Don (1978 film)
Don is a 1978 Indian action film produced by Nariman Irani and directed by Chandra Barot, with music by Kalyanji Anandji and lyrics by Anjaan and Indeewar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Iftekhar, Helen and Om Shivpuri, Satyen Kappu and Pinchoo Kapoor. It was the third-highest grossing Bollywood movie of 1978, and was classified a golden jubilee by Box Office India.[3][4] A remake and sequel were released on 20 October 2006 and 23 December 2011, respectively.
| Directed by | Chandra Barot |
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| Produced by | Nariman A. Irani Nariman Films |
| Written by | Salim-Javed |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Zeenat Aman Pran Helen Iftekhar |
| Music by | Kalyanji Anandji |
| Cinematography | Nariman A. Irani |
| Edited by | Wamanrao |
Production
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Nariman Films
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Release dates
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Running time
| 175 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹8.5 million(US$130,000)[2] |
| Box office | ₹70 million(US$1.1 million)[3] |
Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan as Don and Vijay: Don is the most wanted criminal. The police are always unsuccessful at nabbing him. However, in a police encounter Don is fatally shot. Vijay is the spitting image of Don and is soon forced to pose as Don in order to help the police arrest Don's gang members.
- Zeenat Aman as Roma: A simple girl whose brother Ramesh works for Don. Roma despises Don for his having murdered her brother. She joins Don's business with the secret motive to kill him.
- Pran as Jasjit "JJ"
- Iftekhar as DSP D'Silva
- Om Shivpuri as Vardan/Interpol officer R.K. Malik (Impostor)
- Pinchoo Kapoor as Interpol officer R.K. Malik (Real)
- Satyendra Kapoor as Inspector S. Verma
- Jagdish Raj as Police officer
- Keshav Rana as Police officer
- Abhimanyu Sharma as Inspector Sharma
- Prem Sagar as Police inspector inspects the ambulance
- Paidi Jairaj as Dayal, Judo & Karate Instructor
- Kamal Kapoor as Narang
- Arpana Choudhary as Anita
- Helen as Kamini
- M. B. Shetty as Shakaal
- Mac Mohan as Mac
- Baby Bilkish as Munni
- Alankar Joshi as Deepu
- Moolchand as Govinda
- H. L. Pardesi as Banarasi, Pan seller
- Gyanesh DJ as Police officer
- Sharad Kumar as Ramesh
- Kedar Saigal as Doctor
- Rajan Haksar as Kishan, Jasjit's employer
- Yusuf Khan as Vikram
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