Dandupalya (franchise)

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Dandupalya
Directed by Srinivas Raju
K. T. Nayak ( Dandupalya 4 )
Written bySrinivas Raju
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)
Starring Pooja Gandhi
Makarand Deshpande
P. Ravi Shankar
Ravi Kale
Shruti (2, 3)
Sanjjanaa (2, 3)
Suman Ranganathan (Dandupalya 4)
CinematographyVenkat Prasad
Manu Girish (Dandupalya 4)
Edited byS. 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)
CountryIndia
LanguagesKannada
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.

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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

CharactersMain filmsSpin-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
ChikkmuniyaKari Subbu
Koti Thimma Jayadev Mohan
Abhivyakthi Shruti
Chandri Sanjjanaa
Jailor Sathyajith
Sundri Suman Ranganathan
Eshwar Naveen Chandra
Devi Divya Pillai
LizaAnanya Raj

Impact

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

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