Kondaveeti Donga
| Kondaveeti Donga | |
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| Directed by | A. Kodandarami Reddy |
| Produced by | T Trivikrama Rao |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Illayaraja |
| Cinematography | K S R Swamy |
| Release dates | March 09, 1990 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Kondaveeti Donga is a film starring Chiranjeevi was released in 1990. Engaging and with a social cause at the same time, relating to both masses and classes. Music has been scored by Maestro Illayaraja which proved to be an asset to the film. Chiranjeevi plays the character Zorro. Kondaveeti Donga was later dubbed in Tamil as Thangamalai Thirudan.
Plot
Raja(Chiranjeevi) goes to town for higher studies with the donation of people living in a tribal village. He returns to his village after the studies. He then finds the sufferings of his people and how they are cheated local heads (Rao Gopal Rao and Mohanbabu).He then fills confidence in his men and tells them that they should face these illegal in the court of law. But this duo makes the villagers fools and Raja's attempts goes in vain. Few villagers get hurt by this act suicide as they have no other option and the blame is on Raja as he has forced them. Sametime Raja is selected for IAS but he rejects it and decides to fight against the villains and changes to a Robinhood avatar and names himself as Kondaveti Donga. He punishes the illegal and stands by the villagers thus all his folk starts admiring him. Trouble starts when the villains start doing mischief in the name of him. Vijayasanthi is an inspector comes to his place to catch hold of him. Radha her sister, working as a doctor knows his true identity and starts loving him. How this kondaveti donga punished the fraud people or is he caught by the police or what happens to him forms the rest of the story.
Reception
- The film was a blockbuster.
- The film had collected a distributors' share of 7.4 million in its opening week.
Music
All the songs still remains chartbusters
- Subhalekha Rasukunna
- Jeevithame Oka Aata
- Amma Shambhavi
- Chamak Chamak
- Kolo Koloyamma
- Sri Anjaneyam
- Tip Top Lokku
Annual Movie Screening in Kantragada
The film will screened publicly along with Kodama Simham on 22 August coinciding with Chiranjeevi's birth day in Kantragada.
External links
Kondaveeti Donga at the Internet Movie Database
See also
- Khaidi, 1983 film directed by Kodanda Rami Reddy