''Don Muthu Swami'' is a 2008 Indian

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-language comedy-drama film directed by

Ashim Samanta Ashim Samanta is an Indian film and television director and producer, and the son of film director and Shakti Films founder Shakti Samanta. Shortly after receiving his bachelor's degree in commerce from Bombay University in 1976, Samanta star ...

starring

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

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

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'' which itself was a remake of 1967 French movie ''

''.

Songs

#"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 ...

#"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 an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film in ...

#"Jimmy Aaja" - Parvati Khan #"Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" - Kishore Kumar, Anand Kumar C. #"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 Ma ...

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) opposite Shah Rukh Khan, but it was '' Haasil'' (2003) that brought her fame. Bhatt received critical acc ...

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 600 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor teame ...

as Noora *

Rohit Roy Rohit Bose Roy (born 5 April 1969) is an Indian television and film actor. He is known for his role in Hindi television serials such as '' Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand'' and '' Swabhimaan''. Besides working in television series, Roy has also a ...

as Preetam * Mohit Raina As Jaikishan * Dolly Minhas as Lata *

Dilip Joshi Dilip Joshi (born 26 May 1968) is an Indian film, television actor. He has appeared in several Indian movies and television series. Joshi has performed mostly in comedy roles, he initially worked in side roles in Bollywood films and then rose to ...

as Fikarchand *

Rakesh Bedi Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in television shows like '' Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), '' Shrim ...

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 ...

as Savitri * Ali Asgar as Rehman *

Viju Khote Viju Khote (17 December 1941 – 30 September 2019) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in more than 440 films in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He was famous as the dacoit ''Kaalia'' in the film '' Sholay'' and the dialogue, "Sardar ...

as Usmaan *Ashwin Kaushal as Salim * Achyut Potdar as Ishwar *

Birbal Birbal (; born Mahesh Das; 1528 16 February 1586), or Raja Birbal, was a Saraswat Hindu Bhatt Brahmin advisor and main commander (''Mukhya Senapati'') of army in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. He is mostly known in the Indian subconti ...

as Pundit *

Upasna Singh Upasana Singh (born 29 June 1975) is an Indian actress and stand-up comedian. Singh is known for her role as a deaf-mute in the 1997 film ''Judaai (1997 film), Judaai''. Later on, she got famous for her negative portrayal in ''Son Pari'' as C ...

as Barkha *Ali Razak as Commissioner *Yusuf Hussain as Chit Fund1 * Vishal Kotian as Veeru *

Sonia Kapoor Sonia Kapoor Reshammiya 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 Mumb ...

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

Reception

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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 {{2000s-comedy-film-stub