Amitabh Bachchan says people were ‘annoyed’ with his film Don’s title

Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan has been busy with exciting projects. The actor shared that when the title of his 1978 film Don was announced, many people in Bollywood ‘were quite unaware of the word’. In his blog, Amitabh wrote that at that time people were familiar with the undergarment brand Dawn, and believed the movie would be about the same.

Taking to his blog on Thursday night, Amitabh wrote, “Does it dawn .. dawn in the recognised morn of the day .. the day doth announce its presence .. or about its presence .. and the world of writing and writers hurriedly adopts the ‘dawn’ to their world .. ‘ it be the dawn of a new world’ .. they say .. or words to that effect .. effective, poetic and composite .. whether the dawn turns to the sunlit day or not irrespective .. or sets into another quiet unknown night for another dawn to re appear ..

He also added, “Amusingly, when the film DON was announced with me .. many in the world of Hindi cinema were quite unaware of the word don .. what they were familiar with was a product known as DAWN .. the DAWN banyaan (vests) .. vests .. And the market was very sceptical and annoyed with the makers as to why a film title should be about undergarments .. !! Many still are .. (rolling on the floor laughing emoji).”

On the workfront, Amitabh will be seen in Project K which also stars Deepika Padukone and Prabhas. Helmed by Nag Ashwin, Project K is a bilingual film shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu across various locations. He will also be seen in Ribhu Dasgupta’s next courtroom drama film Section 84.