Nowadays,
with
corporate
houses
being
in
the
spotlight
for
their
multiple
films,
one
begins
to
think
-
whatever
happened
to
producers
who
built
an
empire
in
the
1960s,
70s
and
80s?
One
of
the
prolific
production
houses
of
the
era
re-emerges
on
the
scene
with
the
Mithun
starrer
Don
Muthuswamt.
To
put
it
blatantly,
it
is
a
complete
rip-off
of
the
Sylvester
Stallone
starrer,
the
English
comedy
OSCAR.
But
our
real
concern
is
does
it
work
as
well?
To
answer
that
simply
-
Mithun
can
never
be
doubted.
The
film
does
entertain
and
the
credit
goes
to
Mithun
mainly.
He
is
the
life
in
the
film
and
honestly,
there's
nothing
to
look
forward
to
except
him.
Muthuswami's
father
is
on
the
deathbed
and
Muthu
[Mithun]
comes
to
see
him
and
pay
his
last
respects.
The
father
slaps
Muthu
and
tells
him
that
he
has
brought
shame
to
the
family
by
being
a
gangster
and
that
he
would
die
an
unhappy
man.
The
Don
asks
his
father
what
he
could
do
to
bring
his
father
peace.
He
extracts
a
promise
from
his
son
that
he
should
go
straight.
Thus
begins
the
drama
of
the
Don
trying
to
change
into
a
gentleman.
From
Don
Muthuswami
to
Sir
Muthuswami.
Muthu
tells
his
henchmen
to
continue
working
for
him,
but
instead
of
being
gangsters,
they
have
to
work
as
domestic
help.
He
engages
an
Urdu/Hindi
teacher
Jaikishan
[Mohit
Raina]
to
improve
his
language.
To
add
to
the
confusion
is
his
daughter
Sanjana's
[Hrishita
Bhatt]
marriage.
The
best
match,
according
to
him,
was
his
good
friend
Don
Vardhan's
son
Pradhan,
but
Sanjana
refuses.
In
fact,
she
lies
that
she
is
pregnant.
Muthu's
manager
Preetam
[Rohit
Roy],
who
wants
to
marry
Muthu's
daughter,
is
another
angle
of
this
story.
He
had
been
stealing
regularly
from
Muthu,
to
make
himself
a
millionaire.
There's
also
Ranjana
[Anusmriti],
who
tells
Muthu
that
she
loves
his
accountant
Preetam.
Meanwhile,
Sanjana
and
Jaikishan
fall
in
love
and
make
things
more
complicated.
There
are
two
sides
to
every
coin,
so
let's
not
forget
the
negative
aspects
here.
Minus
Mithun,
there's
not
much
to
look
forward
to
in
this
film.
Also,
look
keenly
on
the
screen
and
you
instantly
notice
the
lackluster
look
of
the
film.
The
look,
in
fact,
reminds
you
of
the
1980s
era.
Ashim
Samanta's
direction
is
passable.
Music
[Anu
Malik]
is
hardly
appealing.
Cinematography
[Harish
Joshi]
is
appropriate.
As
mentioned
earlier,
Mithun
is
the
sole
saving
grace.
Rohit
Roy
also
gets
good
marks.
Shakti
Kapoor
is
okay.
Hrishita
Bhatt
is
a
bit
loud.
Mohit
Raina
is
fair.
On
the
whole,
this
Don
doesn't
have
the
capability
to
rule
the
hearts.
Story first published: Saturday, May 24, 2008, 11:33 [IST]