Yamadonga

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Yamadonga
Directed by S.S. Rajamouli
Produced by Urmila Gangaraju
P. Chiranjeevi
Written by S.S. Rajamouli
Starring Jr. NTR,
Mohan Babu,
Ali,
Mamta Mohandas,
Priyamani,
Navaneet Kaur
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography Senthil Kumar
Editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Release date(s) August 15, 2007
Running time 185 min
Country India
Language Telugu
IMDb profile

Yamadonga (Telugu: యమదొంగ) is a 2007 socio-fantasy Telugu film which is directed by S.S. Rajamouli and produced by American based businessman P. Chiranjeevi (Cherry) and his wife Urmila Gangaraju. Jr. NTR plays the lead role for this film. This is Jr. NTR's third time with S.S. Rajamouli. Earlier the duo have done well with their hits Student No. 1 and Simhadri. M. M. Keeravani, who composed music for all of S.S. Rajamouli's films, is composing music for the film. Senthil Kumar (Sye, Chatrapati, & Ashok fame) handled cinematography. The film released on August 15, 2007, which also coincides with Independence day in India.

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[edit] Plot

raja(Jr. NTR), an orphan, is a ruthless robber. He dreams of earning a fast buck so that he can settle down in life. And then, he stumbles on a fine opportunity. A ravishing beauty Mahi (Priyamani), a rich heiress, falls in love with him. The girl happens to be his childhood well-wisher and has always considered him her prince.

He plans to surrender the girl to a gang who wants to kill her for her riches. But the villains play foul, and kill him. Raja reaches Yamaloka. He creates confusion in Yamaloka by stealing Yamapasam as whoever in possession of Yamapasam will become Yama. The rest of the story is all about how Yama (Mohan Babu) and Raja try to outsmart each other. After regaining power, Yama sends Raja back to earth, but only to take away his life once again.

This film became super hit of the season, despite divide talk initially. Audience are showing their overwhelming response for the scene where Hero enters like Tiger. Villagers get attracted by the dialogues of NTR as Yama. This is another blockbuster in the combination of Rajamouli, and NTR. It collected 11.6 crores in first week, and 30 crores in first month. This film ran successfully for 50 days in 200+ theatres all over the world.

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[edit] Response

[edit] Box office

Yamadonga grossed a share of Rs. 4.5 crores on the opening day.[1] It went on to gross Rs. 11.6 crores in its opening week.[2]

[edit] Reviews

The film got very good reviews.[3][4][5][6]

[edit] Awards

CineMAA Awards 2008
  • Best Actor - Jr. NTR

[edit] DVD

Yamadonga DVD Cover
Yamadonga DVD Cover

The DVD version of the film was released on February 29, 2008.[7] This DVD release was distributed by Tolly2Holly all around the world, but for India. It is available in 16:9 Anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, progressive 24 FPS, widescreen and NTSC format.[8]

[edit] Trivia

  • Actress Priyamani slipped while walking on the stones and got her ankle sprained with minor bleeding injury during shooting.[9]
  • Late actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao play a small role and dance in Yamalokam in the film through graphics.[10]
  • Kirat Bhattal and Meera Chopra rejected the offer for Priya Mani's role.
  • This movie was also dubbed into tamil

[edit] References

  1. ^ "NTR Yamadonga 1st day Collections& records at boxoffice". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  2. ^ "Yamadonga Shares". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  3. ^ "Movie Review - Yamadonga". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  4. ^ "Telugu Movie review - Yamadonga". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  5. ^ "Both 'Yamas' Steal the Show". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  6. ^ "‘Yamadonga’ Review: A Good Entertainer". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  7. ^ "Yamadonga DVD Info". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  8. ^ "Yamadonga DTS®". Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 
  9. ^ indiaglitz.com. Priyamani injured in shooting. Retrieved on 16 January 2007.
  10. ^ nonstopcinema.com. Soundarya in NTR-Rajamouli's Yamadonga!. Retrieved on 16 January 2007.

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Films directed by S.S. Rajamouli
Student No. 1 (2001) • Simhadri (2003) • Sye (2004) • Chatrapati (2005) • Vikramarkudu (2006) • Yamadonga (2007)