High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Don is a 1978 Indian action film, produced by Nariman Irani and directed by Chandra Barot, with music by Kalyanji Anandji and lyrics by Anjaan.The first installment in the Don (film series). The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Iftekhar, Helen and Om Shivpuri, Satyen Kappu and Pinchoo Kapoor. It was the third-highest grossing Bollywood movie of 1978, and was classified a "hit" by Box Office India. It has gained cult film status in India. Its success later inspired the Don film franchise.