Donga (film)

Donga
VCD Cover
Directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Produced by T. Trivikram Rao
Written by Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Story by Viyatnamveedu Sundaram
Starring Chiranjeevi
Radha
Music by Chakravarthy
Cinematography V. S. R. Swamy
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 March 1985 (1985-03-14)
Running time
 145 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Donga (Telugu: దొంగ, English: Burglar) is a 1985 Telugu action film, produced by T. Trivikram Rao[2] and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy.[3] It stars Chiranjeevi and Radha in the lead roles,[4] with music composed by Chakravarthy.[5][6]

Plot

Phani (Chiranjeevi) commits thefts just to help the poor. He loves Kodandaramayya's daughter Manju Latha (Radha), but he seeks revenge against Kodandaramayya (Rao Gopala Rao) for killing his father. He also wants his sister Malathi (Rajyalakshmi) to get married to Rajesh (Raja), son of Anjaneyulu, but he needs Rs.50,000 for her dowry. At the same time, Vishwanatham (Sridhar), an income tax officer, wants his sister Rekha to marry Rajesh. With the help of the police, Phani succeeds in liquidating Kodandaramayya's gang and has his revenge. He also acquires enough money to arrange his sister's marriage with Rajesh.

Cast

Soundtrack

Donga
Film score by Chakravarthy
Released 1985
Genre Soundtrack
Length 28:14
Label LEO Audio
Producer Chakravarthy
Chakravarthy chronology
Chattamtho Poratam
(1985)		 Donga
(1985)		 Chiranjeevi
(1985)

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. Music released on LEO Audio Company.[7]

S.NoSong TitleSingerslength
1 "Golimaar" SP Balu 4:23
2 "Sari Sari" SP Balu, P. Susheela 4:53
3 "Donga Donga" SP Balu, P. Susheela 5:11
4 "Andhama Ala" SP Balu, S. Janaki 4:42
5 "Thappanaka" SP Balu, S. Janaki 4:54
6 "Idhi Pandhem" SP Balu,S. Janaki 4:11

Legacy

"Indian Thriller"

Donga was the subject of a viral video involving a scene featuring the film's musical number "Golimar" ("Shoot the Bullet"). The scene contains choreography and elements from Michael Jackson's Thriller music video (which leads to the common nickname for the video, "Indian Thriller") and has become a widely seen video on YouTube.[8]

A further parody of the scene by Mike Sutton (Buffalax) titled "Indian Thriller with English lyrics" added subtitles to the video phonetically approximating the original lyrics as English sentences; resulting in "Golimar" being misinterpreted as "Girly man", and producing such lines as "Nippley man I met, he ate motorboat!" and "I'll eat wasabi on my dude."[8] He has also produced similar spoofs with other songs, including "Benny Lava", a spoof of a song from the Tamil film Pennin Manathai Thottu.[8] Since its release, American dubstep artist Skrillex has used short portions of the video for live performances. It is seen as the background for a remix of "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" titled, "Scary Bolly Dub".[9]

See also

Others

References

  1. ↑ "Donga (Overview)". IMDb.
  2. ↑ "Donga (Banner)". Telugu Moviepedia.com.
  3. ↑ "Donga (Direction)". Spicy Onion.
  4. ↑ "Donga (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com.
  5. ↑ "Donga (Music)". Know Your Films.
  6. ↑ "Donga (Review)". The Cine Bay.
  7. ↑ "Donga (Songs)". Cineradham.
  8. 1 2 3 "Buffalax Mines Twisted Translations for YouTube Yuks". Wired. 6 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  9. ↑ Grandy, Eric. "Skrillex and M83's Bigger-Than-Key-Arena Electro, and Other Thoughts on Bumbershoot Monday". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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