Don is one of the films that catapulted Amitabh to superstardom in his career. The movie was also unofficially remade in 1991 into Punjabi language Pakistani movie titled Cobra. The intro to "Yeh Mera Dil" was sampled by the Black Eyed Peas for the song " Don't Phunk with My Heart" (2005). Don is also known for its theme music, which was used in the American Dad! episode " Tearjerker" (2008). It also inspired several South Indian remakes, notably the Tamil film Billa (1980), a breakthrough film for Rajinikanth. The film spawned the Don franchise Javed Akhtar's son Farhan Akhtar created a remake Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) and its sequel Don 2 (2011), both starring Shah Rukh Khan. It was the third highest-grossing Indian film of 1978, and was classified a golden jubilee by Box Office India. The film features music by Kalyanji Anandji, with lyrics by Anjaan and Indeevar. Written by Salim–Javed, the plot revolves around Vijay, a Bombay slum-dweller who resembles the powerful criminal Don, being asked by police superitendent D'Silva ( Iftekhar) to masquerade as Don due to the latter's death, in order to act as an informant for the police and track down the root of the criminal organization. Bachchan plays a dual role, as Bombay underworld criminal Don and his lookalike Vijay. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, and Pran. Don is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Chandra Barot and produced by Nariman Irani.
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