Wonder what they do to ‘perfectly’ portray a guy no one has really seen much in public and someone they (hopefully) have never interacted with, nevertheless, here’s bringing you a list of asli dons and their screen versions portrayed by our stars over the years… with Dawood Ibrahim and Haji Mastan emerging clear favourites with Bollywood! Now all of them say this – that they are doing their bit to perfect the role. The latest in the line is Bollywood’s brand new villain Sonu Sood, who is going around saying, “I am super excited to be playing Dawood Ibrahim.” He will be essaying the role of the underworld don in “Shootout At Wadala” and he also says he is doing his bit to carry off the role perfectly. Think Shabana Azmi (“Godmother”), Nayagan (“Kamal Haasan”), Amitabh Bachchan (“Agneepath”). Also, our stars have, since long, been very proud of playing don on screen, and have even won awards for the same. Incidentally, they also became the basic role-models(!), and have, almost been idolised by script writers down the ages when it comes to penning villains’ roles. Apparently, after the movie, Lala gained a fan club and almost managed to escape his past as a goon!), Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar mingled with top superstars and even produced many films. Blame it on Marlon Brando and his inmitable don Corleone act, or the fact that the underworld Bollywood nexus trails back to the 60s when noted dons Karim Lala (think Pran in “Zanjeer” as the good-hearted Pathan.
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