Don (2022 film)

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Don
Don 2022 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCibi Chakaravarthi
Written byCibi Chakaravarthi
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyK. M. Bhaskaran
Edited byNagooran
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
Production
companies
Release date
  • 13 May 2022 (2022-05-13)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹10 crore

Don is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action comedy film[1] written and directed by Cibi Chakaravarthi in his directorial debut, and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran of Lyca Productions.[2] Sivakarthikeyan starred in the lead role and co-produced the film under his Sivakarthikeyan Productions banner, while Priyanka Arul Mohan, S. J. Suryah, Samuthirakani and Soori appearing in pivotal roles. It features music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, with cinematography and editing by K. M. Bhaskaran and Nagooran respectively.

The film was announced in January 2021 with production taking place between February–December 2021. It was shot extensively across Tamil Nadu including Coimbatore, Chennai, Pollachi and Udumalaipettai, while a song was filmed in Agra. Don is scheduled to release theatrically on 13 May 2022.[3]

Cast[]

Production[]

Development[]

In August 2017, Sivakarthikeyan was reported to collaborate with his friend Vignesh Shivan, post Suriya's Thaanaa Serndha Koottam, with the films producer K. E. Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green also obtained its rights for the forthcoming project.[11] However, the film failed to materialise and in March 2018,[12] and Sivakarthikeyan instead agreed to do another film for Raja, which became the M. Rajesh-directorial Mr. Local.[13] In March 2019, Lyca Productions announced another project featuring Sivakarthikeyan and Vignesh Shivan with Anirudh Ravichander set to score music.[14] Vignesh also finalised the script for the film in June 2019, as the project is scheduled to begin production the following month.[15] In a turn of events, Lyca Productions backed out of producing the venture and Vignesh Shivan too prioritised to revive his shelved project Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal which went on floors in late-2020.[16]

In September 2020, Sivakarthikeyan announced another new project for Lyca Productions with a debutant director hired to helm the project.[17] The project was officially announced on 27 January 2021,[18] which was titled as Don and the actor himself co-produced the film under his Sivakarthikeyan Productions banner.[19] It was directed by Cibi Chakaravarthi, an associate director of Atlee, with Anirudh Ravichander being the music composer.[20] Sivakarthikeyan was rumoured to appear as a school student for few portions in the film, and also reduced weight for his role.[21]

In an interview with Ananda Vikatan, Chakravarthi described Don as an extended version of a short film titled Bittu, starring Kaali Venkat and Bala Saravanan. He said Bittu was initially scheduled to be premiered as a television pilot, but due to difficulties, he instead released it as a short film on the internet. When he was working as an assistant director to Atlee in Mersal (2017), the film's star Vijay watched the short and appreciated his work, motivating him to work on an extended version of the pilot film to be his directorial debut.[22]

Casting[]

On 3 February 2021, the makers announced the principal cast of the film which included Priyanka Arul Mohan, S. J. Suryah, and Samuthirakani.[4] Priyanka reunited with Sivakarthikeyan in the film, which marked their second collaboration after Doctor.[23] Soori who also collaborated with the actor in several films based on rural settings (Varuthapadaatha Vaalibar Sangam, Rajinimurugan, Seemaraja and Namma Veettu Pillai), joined for the first time in an urban-setting film.[5] The next week, Munishkanth, Bala Saravanan, Kaali Venkat, RJ Vijay and Sivaangi Krishnakumar, who was known for her appearance in Star Vijay's reality show Cooku With Comali, were also announced as part of the cast.[6] Both Saravanan and Venkat were part of Cibi's pilot film Bittu, which was extended to make it as a feature film.[22]

Sharing about his role in the film, Vijay said that "I used to stare and look at them performing, forgetting that I myself is an actor in that scene. Don is a big learning experience. I am seeing everything in close quarters and it is a lifetime opportunity."[24] More additions to the cast were, Raju Jeyamohan, replacing Shariq Hassan Khan who signed for a pivotal role in the film,[9] Ranjith Ayyasamy and Wilfred Ryan.[25] Gautham Vasudev Menon was also roped in for a cameo in the film.[26][27]

Filming[]

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, where integral portions of the film has been shot.

Principal photography began on 11 February 2021 at Coimbatore. A launch event for the film took place in Chennai followed by a traditional pooja ceremony,[28] which saw the presence of the film's cast and crew in entirety.[29] Major portions of the film is scheduled to take place at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, located in the suburbs of Coimbatore,[30] with the film is scheduled to be wrapped in a single stretch of 40 days, with more than 20–25 days were allotted for two schedules each.[31] This schedule started on 15 February and ended in 15 March, which was filmed within 28 days.[32] The team then moved to Chennai, to begin the second filming schedule on 22 March which was completed within a span of 25 days.[33] A song titled "Jalabulajangu" was filmed at the outskirts of Chennai, during this schedule.[34] Choreography performed by Shobi, the actor danced to the track in one leg, similar to the moves that Vijay did in "Valayappatti Thavile" from Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007), also choreographed by Shobi.[34]

The team intended to start the next schedule of filming, but was halted on late-April 2021 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu.[35] The second schedule began on 15 July 2021 with scenes were mostly in Chennai and its surrounding areas. Additional campus scenes were filmed in Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science in Chennai.[36] With the schedule being wrapped in 24 days, the team headed to Pollachi and Udumalaipettai, to progress the shoot further on 10 August.[37] During filming, the first day shoot was halted after large number of locals gathered at the shooting spot, and the crew did not receive permission from the authorities, since the location is close to the forest boundary. The team were fined ₹19,400 for shooting without permission and over-crowding.[38] In September 2021, the team had completed this schedule and headed to Agra for song shoot.[39] In October 2021, S. J. Suryah completed all the portions for the film.[40] It has been reported that Sivakarthikeyan had completed shooting for the film, except for one song.[41] After the completion of that track, filming wrapped on 10 December 2021.[42]

Post-production[]

Post-production for the film began during 23 September 2021, with the dubbing process.[43] Sivakarthikeyan and Sivaangi Krishnakumar began dubbing for their portions.[44] On 9 November 2021, the actor tweeted that he had completed the dubbing works of the film in Chennai, despite the bad weather prevailing.[45] In late-December 2021, Chakravarthi had announced that S. J. Suryah had completed dubbing his portions for the film.[46] As of January 2022, the work on visual effects, digital intermediate, color grading is pending, delaying the post-production process,[47] while other works such as re-recording and sound mixing was not complete by early-January, hampering the work on the final edit.[47]

Music[]

The film's soundtrack album is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his seventh collaboration with Sivakarthikeyan. The lyrics for the songs were written by Vignesh Shivan and Rokesh. Besides acting, Sivakarthikeyan had written lyrics for one of the tracks, which was a duet song.[22] In an interview to Radio Mirchi, Anirudh revealed that the film will feature five songs and will be a youthful album to be appreciated by the masses.[48]

On 17 December 2021, the first single track from the film titled "Jalabulajangu" was released by Sony Music,[49] which features vocals written by Rokesh and sung by the composer himself.[50] It is touted to be a happy college dance number, infused with campus band tune with heavy beats.[51] The track title is derived from the iconic dialogue by Senthil in the Tamil film Gentleman (1993).[52] The opening lyrics of the track also featured lines such as "Ammuku Dummuku Amaal Dumaal" and "Inna Thalaa" which were popular among the masses (Amukku Dumukku Ajith was credited for the lines in the track).[53] In the year-end review for Cinema Express, Avinash Ramachandran's article about Jukebox 2021, mentioned the track regarding the use of trending and popular words in film songs.[54]

The second single "Bae" was released on 7 February 2022.[55] Written by Vignesh Shivan, the track was sung by RK Adithya, a contestant of the Star Vijay-hosted reality show Super Singer 8.[56]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Jalabulajangu"RokeshAnirudh Ravichander3:25
2."Bae"Vignesh ShivanRK Adithya4:04
Total length:7:29

Release[]

Theatrical[]

Don was initially scheduled for theatrical release on Republic Day (26 January 2022).[57] Due to the release of big-budget films in that month, the producers pushed the release date to Valentine's Day weekend (14 February 2022),[58] and later rescheduled to 17 February 2022, to coincide the actor's birthday.[59] It was again delayed due to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in India, and in late-January 2022, the film was confirmed to a worldwide theatrical release on 25 March 2022.[60][61] The release was postponed again, in order to avoid clash with S. S. Rajamouli's RRR being scheduled on the same date, and Lyca Productions (the film's producer) also distributed the film in Tamil Nadu,[62] and a new release date of 13 May 2022 was announced later.[63][64]

Home media[]

The satellite rights were initially reported to be sold to Zee Tamil,[65] however, it was later acquired by .[66][67] The digital rights were acquired by Netflix.[65][68]

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