don

since i am home early today ( the diwali holidays have begun and i did not even know ) i decided to prepare for the biggest release this year (there is a new one every month) by watching ‘don’ in the original with amitabh as what shahrukh is going to be this weekend. .

the film is a mad illogical rush of action with glamorous women and lots of guns. lots of fun. zeenat aman is hot as the karate champ roma looking to revenge the murder of her brother. a complete femme fatale. amitabh as don is suave but tacky. paro said that the new don can never be as successful as the old one because part of the charm of the old don was its tackiness. that remains to be seen. i am sure what we think of as tacky now was seen as very high end glam at the time the film was made.

i don’t really know what the comparison can be between the two films. the times that film are made led to their own logic of making, and their own way of seeing. the implausible storyline and coincidences galore are forgivable and even endearing when seen through the misty eyes of nostalgia.. i don’t think we will be able to forgive shahrukh the kinds of amazing feats that don seems to perform almost in every scene. but we will see. the posters of the new don do look promising (though perhaps a little too slick)- but the songs do not.