Dongala Bandi

Dongala Bandi
Dongala Bandi
	DVD Cover
Directed by	Satish Vegesna
Written by	Satish Vegesna
Starring	Allari Naresh; Tanya Vakil
Cinematography	S. Arun Kumar
Edited by	Nandamuri Hari
Music by	Valluri Raja Sekhar
Production; company	GSK Network
Release date	12 December 2008;
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Dongala Bandi (transl. Vehicle of thieves) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Satish Vegesna and starring Allari Naresh and newcomer Tanya. The plot is treasure hunt of Nizam's looted treasury by the heirs of the robbers.

Cast

Allari Naresh as Krish
Tanya Vakil as Aishwarya
Malishka
Ali as Tantia Tope / Tribal leader
Venu Madhav as Pinakapani / Don Amrutapani
Brahmanandam
Jaya Prakash Reddy
Master Bharath
M. S. Narayana as Okka Magaadu
Geetha Singh
Chitram Seenu
Venu Yeldandi
Kovai Sarala as Aishwarya's sister
Rao Ramesh
Jeeva
Shankar Melkote
Kondavalasa
Krishna Bhagavaan
Rajitha
Fish Venkat
Gundu Sudarshan
Suman Setty
Shakeela
Puja Bharati

Production

Allari Naresh plays a thief after Gamyam and Blade Babji.^[1] This is the debut film of director Satish Vegesna.^[1] ^[2]

Soundtrack

Music is composed by Rajasekhar Valluri. The lyrics are written by Suddala Ashok Teja, Abhinaya Srinvas, and Surisetty Rama Rao.^[3]

"Amma Cheppindhi" - Ranjith
"Nelaku Jarene" - Rajasekhar
"Chetha Venna" - Rahul Nambiar, Shweta Pandit
"Oorori Mavayy" - Rajasekhar, Priya
"Sannajaji Pakka" - Manikka Vinayagam, Bhargavi Pillai
"Paka Paka Navvu" - Srinath, Sai Saritha, Madhu Priya, Sahithi, Shravya

Reception

The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and called the film "a misadventure".^[4] The Hindu opined that "Dongala Bandi succeeds in keeping Allari Naresh's fans and comedy genre lovers faithfully entertained and involved".^[5] Idlebrain wrote that "On a whole, Allari Naresh's Dongala Bandi disappoints big time".^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Dongala Bandi audio function - Telugu cinema - Allari Naresh". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Dongala Bandi press meet - Telugu cinema - allari naresh, tanya & malishka". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Dongala Bandi muhurat - Telugu cinema function - Allari Naresh, Tanya & Malishka". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Dongala Bandi Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Dongala Bandi". The Times of India. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ Chowdhury, Y. Sunitha (13 December 2008). "For Allari Naresh fans and lovers of comedy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Dongala Bandi review - Telugu cinema Review - Allari Naresh & Tanya". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

External links

Dongala Bandi at IMDb

[audio-1] "Dongala Bandi audio function - Telugu cinema - Allari Naresh". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[2] "Dongala Bandi press meet - Telugu cinema - allari naresh, tanya & malishka". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[3] "Dongala Bandi muhurat - Telugu cinema function - Allari Naresh, Tanya & Malishka". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[4] "Dongala Bandi Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Dongala Bandi". The Times of India. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[5] Chowdhury, Y. Sunitha (13 December 2008). "For Allari Naresh fans and lovers of comedy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[6] "Dongala Bandi review - Telugu cinema Review - Allari Naresh & Tanya". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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