Dandupalya (franchise)

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 (2012-06-29) (Dandupalya) 14 July 2017 (2017-07-14) (2) 16 March 2018 (2018-03-16) (3) 1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) (Dandupalya 4) 4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) (Thaggedele)
Country	India
Languages	Kannada Telugu (Thaggedele)

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.

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

Impact

The franchise's success inspired other similar films such as Khatarnak (2013).[7]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. S., Shyam Prasad (22 November 2013). "Movie review: Khatarnak". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 12 June 2024.