Dagudumootha Dandakor

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Dagudumootha Dandakor
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Directed byR. K. Malineni
Screenplay byR. K. Malineni
Story by A. L. Vijay
Based on Saivam
Produced by Ramoji Rao
Krish (presents) [1]
Starring Rajendra Prasad
Sara Arjun
Cinematography Gnana Shekar V. S.
Edited by Dharmendra Kakarala
Music byE. S. Murthy [2]
Production
companies
Distributed by Sri Venkateswara Creations [3]
Release date
  • 9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) [4]
Running time
109 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Dagudumootha Dandakor is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film, produced by Ramoji Rao on Ushakiran Movies & First Frame Entertainment banner, presented by director Krish and directed by R. K. Malineni. [5] Starring Rajendra Prasad, Sara Arjun and music composed by E. S. Murthy. The film is remake of Tamil Movie Saivam (2014). The film is debut to director R. K. Malineni and Sara Arjun replicated her role in Telugu. [6] [7]

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Plot

The film begins in a village where Rajugaju is paterfamilias to an extended family. He has three sons, Sridhar, Murali and Hari, and a daughter, Meenakshi. The first two sons and the daughter settle in Delhi, Chennai, and Dubai respectively, while the youngest son, Hari, hangs back with his father. Rajugaru dotes on his granddaughter Bangari, a mischievous infant above all. She forms a profound bond with a rooster named Nani, treating it as her beloved companion. On the eve of the Poleramma festival, the whole family reunites after a long time, which fills Rajugaru with joy. As a glimpse, since childhood, Siddu Sridhar's son endears his cousin, Meenakshi's daughter, Madhu, and strives to propose to her. Additionally, Madhu's sibling Sanyasi Raju / Sunny jeers Bangari.

Once, they all visit their temple when unfortunate events occur, which they predict as inauspicious. Whereat, Rajugaru's wife, Annapurna, recollects their last visit. Siddu and Madhu struck at high risk when she vowed to ritual rooster's sacrifice, the same Nani that has which they forgot. The thought fuels each family member, blaming it as the cause of their problems, i.e., Sridhar is facing huge losses in his business. The childlessness perturbs Murali's couple, and Meenakshi's spouse, Prakash, gets warrants for being nonguilty. Thus, Rajugaru announces to accomplish the ritual at the upcoming festival. Here, as a flabbergast, Nani goes missing, which panics the family, and they make a long quest but in vain. Indeed, it has been concealed in the attic by Bangari as a shield.

Meanwhile, the love blossoms between Siddu and Madhu, knowing their parent's conflict and rifts arise in the family; Sunny discerns Nani's whereabouts and hounds Bangari with threats. Step by step, the entire family is conscious of the secret, excluding Rajugaru, but it quiets Bangari because she has comforted everyone. During the festival, Rajugaru backs up since he cannot fulfill his word. However, via Sunny, he is cognizant of the Bangaram's game and carries Nani to the festival. At that juncture, the family pleaded pardon from him. Startlingly, Rajugaru bars the execution of slaughtering and frees Nani by seeking an apology from the goddesses for Bangari. Ergo, all the hardships resolve: Sridhar's business flourishes, Murali's wife Suguna conceives, Prakash proves innocent, and elders decide to betroth Siddu and Madhu after they grow up. At last, Rajugaru's progeny moves to their hometown and agrees to meet at the next festival when Sunny also bows down to Bangari's humanity. Finally, the movie ends happily with a proclamation: If you walk in the right path, All will be well.

Cast

Soundtrack

Dagudumootha Dandakor
Film score by
E. S. Murthy
Released30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
Genre Soundtrack
Length18:30
Label Aditya Music
Producer E. S. Murthy

Music composed & Lyrics were written by E. S. Murthy. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. The movie's audio was launched on 30 January 2015 at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, by Ramoji Rao and A. L. Vijay, director of the original film, who was the chief guest at the event. [8]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Evaru Nearparu" Madhu Balakrishnan, Uthara Unnikrishnan 3:34
2."Manishi Manishini"Naren Allam, Gayatri, Jayasri, Priya Himesh 4:21
3."Na Ellu Na Vallu"E. S. Murthy, Uthara Unnikrishnan4:09
4."Kokko Kokko" Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Balaji, Sai Charan, Yogiswar Sharma, Ashwini, Sindhuri, Sisira3:23
5."Dagudumuthala Jathara"Music Bit3:01
Total length:18:30

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