Dandupalya (film)

Dandupalya

Theatrical film poster
Kannada: ದಂಡುಪಾಳ್ಯ
Directed by Srinivasa Raju
Produced by Prashanth G. R.
Girish T.
Written by Srinivasa Raju
Screenplay by Srinivasa Raju
Starring
Music by Arjun Janya
Cinematography Venkat Prasad
Edited by S. Manohar
Production
company
Apple Blossom Creations
Release dates
  • 29 June 2012 (2012-06-29)
Running time
 152 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada
Budget ₹3 crore (US$450,000)[1]
Box office est. ₹35 crore (US$5.2 million)[2]

Dandupalya is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language crime film, starring Pooja Gandhi and Raghu Mukherjee in the leading roles. The plot is based on the real-life exploits of a notorious gang named 'Dandupalya'.[3] The film was directed by Srinivasa Raju and produced by Girish and Prashanth under the Apple Blossom Creations banner.[4] The film was later dubbed in Telugu as Dandupalyam and in Tamil as Karimedu and in Malayalam as Kuruthikalam. Which was a critical and commercial success in Karnataka and Andra Pradesh/Telangana, and became one of the highest-grossing films of 2012.[5] And went on to cross over 100-days in multiple centres.[6]

Plot

The story revolves around Lakshmi (Pooja Gandhi), leader of the gang, who spots houses where women are alone. She goes to the house asking for water. When the women go inside, the entire gang led by Krishna (Makarand Deshpande) and followed by Hanuma (Ravi Kale), Thimma (Jaidev), Muniya (Karisubbu) and others enter the house and kill women. Krishna takes thrill in slitting the throats as he is fond of the noise that comes out from the throat when blood oozes out. Then they loot the house and escape. They are all shabbily dressed, rough and tough. Inspector Chalapathi (P. Ravishankar) takes up the challenge of arresting them. Thimma was carrying stollen Temple ornaments. He was rejected by the jewellerian, while getting back trapped by Ravi shankar and all of them would be arrested by cop and submits to the court.

Cast

Controversy

The film criticised by social group Bahujan Samaj Horata Samiti, who claimed that its content was offensive. They objected particularly to the film's portrayal of women. Further controversy followed when it was revealed that actress Pooja Gandhi would appear topless in the film.[3]

After the release of the movie, Ambedkar Kranthi Sena activists demonstrated in Bangalore against the film's "glorification of anti-social activities".[7]

Production

Pooja Gandhi was asked to do the female lead in this film as Lakshmi, is a leader of a infamous notorious gang. She was reluctantly agreed to do the role, because of negative talk in Kannada film industry that she would be lost her image working in such character's. extremely she has done and come out with a overwhelming critical appraise by the both critics and audience.[8][9][10]

The film was the witness for Pooja Gandhi's mega comeback and which was critically and commercially a big success and brought back Pooja Gandhi into stardom through it. Gandhi received immense critical appraisal by the both critics and the audience, and she has received several awards for her performance as Lakshmi.[11][12]

Soundtrack

Dandupalya
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released 2012
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 31:30
Language Kannada
Label Sai Audio
Track list
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Aleyo Alegale"  V. Nagendra PrasadKarthik, Anuradha Bhat  
2. "Kalli Nanu"  V. Nagendra PrasadVasundhara Das, Harsha Sadanandam  
3. "Police Theme"  V. Nagendra PrasadRavi Basur  
4. "Yaare Neenu"  V. Nagendra PrasadNakul, Priya Himesh  
5. "Dandupalya Theme"  V. Nagendra PrasadInstrumental  

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Times of India
Bangalore Mirror
One India
Deccan Herald
Chitraloka
Indian Express
Deccan Chronicle
Vijaya Karnataka
International Business Times
The Hindu

The Film opened to mostly positive reviews from the Critics.[13]

DNA praising the performance of Gandhi " Don't miss out on Pooja’s performance or to find out how this notorious gang was caught by the daring police inspector, Chalapathi. And if you already have watched it, well you now have the sequel to look forward to… Pooja Gandbi has delivered a stunning performance in the role of Lakshmi. She has to be appreciated for accepting a role with negative shades. Her body language and expressions are really good. [14][15] Rediff.com rating three-star and stating Pooja Gandhi "walks away with acting honours. She is a stunner with her vain looks sans makeup throughout the movie and she has lived her role exceptionally well", and about Ravishankar as 'the cop is effective' and then Makrand Deshpande 'as one of the kingpins of the gang is superb'.[16] The Times of India awarded the film 3 stars out of 5, praising the performances of Pooja Gandhi, "Gandhi done a excellent performance as Lakshmi" and about Makarand Deshapande, Ravi Kale and Ravishankar given a best performance.[17] Chitraloka.com praising the performance of Pooja Gandhi " Gandhi makes a strong come back like Vidya Balan, 'Male' girl look risk like the subdued and simplistic Vidya Balan to take a stunning turn in her choice of roles, Pooja took a calculated risk in accepting a role in Dandupalya that is tailor made for Vamps.[18] filmibeat.com stating "The actors in the film amazingly perform in their roles. Firstly, Pooja Gandhi is the lifesaver of the film. For all those, who criticised her for not being a good actress, do watch the film to see the other side of Pooja. The way she smokes beedis, sitting and mouthing the dialogues have to be praised. Her entire body language is amazingly excellent and her costume compliment each other. Last but not least, her skin show is a treat for masses".[19]

Box office and performance

The film, along with its dubbed versions collected over ₹35 crore domestically against a budget of ₹3 crore.[2] And went on to cross over 100-days in multiple centres.[6]

Andra Pradesh

The film was dubbed in Telugu and released as Dandupalyam. It was well received in Andhra Pradesh.[20] The film Danduplya dubbed version titled under Dandupalyam was released with 110 prints and completed successfully 100-days run at "Guntur" and "Ongole" in AP/Telangana.[21][22][23][24][25]

Tamilnadu

A Tamil dub titled Karimedu was produced by Rama Narayanan's Sri Thenandal Films and released on 24 May 2013.[26][27]

Sequel

A sequel to the film was announced in July 2014. Dandupalya 2 is scheduled to begin production on March 24, 2016. Srinivas Raju is directing the film, which will star Pooja Gandhi. Arjun Janya is slated as the music director and the cinematography will be performed by Venkat Prasad.[28]

Awards and nominations

Totals
Awards won 2
Nominations 3

Awards

Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Raghu Mukherjee Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role Pooja Gandhi Won[29]
Best Actor in a Negative Role Makarand Deshpande Nominated
Suvarna Film Awards Best Actress Pooja Gandhi Won
Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Pooja Gandhi Nominated[30]

References

  1. ↑ "Sandalwood: Hits and misses of 2012". newindianexpress.com.
  2. 1 2 "DANDUPALYA TO RELEASE IN TELUGU". m.indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 Pooja Gandhi's Dandupalya facing hurdles for release. Entertainment.oneindia.in (13 March 2012). Retrieved on 26 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Dandupalya Torture Sequnce Was Required – Pooja. chitraloka.com (31 December 2011)
  5. ↑ http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Dandupalyam-releases-in-AP-today/articleshow/18183354.cms
  6. 1 2 "Rs 1-crore jail set for Dandupalyam 2". m.dailyhunt.in.
  7. ↑ "Protest held against Dandupalya". The Hindu. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "ಪೂಜಾ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅಮೋಘ ಅಭಿನಯದ 'ದಂಡ'ಪಾಳ್ಯ". kannada.filmibeat.com.
  9. ↑ "critically-acclaimed Kannada film Dandupalya is now dubbed as Karimedu in Tamil". m.timesofindia.com.
  10. ↑ "Pooja Gandhi still committed to 'Hoovi'". www.newindianexpress.com.
  11. ↑ http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Dandupalya-is-Karimedu-in-Tamil/articleshow/20331364.cms
  12. ↑ "Pooja Gandhi To Be A Part Of Dandupalya 2". m.desimartini.com.
  13. ↑ http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Poojas-Dandupalya-in-Tamil/articleshow/15074284.cms
  14. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-review-dandupalya-kannada-1708693
  15. ↑ http://www.news18.com/news/india/kannada-review-dandupalya-is-not-for-weak-hearts-485118.html
  16. ↑ http://m.rediff.com/movies/report/review-dandupalya-tells-a-spine-chilling-story/20120629.htm
  17. ↑ G S Kumar (29 June 2012). "Dandupalya". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  18. ↑ "Dandupalya gets a Mega Opening". chitraloka.com. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  19. ↑ http://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/reviews/2012/dandupalya-movie-review-096966.html
  20. ↑ "దండుపాళ్యం – రియాలిటీకి చాలా దగ్గరగా". 123telugu.com.
  21. ↑ "Kannada 'Danduplaya' to be remade in Hindi". ibnlive.com.
  22. ↑ "Dandupalyam 100 Days Function".
  23. ↑ "Dandupalyam-completes-100-days-in-two-theatres". cinejosh.com.
  24. ↑ "Dandupalya dubbed version a hit". The Times of India. 31 January 2013.
  25. ↑ "DANDUPALYAM BETTER THAN SEETHAMMA VAAKITLO SIRIMALLE CHETTU". cinejosh.com.
  26. ↑ "Pooja Gandhi's Dandupalya is now Karimedu in Tamil". kollytalk.com. 9 May 2013.
  27. ↑ "Movie review: 'Karimedu' – spine chilling, realistic". Indo-Asian News Service. 24 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "Going Back to Crime". newindianexpress.com. 19 March 2016.
  29. ↑ "South Indian International Movie Awards". The Hindu.
  30. ↑ "Pooja Gandhi - Awards". Internet Movie Database.

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