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Cast:
Mithun Chakraborty, Hrishita Bhatt, Rohit
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Mohit Raina, Dolly Minhas, Vishal Kotian, |
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Dilip Joshi, Meghna Malik, Ali Asgar, Viju
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Year:
2008 |
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Music:
Anu Malik |
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Lyrics:
Amitabh |
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Banner:
Samanta Movies Pvt. Ltd. |
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Producer:
Shakti Samanta |
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Director:
Ashim Samanta |
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happenings of DON MUTHUSWAMI can be tolerated in interval.
The comedy at times is funny, at times tolerable and at
times, endurable. the difference is Mithun Chakraborty alone
carrying the film on his shoulders with his full-blown
acting and tempered understanding of the role he has to
present. Very less actors would have fallen aside in trying
to continuously keep up the funny act. |
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DON
MUTHUSWAMI (Mithun Chakraborty), is an uncertain
person. His father, before dying, takes a promise
from him that he would change his path from a Don
and become a good man. Muthuswami gets in a fix, so
do his followers who watch in disbelief as the Dons
father passes away after he has given his promise.
There is no going back on his word now. From Don
MUTHUSWAMI, he wants to transmute into Sir
Muthuswamy and his partners in crime are still with
him but they now team up as a domestic help to him. |
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Don
being Don wants his daughter to marry the son of another
Don. Sanjana (Hrishitaa Bhatt) denies to be shifted to
another prison; from her home to another Don's home. So she
fallsback to lying that she is conceiving. All this only to
halt the marriage. To add on to it Don's manager Pritam (Rohit
Roy) wants to marry his daughter and the confusion is over.
The Urdu teacher, Jaikishan (Mohit Raina), hired to polish
Don's language skills also falls in love with Sanjana. And
there are the cops who are on the Don's trail to see whether
he has really turned a new leaf. All this takes place in a
matter of one day in the Don's house. |
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Comedy, looks easy when pulled off easily on screen.
But to tell actually comedy is a very tough
business. It's about setting the mood of things and
staying on par rather going over par. Once the best
line is crossed between this delicate art of making
the audience laugh, it no longer remains a comedy it
becomes a travesty. Mithun da thankfully manages to
accumulate his tremendous experience to keep the
followings within the fine line. |
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act takes us back to the AGNEPAATH days when he played 'Kishen
Iyer Nariyal Paaniwala'. This is Mithun of old, at his best. |
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Among the cast, Dilip Joshi (Fikarchand) Rakesh Bedi (Shikharchand)
combine well as tailors who give Muthuswami a new look.
Making his presence on the screen after a long time, Rakesh
Bedi does well for himself. I'm sure we will see more of
this actor. The actor who plays Shakti Kapoor's sidekick (Vishal
Kotian) impresses with his comic timing. Rohit Roy is OK so
is Shakti Kapoor. Frankly, he is much more talented than
what he is made to do. Hrishitaa Bhatt adds to the glam
quotient. While she matches the mood in some scenes with
Mithun, she crosses the fine line in a few scenes. That's
expected as there seems to be no focus given to her role
which could have been developed into a much meatier option.
Mithun was the focus of attention. |
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