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Donga
Donga film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Written by Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Story by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
Produced by T. Trivikram Rao
Starring Chiranjeevi
Radha
Cinematography V. S. R. Swamy
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by Chakravarthy
Production
company

Vijayalakshmi Art Pictures

Release date

14 March 1985

Running time
145 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Donga (transl. Burglar) is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by A.

Kodandarami Reddy and produced by T. Trivikrama Rao under his banner Vijayalakshmi
Art Pictures. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Radha while Rao Gopal Rao, Allu
Ramalingaiah and Gollapudi Maruti Rao play the supporting roles with music composed
by Chakravarthy.[1][2] Released on 14 March 1985, the film was a commercial
success. Tamil dubbed version is titled Kolai Karan.[3]
Contents

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 Reception
5 Legacy
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

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 marry Rajesh (Raja), son of Anjaneyulu, but he needs ₹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

Chiranjeevi as Phani
Radha as Manjulatha
Rao Gopal Rao as Kodandaramayya
Allu Ramalingaiah as Rama Subbaiah
Gollapudi Maruthi Rao as Anjineelu
Rajendra Prasad as Inspector Ravi
Nutan Prasad as Ranga
Sridhar as Viswanath
Raja as Rajesh
P. L. Narayana as Chandra Shekar Rao
Chalapathi Rao
Bheemiswara Rao
Chitti Babu
Silk Smitha
Rajyalakshmi as Malathi
Poornima
Shubha
Mamatha
Athili Lakshmi
Jhansi as Duragamma

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi. The music released
on AVM Audio Company.[4]
Song title Singers length
1 "Golimaar" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:23
2 "Sari Sari" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 4:53
3 "Donga Donga" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 5:11
4 "Andhama Ala" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:42
5 "Thappanaka" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:54
6 "Idhi Pandhem" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:11
Reception

Giddaluri Gopalrao reviewing for Zamin Ryot on 22 March 1985, has criticised the
film for its poorly-written screenplay and needless action sequences while
mentioning that Chiranjeevi was the only sigh of relief.[1]

C. S. V of Andhra Patrika writing his review on 29 March 1985, appreciated the

performances of the lead cast and Chakravathy's music.[2]
Legacy

The film's musical number Golimar (transl. Shoot the bullet) has choreography
and elements heavily inspired from the music video for Michael Jackson's song
"Thriller."[5] The sequence which is often referred as "Indian Thriller", became a
viral video;[6] 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 my motorboat!", "I'll eat wasabi on my dude", and "You'll be pumping
Ovaltine."[6] He has also produced similar spoofs with other songs, including
"Benny Lava", a similar edit of a number from the Tamil film Pennin Manathai
Thottu.[6]
American dubstep producer Skrillex sampled "Golimar" in a mashup with his song
"Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" entitled "Scary Bolly Dub"—which includes clips
of the scene as visuals during live performances.[7]
The film's titled has been adopted to the Telugu dubbed version of Tamil film
Thambi (2019) starring Karthi.[3]

See also

Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki is a 1984 Bollywood film which also parodies Michael
Jackson's "Thriller" music video.

References

Gopal Rao, Giddaluri (22 March 1985). ""చెత్త ది గ్రేట్" చిత్రం దొంగ" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in
Telugu). p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 7
September 2020.
V., C. S. (29 March 1985). "చిత్ర సమీక్ష: దొంగ" [Film review: Donga] (PDF). Andhra
Patrika (in Telugu). p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2022.
Retrieved 27 September 2022.
"Karthi's Chiranjeevi connection". Deccan Chronicle. 17 November 2019. Archived
from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
"Donga (1985)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 27
September 2022.
"4 Reasons Why You Should Watch Chiranjeevi's Desi Thriller Again. And Again. And
Again". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 7
September 2020.
"Buffalax Mines Twisted Translations for YouTube Yuks". Wired. 6 November 2007.
Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2008.

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.

External links

Donga at IMDb

vte

Michael Jackson: Thriller

Side one

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Baby Be Mine" "The Girl Is Mine" "Thriller"

Side two

"Beat It" "Billie Jean" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "The Lady
in My Life"

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Categories:

1985 films1980s Telugu-language films1985 action filmsCultural depictions of

Michael JacksonFilms directed by A. Kodandarami ReddyFilms scored by K.
ChakravarthyIndian action films

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