Dandupalya is an Indian crime thriller film franchise created by Srinivas Raju and is based on a real gang named Dandupalya. The franchise consists of four Kannada-language films and one Telugu-language spin-off film.
| Dandupalya | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Srinivas Raju K. T. Nayak (Dandupalya 4) |
| Written by | Srinivas Raju K. T. Nayak (Dandupalya 4) |
| Produced by | Prashanth G. R. (Dandupalya) Girish T. (Dandupalya) Venkat (2, Dandupalya 4) Ram Talluri (3) Prem Kumar Pandey (Thaggedele) N. Akhilesh Reddy (Thaggedele) P. V. Subba Reddy (Thaggedele) |
| Starring | Pooja Gandhi Makarand Deshpande P. Ravi Shankar Ravi Kale Shruti (2, 3) Sanjjanaa (2, 3) Suman Ranganathan (Dandupalya 4) |
| Cinematography | Venkat Prasad Manu Girish (Dandupalya 4) |
| Edited by | S. Manohar (Dandupalya) C. Ravichandran (2, 3) Garry BH (Thaggedele) |
| Music by | Arjun Janya Anand Rajavikraman (Dandupalya 4) Charan Arjun (Thaggedele) Chinna (Thaggedele) |
Production companies | Apple Blossom Creations (Dandupalya) Venkaat Movies (2, Dandupalya 4) SRT Entertainers Private Limited (3) Bhadra Productions (Thaggedele) |
Release date | 29 June 2012 (Dandupalya) 14 July 2017 (2) 16 March 2018 (3) 1 November 2019 (Dandupalya 4) 4 November 2022 (Thaggedele) |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Kannada Telugu (Thaggedele) |
Films
editThe trilogy was directed by Srinivas Raju.[1][2] The second and third films were shot simultaneously.[3] The third film was considered the conclusion of the series.[4] However, a fourth film was made with Raju and Pooja Gandhi distancing themselves from the film.[5] Raju brought back several characters from the trilogy in the Telugu-language film Thaggedele (2022).[6]
Cast and characters
edit| Characters | Main films | Spin-off film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dandupalya | Dandupalya 2 | Dandupalya 3 | Dandupalya 4 | Thaggedele | ||
| Lakshmi | Pooja Gandhi | Pooja Gandhi | ||||
| Krishna | Makarand Deshpande | Makarand Deshpande | ||||
| Inspector Chalapathi | P. Ravi Shankar | P. Ravi Shankar | ||||
| Chander | Ravi Kale | Ravi Kale | ||||
| Chikkmuniya | Kari Subbu | |||||
| Koti Thimma | Jayadev Mohan | |||||
| Abhivyakthi | Shruti | |||||
| Chandri | Sanjjanaa | |||||
| Jailor | Sathyajith | |||||
| Sundri | Suman Ranganathan | |||||
| Eshwar | Naveen Chandra | |||||
| Devi | Divya Pillai | |||||
| Liza | Ananya Raj | |||||
Impact
editThe franchise's success inspired other similar films such as Khatarnak (2013).[7]
References
edit- ^ Sharadhaa, A. (13 July 2017). "2 has no crime, it has innocence and drama: Srinivas Raju". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Sharadhaa, A. (5 November 2017). "Dandupalya crime trilogy to conclude soon". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Dandupalya 3 Shot simultaneously with Part 2". The New Indian Express. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Desai, Dhwani (18 March 2018). "There is relief and some pain in giving Dandupalya a conclusion". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Adivi, Sridhar (2 March 2018). "Pooja Gandhi: I'm not doing Dandupalyam 4 ; these posters are a joke". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Nyayapati, Neeshita (4 November 2022). "The human emotions in Thaggedele make it stand out as a crime thriller". Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ S., Shyam Prasad (22 November 2013). "Movie review: Khatarnak". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 12 June 2024.