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May 13, 2022 · In the hands of any other actor in Tamil cinema today, Don would have been a painfully mediocre film. In Sivakarthikeyan's hands, it's a forgivably mediocre one. As for Cibi, he is simply another addition to Tamil cinema's "patently unoriginal but moderately entertaining" hall of fame.
May 13, 2022 · They don't know what alternative career they can fall back on. Sivakarthikeyan's character in Don echoes everything a mediocre Engineering student goes through. Interestingly, Cibi could turn a formula film into utterly non-formulaic. At least, this was the impression I got.
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In Cibi Chakravarthy’s debut film Don, which stars Sivakarthikeyan in the lead, drama works more effectively than the comedy. However, it's the comedy that makes up for about 80% of the movie.
May 13, 2022 · Don is the new entrant in a long series of movies that talk about Indian parents’ obsession with making their children engineers. Sivakarthikeyan’s Chakaravarthi hates his father. And he has his reasons. Chakaravarthi’s father, played by Samuthirakani, is a working-class man, with old-fashioned parenting skills.
May 13, 2022 · Don may have the exterior of a fun, college film, but its core is made of solid emotion. Though our sympathies lie with Chakravarthy, the film remembers that he’s still a naïve, college student, who lacks the capacity to see the bigger picture.
May 13, 2022 · Cibi Chakravarthi shows a lot of promise in his first film, Don. He knows how to elevate a simple story and does it effortlessly with interesting ideas. By recreating iconic scenes from Vaali and Baasha, Don takes everyone on a nostalgic ride. And that’s why the film works to a great extent.
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May 13, 2022 · Don is a well-intentioned film. It aims to speak of the well-oiled processing machine that our education system is. No matter what the input is, the output needs to be the same. It also aspires to speak of the steadfast faith Indian parents have in this system. But for a film with such lofty ideals, Don’s writing rarely engages with nuance.
