Dongodu
Dongodu (transl. Thief) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao and produced by Bheemineni Roshitha Sai under Goodwill Cinema banner. The film features Ravi Teja and Kalyani in the lead roles. The music has been composed Vidyasagar. The movie released on 7 August 2003 was a decent success at the box office. This is a remake of Malayalam film Meesa Madhavan.
| Dongodu | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao |
| Produced by | Bheemaneni Roshitha Sai |
| Written by | Ranjan Pramod |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | Ramana Raju |
| Edited by | Gowtam Raju |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
The film was later dubbed into Hindi as Chalu No. 1 by Goldmines Telefilms in 2014.
Plot
The movie story deals with Madhava who becomes a thief in his childhood to feed the hunger of his sister and he continues to be a notorious thief in that village. There is one landlord called Naidu (Tanikella Bharani) who exploits the people around by unfair means. Rukhmini is the daughter of Naidu. Naidu also possesses the registration forms of Madhava's house with him because he gave loan to the father of Madhava at a very high interest rate. Madhava pretends to fall in love with Rukhmini so that he could get the registration forms of his house back. The Rest of the film is about how Naidu cooks a plan to convict Madhava in a theft which he has not done and how Madhava emerges as winner.
Cast
- Ravi Teja as Madhava
- Kalyani as Rukhmini
- Rekha Vedavyas
- Riyaz Khan as S.I.
- Tanikella Bharani as Naidu
- Brahmanandam as Sastry
- Sunil as Justice Chowdary
- Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Police constable
- Uttej as Hanumanthu
- M. S. Narayana
- Shakeela
- Pavithra Lokesh
- Varsha
- Uma
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
- Rajitha
Box office
The movie was a decent hit at boxoffice. The comedy track between Tanikella Bharani and Dharmavarapu Subramanyam was very well received. The success of the movie helped Ravi Teja to establish himself as Mass Hero.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is composed by Vidyasagar and Lyrics are written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Chandrabose, Bashasree and Bandaru Daanayya. All songs are re-used from the Malayalam original, Meesha Madhavan except "Meesala Gopala" which was re-used from "Panchangam Paarkathe" from Thavasi and "Dum dum dum" from Raakilipattu.
| Dongodu | |
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| Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar | |
| Released | 15 July 2003 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Label | Supreme Music |
| Producer | Rushita Sai |
All music is composed by Vidya Sagar.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dum Dum Dum" | Chitra, Valisha, Babji | |
| 2. | "Entha Pani Chesindi" | Hariharan, Sujatha | |
| 3. | "Kodi" | Rimi Tomy, Shankar Mahadevan | |
| 4. | "Meesala Gopala" | Udit Narayan, Srivarthini | |
| 5. | "Sotta Buggala Rukmini" | Karthik, Swarnalatha | |
| 6. | "Theme Music" | Vidya Sagar |