| Dandupalya | |
| Director: | Srinivas Raju K. T. Nayak (Dandupalya 4) |
| Producer: | Prashanth G. R. (Dandupalya) Girish T. (Dandupalya) Venkat (2, Dandupalya 4) Ram Talluri (3) Prem Kumar Pandey (Thaggedele) N. Akhilesh Reddy (Thaggedele) P. V. Subba Reddy (Thaggedele) |
| Starring: | Pooja Gandhi Makarand Deshpande P. Ravi Shankar Ravi Kale Shruti (2, 3) Sanjjanaa (2, 3) Suman Ranganathan (Dandupalya 4) |
| Cinematography: | Venkat Prasad Manu Girish (Dandupalya 4) |
| Editing: | S. Manohar (Dandupalya) C. Ravichandran (2, 3) Garry BH (Thaggedele) |
| Music: | Arjun Janya Anand Rajavikraman (Dandupalya 4) Charan Arjun (Thaggedele) Chinna (Thaggedele) |
| Studio: | Apple Blossom Creations (Dandupalya) Venkaat Movies (2, Dandupalya 4) SRT Entertainers Private Limited (3) Bhadra Productions (Thaggedele) |
| Released: | (Dandupalya) (2) (3) (Dandupalya 4) (Thaggedele) |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Kannada Telugu (Thaggedele) |
Dandupalya is an Indian crime thriller film franchise created by Srinivas Raju and is based on a real gang named Dandupalya. The franchise consists of four Kannada-language films and one Telugu-language spin-off film.
The trilogy was directed by Srinivas Raju.[1] [2] The second and third films were shot simultaneously.[3] The third film was considered the conclusion of the series.[4] However, a fourth film was made with Raju and Pooja Gandhi distancing themselves from the film.[5] Raju brought back several characters from the trilogy in the Telugu-language film Thaggedele (2022).[6]
| Characters | Main films | Spin-off film | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dandupalya | Dandupalya 2 | Dandupalya 3 | Dandupalya 4 | Thaggedele | |
| Lakshmi | Pooja Gandhi | Pooja Gandhi | |||
| Krishna | Makarand Deshpande | Makarand Deshpande | |||
| Inspector Chalapathi | P. Ravi Shankar | P. Ravi Shankar | |||
| Chander | Ravi Kale | Ravi Kale | |||
| Chikkmuniya | Kari Subbu | colspan="2" | |||
| Koti Thimma | Jayadev Mohan | colspan="2" | |||
| Abhivyakthi | Shruti | colspan="2" | |||
| Chandri | Sanjjanaa | colspan="2" | |||
| Jailor | Sathyajith | colspan="2" | |||
| Sundri | Suman Ranganathan | colspan="2" | |||
| Eshwar | Naveen Chandra | ||||
| Devi | Divya Pillai | ||||
| Liza | Ananya Raj | ||||
The franchise's success inspired other similar films such as Khatarnak (2013).[7]