Dandupalya (franchise)
2012 Indian film
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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.
Directed bySrinivas Raju
K. T. Nayak (Dandupalya 4)
K. T. Nayak (Dandupalya 4)
Written bySrinivas Raju
K. T. Nayak (Dandupalya 4)
K. T. Nayak (Dandupalya 4)
Produced byPrashanth 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)
Girish T. (Dandupalya)
Venkat (2, Dandupalya 4)
Ram Talluri (3)
Prem Kumar Pandey (Thaggedele)
N. Akhilesh Reddy (Thaggedele)
P. V. Subba Reddy (Thaggedele)
StarringPooja Gandhi
Makarand Deshpande
P. Ravi Shankar
Ravi Kale
Shruti (2, 3)
Sanjjanaa (2, 3)
Suman Ranganathan (Dandupalya 4)
Makarand Deshpande
P. Ravi Shankar
Ravi Kale
Shruti (2, 3)
Sanjjanaa (2, 3)
Suman Ranganathan (Dandupalya 4)
| 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) |
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| Country | India |
| Languages | Kannada Telugu (Thaggedele) |
Films
The 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
| 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 | |||||