International version of Shahrukh Khan’s ‘Don 2’ to release
Reportedly, musical numbers will be eliminated and melodrama tempered for the version shown to moviegoers outside India.
Don 2 is directed by Farhan Akhtar, who also helmed the first installment Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006), a box-office hit and a remake the 1978 Hindi cult classic Don, starring Amitabh Bachchan.
In the upcoming sequel, the main character Don, an Indian mob boss, sets out to take control of the European underworld. The film was shot in Berlin, Germany.
Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, and Om Puri will reprise their roles from the 2006 film; Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor will play new characters; Hrithik Roshan will make a cameo appearance.
Don 2 will compete globally with the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series, which releases one week before Don 2. Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor plays a villain in the Tom Cruise-starrer.
International versions of Bollywood movies are not new. An English version of the Hrithik Roshan-starrer Kites, which released in May 2010, was edited for Western audiences by American filmmaker Brett Ratner. Kites garnered rare praise for a Hindi film from Western critics and it cracked the North American box-office top 10 during its opening weekend.
Khan's upcoming superhero film Ra.One, also starring Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, will release in October 2011. The release of two Khan films so close together is unusual for the actor, who has, in recent years, released only one film a year. Ra.One was originally scheduled to hit theaters in June 2011, but was pushed back because of extensive post-production work.
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