The Don (2006 film)
The Don is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas from a story written by J. Pallassery. It stars an ensemble cast of Dileep, Lal, Saikumar, Bheeman Raghu and Baburaj. The Don was released on 5 September 2006 where it received negative reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb. Premise 
Unnikrishnan becomes a trusted right hand to Kasim Baba, after he saved him from a group of goons. However, when Kasim gets killed by his nephew Sulaiman, Unni gets accused of the murder and is arrested. He decides to prove his innocence and avenge Kasim's death, by killing his murderers. Cast 

Dileep as Unnikrishnan (Salaam)
Lal as Kasim Baba
Saikumar as Advocate Subramaniam Swami 
Maniyanpilla Raju as MLA Abdullah Kutty
Harisree Asokan as Salim, Unni's friend
Gopika as Shahida
Chitra Shenoy as Baba's wife
Bheeman Raghu as Sikandar
Baburaj as Abooty
Lalu Alex as Jail Superintendent Vishwanathan
Kazan Khan as Sharon Bhai
Spadikam George as D.Y.S.P Anirudhan
Shammi Thilakan as Sulaiman, Baba's nephew
Subair as Koya Sahib
Sreejith Ravi as Vasu, Unni's friend
Anil Murali as Joji, Unni's friend
Augustine as Kabir Bhai
Sukumari as Devakiamma

Production
This film marks the first collaboration between Shaji Kailas and Dileep. Pooja was initially considered to be the heroine, but the role went to Gopika. Soundtrack 
The music was composed by Mohan Sithara. "Chandanatheril" - M. G. Sreekumar, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (lyrics by Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma)
"The Don (Theme)"

Release 
The Don was scheduled to release before Onam, before the release was pushed to the first week of September. Critical response 
Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and wrote "The Don is simply a hotchpotch of many action-drama films, clumsily put together". A critic from Webindia123 wrote that "It may be better for Dileep to stop trying to become an action hero". A critic from Indiaglitz stated that "The screenplay of Pallaserry offers nothing new. And with the song which arrives an hour into the proceedings, the tempo slackens". Unni Nair of Nowrunning said that "The Don is not his [Shaji Kailas'] worst effort yet". Future
Dileep and Shaji Kailas were reported to collaborate again for another film produced by Dileep, but it did not materialise. References

2006 films
2006 action films
Indian action films
Indian gangster films
2000s Malayalam-language films
Films directed by Shaji Kailas