One can imagine the outcome of a movie when one person does all of the following in that movie

1.Story
2.Screenplay
3.Direction
4.Music
5.Dance choreography and
6.a Major role

It takes a lot, especially if the director has only a couple of films to his credit and the protagonist is a very big star.

I am referring to the latest Telugu release, Nagarjuna starrer Don. The movie starts on a promising note and Nagarjuna's entry was one of the best intro scenes in the recent times in the Indian cinema. The immediate scene (comedy) between Nag and the director Raghavendra Lawrence takes us back to 1970s. Then 15 minutes later, the villain's (Kelly Dorji) introduction scene again takes us to another world (a la Hollywood scene). The ensuing sequences where the hero romances the heroine always remind us of some old movies. The interval bang comes out as a big surprise with the two Dons (the hero and villain) challenging each other but in a very cool manner.

The second half is full of chases and three songs (of which two come as barriers to the fast-paced screenplay). The best scene is when Nag goes to Mumbai to meet his counterpart. Thus, the excellent and poor scenes play hide and seek with the viewers. The good thing is that the climax is very different from the routine stuff that Indian movies generate.

Coming out of the theater, one feels that they have seen a movie that would have been better had it been directed by someone more passionate and experienced than the dance director.

All in all, a movie which had the scope to become a huge blockbuster and a trend-setter, turned out an average flick.