- Genre: Action, Thriller
- Language: Hindi
- Release Date: December, 23, 2011
- Directed By: Farhan Akhtar
- Produced By: Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani
- Shahrukh Khan as Don
- Priyanka Chopra as Roma
- Lara Dutta as Ayesha
- Kunal Kapoor as Sameer Ali
- Om Puri as Malik
- Boman Irani as Vardhaan
- Aly Khan as J.K. Diwan
- Nawwab Shah as Jabar
- Saahil Shroff as Arjun
- Florian Lukas as Jens Berkel
- 1.Zaraa Dil Ko Thaam Lo
2.Hai Ye Maya
3.Dushman Mera
4.The King Is Back – Theme
5.Mujhko Pehchaanlo
6.The ‘Don’ Waltz
- Don 2 had a different team of writers from the first film, and it included Akhtar, Ameet Mehta and Amrish Shah. Akhtar stated that “The first film was my father’s vision, but Don 2 is being written by fans only. These are yours truly and two new enthusiastic boys, Ameet and Amreesh, who came to me with their ideas on how the story can be carried forward. I’ve thrown my ideas at them. Don 2 is basically being written by three Don fans who are having a ball carrying the story forward.” On November 15, it was announced that Khan became the first celebrity to register a tattoo in his name, when the ‘D’ tattoo ported on his arm in the film was registered for copyright protection.
- Bollywood is all about massaging King-sized egos and playing up larger-than-life epithets. SRK gets a massive one at that with the custom-creation, The King is back. While it nowhere comes near the uber sophistication of Don Revisited from the previous OST, The King’s homecoming rendered by Sunitha Sarathy is adequately stylish and dramatic. If only this pepped-up Kalyanji-Anandji reworking wouldn’t slow down, every now and then, to hit a jarringly maudlin note.
- This is one of the most anticipated sequels of the current times and actually takes the story forward, hence almost warranting that good music would be the soul here
- Music of Don – The Chase Begins is still playing, courtesy ‘Aaj Ki Raat’ which is popular despite being heard first half a decade ago
- Music coming from the house of Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani always promises a certain degree of class
- Whenever Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Javed Akhtar have come together, they have seldom failed
- With such factors raising one’s expectations to a real high, nothing less than fantabulous is acceptable for the music of Don 2.
- As mentioned at the very beginning, nothing less than a rocking album was expected from Don 2. However, what one gets to hear is a soundtrack which is pretty much a mixed bag. At places it works while at points, it just doesn’t make you jump with joy. Also, there isn’t anything which comes across as memorable enough to be played a few months down the line, leave aside a few years. Eventually what you get is a soundtrack that would go along with the narrative and acts as a good situational ingredient but that’s about it.