Don 2 (SRK, Priyanka) Dir: Farhan Akhtar

[Maryah]

I've highlighted an interesting paragraph in this recent news report - according to Farhan, Don 2 is being written by himself and two fans. 

By Subhash K. Jha, June 10, 2009 - 17:23 IST

Not to quibble - but over one year ago doesn't really seem all that recent.

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Not to quibble - but over one year ago doesn't really seem all that recent.

You are right - its still 2009 and not 2010 in my mind.   .  My apologies.  I found it interesting that he was writing the story with a couple die hard Don fans as opposed to using his father.  Its quite unusual and I'd be curious to see the result. 

[Maryah]

You are right - its still 2009 and not 2010 in my mind.   .  My apologies.  I found it interesting that he was writing the story with a couple die hard Don fans as opposed to using his father.  Its quite unusual and I'd be curious to see the result. 

No problem.

Just a guess, but... I have a feeling Farhan didn't mean he just drafted two random Don fans off the street. I think he means he's working with two of his staff writers who happen to be Don fans. And he's including himself among the team of 3 fans who are writing.

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These are yours truly and two new enthusiastic boys Ameet and Amreesh who came to me with their ideas on how the story can be carried forward.

Farhan's quote about "two new enthusiastic boys who came to me with their ideas" sounds like it could be just ardent fans with ideas and not professional writers.  The IMDB site for Don 2 (2011) credits just Farhan for the story and mentions no other names.  We will find out, as the release approaches, if Farhan actually got some of his ideas from these two guys and wrote a story around it.  I'd be curious.

[Anamika]

Great news for SRK fans in Berlin: He's there, and they are shooting "Don 2" until the end of November there (which is, by the way, one of the darkest months with the worst weather you can get in Germany - beats me why on earth anyone would want to shoot there now instead of in Summer, when it's really beautiful).

One of many article sources: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shah-rukh-khan-charms-berlin/701461/

Photos:
http://www.filmicafe.com/photo_event_images.php?cat_id=1&subcat_id=1&event_id=6015&sort=view

Video (in German)
http://de.news.yahoo.com/3/20101022/video/vwl-bollywood-in-berlin-d7f4ae7.html


ETA: Now I am very much hoping for member's reports from Berlin. Has anyone signed up as an extra?

[lena]

Great news for SRK fans in Berlin: He's there, and they are shooting "Don 2" until the end of November there (which is, by the way, one of the darkest months with the worst weather you can get in Germany - beats me why on earth anyone would want to shoot there now instead of in Summer, when it's really beautiful).

Possibly they want dark, murky weather for Don's dark, murky doings?

[anjali_sharma]

shooting details frm the sets of don 2:

http://www.shahrukhandkajol.org/shootingDON2.php

pics:

http://www.shahrukhandkajol.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=128

[chinchinchu]

Looking forward to this film and also thrilled that Kunal Kapoor is in it. Not only for the double-yummy factor, but also because he's a great actor. I hope this film gives him the same type of career boost that the prior one gave to (the much less talented) Arjun.

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Here's a video of that jump.  Its a 300' jump or 30 standard height floors.  That's pretty gutsy.  I tend to take "I like to do my own stunts" type assertions with a grain of salt but this guy actually does what he says.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLf-zK_KFN0

[Poonam]

Here's a video of that jump.  Its a 300' jump or 30 standard height floors.  That's pretty gutsy.  I tend to take "I like to do my own stunts" type assertions with a grain of salt but this guy actually does what he says.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLf-zK_KFN0

Creeped me out *goosepimples* Did I imagine it or does he say a prayer out there?

[Anamika]

Here's a video of that jump.  Its a 300' jump or 30 standard height floors.  That's pretty gutsy.  I tend to take "I like to do my own stunts" type assertions with a grain of salt but this guy actually does what he says.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLf-zK_KFN0

You guys didn't understand the German commentary, I assume. Although SRK stood on that edge, it wasn't him who finally jumped, it was a stuntman.

[Poonam]

You guys didn't understand the German commentary, I assume. Although SRK stood on that edge, it wasn't him who finally jumped, it was a stuntman.

He seems to have done some kind of jump if you go by his tweets:

Had done the base jump from this building...eh the tall one on the left...now feeling scared. http://twitpic.com/2xb47p
10:21 PM Oct 13th via Twitpic

my jump was last shot of day. want to thank my duplicate & action team, to do it before me for wide shots & make me feel confident about it
10:27 PM Oct 12th via web

Just did a over 300 feet base jump for Don...cos u all make me believe i can fly. Time to tell kids about the birds and the bees...ha ha
9:57 PM Oct 12th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[bolly.fan]

Looking forward to this film and also thrilled that Kunal Kapoor is in it. Not only for the double-yummy factor, but also because he's a great actor. I hope this film gives him the same type of career boost that the prior one gave to (the much less talented) Arjun.

Agreed. Like Kunal alot. I think the Arjun comment is a bit harsh though. Arjun does have a good screen presence.

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[Aishwarya4eva]

^ GAHHH the prison scene! Can't wait!

By the way, have we gotten a release date yet?

[Arianne]

I guess it's finally dawned on me why some girls love bad boys! 

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Shah Rukh Khan in prison!
By: Shaheen Parkar
Date: 2011-02-21 Place: Mumbai

Here's looking at the Don in a Malaysian jail

The long hands of the law have finally caught up and landed the most wanted man in prison. Here's a first look at Shah Rukh Khan in the Malaysia schedule of Don 2.

The star has been currently filming for the sequel in Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi.

Says a unit source, "The sequences being filmed have the cops tail him and arrest the Don. This has left his folks bewildered as they firmly believed in his dictum: "Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi namumkim hai."

Ace up his sleeve?

Adds the source, "Obviously, there is an ace up his sleeve because the Don has already masterminded a prison break."

SRK who shot with several local Malaysian artistes had to indulge in a lot of physically taxing sequences.

He had to take on the inmates of the jail those who dared to question how he landed up behind the high walls.
King Khan is joined by co-stars Priyanka Chopra and Boman Irani for the schedule.

The star, who sports a special hairdo for his jail sequence, has been getting muddy and dirty as he packs punches with the inmates.

Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar (who is also directing the flick), the movie is slated for a December release.
http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/feb/210211-Shah-Rukh-Khan-Don-2-Malaysia.htm

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...and another one

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By the way, have we gotten a release date yet?

I believe it's christmas 2011

[JodhaBai]

SRK can't pull of menacing to me.   He doesn't pull off superhero look either in Ra 1.  He comes off as cartoonish to me in both looks.

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Nah he can definitely pull it off and some...imo

[alexaha]

I believe it's christmas 2011

when the thread opened I just caught a glimpse of this sentence and while the page kept loading I was convinced it would be in relation to this:

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I guess it's finally dawned on me why some girls love bad boys!  

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Just seemed to make the most sense to me at that particular moment  

[Sanyogita]

Looks like somebody isn't learning from the EPIC FAIL that was Kites: The Remix


Apparently there are plans to put together an international version of Farhan Akhtar's ferocious and flamboyant flick so that SRK can come face to face with Tom Cruise's " Mission Impossible 4".   (Me: So basically they're making an Indian film, taking out it's Indian soul/ USP and hoping it will compete with a globally established action film franchise starring Tom Cruise. OK. )

And to prove how global in execution "Don 2" is, here's the thing. A car chase sequence featuring Shah Rukh shot in Berlin last month was so steep and dangerous it damaged one of the expensive cameras that had been requisitioned to capture the heart-in-the-mouth stunt. Luckily no one was hurt. (Me: WTF? Stunts going wrong prove a film is global?)

"While in the first part, Don wanted to take over the crime syndicate in India, in 'Don 2' the Don wants to capture the entire European market. Shah Rukh's character is no longer an Indian crimelord wanted in 11 countries. He is portrayed as a European gangster, replete with all the trappings of an international kingpin," said a source.

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 and Shah Rukh apparently studied the lives and lifestyles of various international crimelords.

"It was one thing for Shah Rukh to portray the Indian don wanted in 11 countries. In 'Don 2', his character wants to rule Europe. Shah Rukh's clothes, cars, girls, gadgets and perfume had to convey a global aura," said a source. (Me: Lets just include 'Shah Rukh's girls' while talking about trivial, material objects, shall we? But considering that 'Shahrukh's girls' are both winners of prestigious international beauty pageants, they have this sorted.)

"Don 2" is said to be 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.   (Me: If this is the only version that comes to London, I will be a very, very unhappy girl and totally go watch MI 4 instead.)

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-18/news-interviews/28358393_1_shah-rukh-khan-don-films-on-international-crime

[Dolce~oro]

"It was one thing for Shah Rukh to portray the Indian don wanted in 11 countries. In 'Don 2', his character wants to rule Europe. Shah Rukh's clothes, cars, girls, gadgets and perfume had to convey a global aura," said a source. (Me: Lets just include 'Shah Rukh's girls' while talking about trivial, material objects, shall we?)

ROFL! Obviously you're missing the point here: he's supposed to take over Europe with his perfume!    Hey, maybe this one is coming out in 6D, I mean THAT would be truly revolutionary 

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"While in the first part, Don wanted to take over the crime syndicate in India, in 'Don 2' the Don wants to capture the entire European market.

If you control the crime syndicate in India, how is the next logical step Europe? Shouldn't it be Asia?

[Prem Rogue]

^ At this point, more Americans would rather see SRK than Tom Cruise in a film  

I still don't get Bollywood's approach to marketing to the West. It seems to boil down to, "Make exactly the kind of film that Hollywood already makes, just with Indian actors, and cut the songs out." If I was an American audience member who wasn't into Indian films, why would this approach get me to watch an Indian film? Wouldn't I just watch the Hollywood versions of the same thing if they don't really offer anything different? Why should I watch an essentially Hollywood-style movie that's merely in a different language with subtitles?

This approach reeks of insecurity. Rather than making the films they want to and presenting them to the world as-is, they're trying to make the kinds of films that Western audiences already have access to. What's the point of that? It kind of reminds me of when I would have non-Indian friends over to my house when I was younger and my mom would always offer them pizza and mac-and-cheese, even though my friends loved the Indian food she made. For whatever reason she thought they wouldn't like it.

[Sanyogita]

^ At this point, more Americans would rather see SRK than Tom Cruise in a film  

I still don't get Bollywood's approach to marketing to the West. It seems to boil down to, "Make exactly the kind of film that Hollywood already makes, just with Indian actors, and cut the songs out." If I was an American audience member who wasn't into Indian films, why would this approach get me to watch an Indian film? Wouldn't I just watch the Hollywood versions of the same thing if they don't really offer anything different? Why should I watch an essentially Hollywood-style movie that's merely in a different language with subtitles?

This approach reeks of insecurity. Rather than making the films they want to and presenting them to the world as-is, they're trying to make the kinds of films that Western audiences already have access to. What's the point of that? It kind of reminds me of when I would have non-Indian friends over to my house when I was younger and my mom would always offer them pizza and mac-and-cheese, even though my friends loved the Indian food she made. For whatever reason she thought they wouldn't like it.

Beautifully put Prem Rogue  .

ROFL! Obviously you're missing the point here: he's supposed to take over Europe with his perfume!    Hey, maybe this one is coming out in 6D, I mean THAT would be truly revolutionary 

Ofcourse how stupid of me, the 'global perfume' that the audience cannot smell is clearly the key to world domination.  Beware Europe, SRK is coming soon to a cinema near you and he's smelling international. Take that Hollywood!