes of CSI to realize that when you lock someone up, it might just be a little difficult to bolt the door from inside ?(the lady is shown un-bolting the door with her mouth during the title song, and she is un-bolting it from the inside!!!!) I love the new Shahrukh starrer DON for all the reasons i hate the earlier one for. One can find flaws in the new one too, but it does make an honest attempt to make the viewer think. And that to me, is a fact that Farhan Akhtar doesn't think of us as lowly dumbasses.Watch the new one if you can, but after you have seen the 1978 one. The new one is better in every department of movie making, perhaps the 'audience' too.