''Don Muthu Swami'' is a 2008 Indian

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-language

comedy-drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

film directed by Ashim Samanta starring

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa ...

as the Don. The film is a remake of the 1991 American film ''

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,'' which itself was a remake of the 1967 French film ''

''.

Plot

Songs

#"Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" - Kishore Kumar, Anand Kumar C. #"I Am A Disco Dancer (New)" -

Vijay Benedict Vijay Benedict is an Indian former Bollywood playback singer who provided playback for over 35 Bollywood films in the 1980s and early 1990s. Career He made his debut as a singer for the hit 1982 film ''Disco Dancer'' singing the popular title s ...

#"I Love You I Love You" - Deepali Kishore, Emon Chatterjee #"Jeena Bhi Kya" - Salma Agha, Bappi Lahiri #"Jhoom Le Jhoom Le" -

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film ...

#"Jimmy Aaja" - Parvati Khan #"Saath Saath Tum Chalo" - Asha Bhosle, Bhupinder Singh #"Tum Kaun Ho" - Shaan,

Mahalaxmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi, Assamese and Tamil songs. She has sung in many other Indian languages as well, including Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati and Kannada. Career Playback singing M ...

Cast

as Don Muthu Swami *

Hrishitaa Bhatt Hrishitaa Bhatt (born 10 May 1981), also spelled as Hrishita Bhat, is an Indian actress and model. She debuted in the film ''Asoka (2001 film), Asoka'' (2001) opposite Shah Rukh Khan, but it was ''Haasil (film), Haasil'' (2003) that brought her f ...

as Sanjana *

Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor team ...

as Noora *

Rohit Roy Rohit Bose Roy (born 5 April 1968/1969) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several television and film productions. He is best known for his role in Hindi television serials such as '' Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand'' on Star Plus an ...

as Preetam *

Mohit Raina Mohit Raina (born 14 August 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and television. He started his acting career with a science fiction show ''Antariksh'' (2004) and later went on to play a role in '' Don Muthu Swami'' (2008). He ...

As Jaikishan *

Dolly Minhas Dolly Mattoo (née Minhas) (born 8 February 1968) is an Indian actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss India Universe 1988 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1989. She has acted in Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu ...

as Lata *

Dilip Joshi Dilip Joshi is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood, Hindi films and television and is best known for portraying the lead role in the long-running Indian Hindi-language television sitcom, ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'', in which he plays ...

as Fikarchand *

Rakesh Bedi Rakesh Bedi (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his iconic comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and ''Chashme Buddoor (1981 film), Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in tele ...

as Shikharchand *

Meghna Malik Meghna Malik is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and films. She is popularly known as the high-handed Ammaji of Colors TV's popular show ''Na Aana Is Des Laado''. The show dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other a ...

as Savitri * Ali Asgar as Rehman *

Viju Khote Viju Khote (17 December 1941 – 30 September 2019) was an Indian actor best known for his role as Kaalia, a dacoit in the 1975 film ''Sholay'' with the iconic dialogue, “Sardar, maine aapka namak khaya hai.” His career spanned six deca ...

as Usmaan *Ashwin Kaushal as Salim *

Achyut Potdar Achyut Potdar (born 22 August 1934), also simply known as Achyut, is an Indian actor who has worked in over 125 Bollywood films. In addition to film, Potdar has appeared in 95 serials, 26 plays and 45 ads. Early life and education He was bor ...

as Ishwar *

Birbal Mahesh Das (; 1528 16 February 1586), popularly known by his title Rajah Birbal (), was an Indian minister and commander of the Mughal Empire. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. He was app ...

as Pundit *

Upasna Singh Upasana Singh (born 29 June 1975) is an Indian actress and stand-up comedian who works in Hindi and Punjabi language films. Singh is known for her role as a deaf-mute in the 1997 film '' Judaai''. Later on, she got famous for her negative por ...

as Barkha *Ali Razak as Commissioner *Yusuf Hussain as Chit Fund1 *

Vishal Kotian Vishal Kotian is an Indian film and television actor. He is known for playing the role of Birbal in '' Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal'' and ''Akbar Ka Bal Birbal Akbar Ka Bal… Birbal () is an Indian Hindi historical comedy television serie ...

as Veeru *

Sonia Kapoor Sonia Kapoor is an Indian television and film actress who has appeared in many television series and Bollywood films. She married Bollywood actor, singer, music director Himesh Reshammiya on 11 May 2018 in a private ceremony in Mumbai. Tel ...

as Guleri *Aroon Bakshi as Phatkay *Mithalesh as Chit Fund 2 *Anusmriti Sarkar as Ranjana

Reception

The ''

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'' wrote that "Don Muthuswamy wants to mend his ways and find a suitable boy for his daughter who is ready to run away with a driver. He zeros down on a crook (Rohit Roy), because the other crook he had chosen walks away with his maid instead. But while he's stealing back his jewels, which the crook had stolen from him, his daughter steals away with the Urdu teacher instead. Too complicated, too stretched out, terribly unhinged...The only thing that could lure you is nostalgia: Mithunda ka ishtyle"

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* 2008 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2008 comedy films Films scored by Anu Malik Indian slapstick comedy films Indian remakes of French films Films directed by Ashim Samanta Hindi-language comedy films Indian crime comedy films Indian screwball comedy films Indian films based on plays Films based on adaptations Films about organised crime in India {{2000s-comedy-film-stub