Dandupalya

Dandupalya (2012)

ದಂಡುಪಾಳ್ಯ

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A gang of notorious criminals go about looting houses, raping and murdering women. Chalapathy, a brave and brilliant police officer, sets out to capture the gang and bring them to justice.

Date of release
2012-06-29
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Thriller, Crime
Director
Srinivasa Raju

Casting

Interesting facts

Dandupalya is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language crime film directed by Srinivas Raju and starring Pooja Gandhi, Ravi Kale, Makarand Deshpande, P. Ravishankar and Raghu Mukherjee. The plot is based on the real-life exploits of a notorious gang named Dandupalya. The film was a major commercial success and became one of the highest-grossing Kannada films at the time, being shown for more than 100-days in multiple centres. With Gandhi in the lead, it turned out to be the highest grossing female lead film in Kannada cinema.

Production

Pooja Gandhi was asked to do the female lead in this film as Lakshmi, the leader of the infamous Dandupalya gang. She agreed to do the role reluctantly, because of potential negative talk in the Kannada film industry regarding such female characters.

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