It's
not
just
with
his
home
production
Ra.One
that
Shahrukh
Khan
is
looking
towards
capturing
the
international
market
in
2011.
With
Farhan
Akhtar's
Don
2
too,
Shahrukh
goes
gloriously
global.
And
Shahrukh
will
be
taking
on
Tom
Cruise,
no
less,
with
Don
2.
The
two
action-oriented
super-slick
films
on
global
crime
and
punishment
release
globally
within
a
week
of
one
another
in
December.
Hush-hush
plans
are
on
to
put
together
an
international
version
of
Farhan's
ferocious
furious
and
flamboyant
flick
so
that
Shahrukh's
Don
2
can
come
face
to
face
with
Tom
Cruise's
Mission
Impossible
4,
which
incidentally
features
Anil
Kapoor
in
a
cameo.
And
to
prove
how
global
in
execution
Don
2
is,
here's
the
thing.
A
car
chase
sequence
featuring
Shahrukh
shot
in
Berlin
last
month
was
so
steep
and
dangerous
that
it
damaged
one
of
the
expensive
cameras
that
had
been
recruited
to
capture
the
heart-in-the-mouth
stunt.
Luckily
no
one
was
hurt.
According
to
a
source
from
the
film
the
Don's
character
in
Don
2:
The
Chase
Continues
has
gone
international
with
his
criminal
ambitions.
"While
in
the
first
part,
Don
wanted
to
take
over
the
crime
syndicate
in
India
in
Don
2,
Don
wants
to
capture
the
entire
European
market.
Shahrukh's
character
is
no
longer
an
Indian
crime
lord
wanted
in
11
countries.
He
is
portrayed
as
a
European
gangster,
replete
with
all
the
trappings
of
an
international
kingpin."
The
magnitude
of
the
character's
power
and
the
external
trappings
of
his
prosperity
have
been
captured
in
Don
2
by
deploying
a
budget
that
leaves
behind
all
other
Indian
films
on
international
crime.
To
play
the
European
kingpin,
Farhan
Akhtar
and
Shahrukh
apparently
studied
the
lives
and
lifestyles
of
various
international
crime
lords.
Says
a
source,
"It
was
one
thing
for
Shahrukh
to
portray
the
Indian
don
wanted
in
11
countries.
In
Don
2,
his
character
wants
to
rule
Europe.
Shahrukh's
clothes,
cars,
girls,
gadgets,
body
language
and
perfume
had
to
convey
a
global
aura."
Sources
say
Don
2
is
being
assembled
on
an
international
scale.
And
there
would
probably
be
a
full-scale
international
version
of
the
film
for
an
NRI
global
market
with
the
songs
eliminated
and
the
drama
reduced.
Veteran
actor
Om
Puri
who
reprises
his
role
of
the
police
inspector
from
the
first
part
admits
everything
in
Don
2
is
scaled
up.
"I
can't
tell
you
the
plot.
But
I
will
reveal
one
thing.
In
a
lift
together,
just
when
my
character
tells
Priyanka
Chopra
he
is
going
to
retire,
the
lift
door
opens
and
my
character
stands
face
to
face
with
Don.
That's
when
my
dreams
of
leaving
the
police
force
ends
and
the
chase
begins."
Om
says
most
of
his
scenes
in
Don
2
are
with
Priyanka.
"Mine
is
not
a
lengthy
role.
But
it's
an
important
role.
I
wasn't
part
of
the
chase
sequence
that
you
mention.
But
yes
it
was
unlike
anything
seen
in
Hindi
films.
And
yes
a
camera
did
get
damaged.
But
no
one
got
hurt."
The
actor
is
all
praise
for
Farhan
Akhtar
and
his
unit.
"Unlike
other
Bollywood
locations
on
a
foreign
location,
the
stars
and
the
crew
were
not
put
up
in
separate
hotels.
All
of
us
including
the
technical
crew
and
junior
artistes
stayed
in
the
same
hotel
in
Berlin,
though
the
unit
members
unlike
the
stars
had
to
share
rooms.
I've
hardly
ever
worked
with
a
more
professional
efficient
and
hospitable
unit.
Every
detail
in
Berlin
was
looked
into
in
advance
and
there
were
no
last-minute
glitches.
The
entire
schedule
of
about
a
month
went
off
smoothly."
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2
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Story first published: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 16:39 [IST]