Dongala Bandi Telugu Movie Review

Dongala Bandi Movie Review Idlebrain,Greatandhra,bharatstudent

Ratings at a glance
Idlebrain -1.5/5
Greatandhra -1/5
Bharatstudent -1/5

Source:Idlebrain

Jeevi rating: 1.5/5 Punchline: derailed Genre: Comedy Type: Straight Banner: GSK Network Cast: Allari Naresh, Tanya, Malishka, Ali, Venu Madhav, Brahmanandam, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Bharat, MS Narayana, Geetu Singh, Chitram Seenu, Jai Venu, Kovai Sarala, Rao Ramesh, Jeeva etc Music: Valluri Raja Sekhar Cinematography: S Arun Kumar Editing: Nandamuri Hari Art: KV Ramana Story - dialogues - screenplay - direction: Satish Vegnesa Producer: GSK Naidu Release date: 12 December 2008

Review

Story During the time of Nizam empire integrated into India, the Nizam king amasses all his precious jewellery and gives it to his lieutenant to hide it in a safe place. Three thieves (MS Narayana, Allari Naresh and Ali) steal the treasure and hide it in a jungle. Then they draw the map about how to reach the treasure and tear it into three pieces. They take one piece each. After that incident they never get a chance to meet again. After 50 years, the kins of these three thieves start their mission to get the three pieces of map together. The rest of the story is all about the treasure hunt that follows. Artists Performance Allari Naresh is very good as the pretty thief. He is amazing in various film spoofs he has done. Actress Tanya is not a heroine material. MS Narayana's spoof as Okka Magaadu is interesting. Ali is alright as the tribal chief. Venu Madhav is paired up with a sexy girl (Malishka) in this film. This film sports almost all the comedians of Telugu film industry. Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: : Story of the film has interesting elements and has the potential to be a winner. It is a spoof of treasure hunt films. But the direction of the film is bad. Screenplay is also uninteresting. There are few hilarious episodes like Dhoom spoof, train episode and Ali bumping into the tree. But some of the comedy episodes are in cheap taste. The man-eaters episode is handled very badly. Most of the second half involving the treasure hunt is boring. The director used the sun-eclipse cheating technique from ‘Apocalypto’ (click here for Jeevi Review) film. Other departments: Music of the film is not up to the mark. All the songs in this film are not shot well. Dialogues are adequate. Cinematography is mediocre. The art work done for the tribal village (koya gudem) is good. Production values of the film are not good. Analysis: First half of the film is so-so. Second half is bad. The plus points of the film are a few hilarious episodes. The negative points are screenplay and direction. On a whole, Allari Naresh's Dongala Bandi (that followed a hit film Blade Babji) disappoints big time. However, this film may still hold some potential for B and C center centers.

Source:Greatandhra

Film: Dongala Bandi
Rating: 1/5
Cast: Alari Naresh, Tanya, Pooja Bharathi, Kovai Sarala, Venu Madhav, Ali, MS Narayana, Dr Daggubati Ashok Kumar, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Master Bharat, Brahmanandam, Sudarshan, Jeeva, Rao Ramesh, Suman Shetty, Chitram Seenu etc
Art: Ramana
Music: Valloori Rajasekhar
Cinematography: Arun Kumar
Producer: GSK Naidu
Director: Satish Vegesna
Released On: 12th Dec 2008

This is the film that pumped in some expectations among audiences as there are many comedians. And Allari Naresh has tickled with laughs in his recent 'Blade Babji'. Hence the expectations have risen further. How far the expectations are reached? Let us peep into the details

Story:
A boring story, the tale begins with the backdrop of the Nizam era and there is a treasure that has been hidden by three thieves one among them is Okka Magadu (MS) during the Indian government takeover and the map is torn into three parts. The scene changes to the current day when two thief families one headed by Okka Magadu and the other headed by another conwoman (Kovai Sarala). Apparently, Krishna (Naresh) is the grandson of Okka Magadu and Aishwarya (Tanya) is the granddaughter of one of the thieves. Fate brings them together and they are on the lookout for the third part when Don (Venumadhav) enters the scene. He is the grandson of the third thief and even he gets to meet the other two parties through chance. What follows from there is the journey towards the treasure and whether they are successful or not forms the rest of the story.

Performance:
Allari Naresh has come up with a power packed performance but then his character has not been etched that well. He was excellent in his dance and the comedy was good. He imitated Pawan Kalyan, Prabhas, Balakrishna and Sai Kumar in a scene and spilled laughs.

Tanya has got some real good oomph and she does not have grace while dancing. Malishka is hot!! Venu Madhav was okay, Jeeva was normal, Ali was ineffective, Chitram Sreenu was nominal, Kondavalasa and Sumanth were mechanical.

The others hardly had any presence.

The director has come out with an interesting plot but then his narrative was a major disaster. The presentation was alright with some real good locations and the camera captured them elegantly. The dialogues could have been better, the script was quite weak and the screenplay was stale. Editing could have been better especially in the second half. Music was okay and there are a couple of songs worth taking home. The other departments were just about average in their contribution.

Analysis:
This is a very boring flick made in recent times. Although there are many comedians in the film, none could bring in any laugh. Only Allari Naresh could spill a few laughs that too in first half during his introduction. 'Dongala Bandi' gives an experience of crushing under its wheels. The caption of the film reads 'No Logic-Only Fun'. But the fun is also missing in this flick and second half bombed the entire film mercilessly.

The film took off very well during the first half and the imitation of 'Dhoom' and the following comedy was good but then it took a complete U turn during the second half.

It was obvious that the maker was just trying to fill the time slot so as to complete the required two hour mark. The comedy track was not at all convincing despite the presence of some of the finest comedians. Even the sex appeal of Malishka was not used rightly and she was just sidelined. The film could have been a lot better if the script was written intelligently and though there were sparks of brilliance and creativity at few points, overall the film fails to impress the audience.

The happenings of the first half raise expectations but the eventual happenings and the poor climax make way for a disaster. This will surely go down as a black one for Allari Naresh.

Source Bharatstudent

Movie Review:Dongala Bandi Rating :1/5 Banner :G S K Network Cast :Allari Naresh, Tanya, Malishka, Venu Madhav, Jeeva, Ali, MS, Ravu Ramesh, Kovai Sarala, Chitram Srinu, Pooja Bharathi, Shakeela, Kondavalasa and others Cinematography: Arun Kumar S Music: V Ramesh Producer: G S K Naidu Director: Satish Vegesna Released Date: December 12, 2008

Story:

A good one spoiled, the story begins with two thief families, one is headed by an okka magadu (MS) whose grandson is Krishna (Naresh) while the other is led by the intelligent lady thief (Kovai Sarala) whose niece is Aishwarya (Tanya). As chance would have it, both of them bump across each other and soon they fall in love too. What they don't know is Okka Magadu and Aishwarya's grandfather are part of the same trio who has hid the Nizam's gold and jewellery during the post independence time. Soon, the truth is realized and now they are on the lookout for the third person since the map to the treasure is split into three part and the third part is with the third person. This is with Don (Venu Madhav) whose grandfather happens to be the third person. Soon, all of them meet and they are joined by two goon brothers (Jeeva and Ravu Ramesh) who also have their eye on the treasure. The journey begins and in between they also include the prince of the forest (Ali) and finally begin to locate for the hidden treasure. Are they successful in their quest? Do they get to be together throughout this journey? All this forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:

The director has come out with a rather interesting subject but then he lost out badly on the narration aspect. The presentation on the other hand was neat with some amazing locations and fairly good camerawork. The songs were just about okay and only one number was really hummable. Editing was out of order during the second half, the script was quite weak and the screenplay was executed poorly. The other departments did not have anything special to offer. Naresh has come out with his energetic performance and it must be admitted that he has come out with some real good dance moves. Tanya is sexy and she has the right kind of oomph but she needs to relax while dancing as it was stiff and some expressions need to be more refined. Malishka was real hot and tempting. Though her role was quite poor, she managed to prove her presence through her attractive figure, the long list of comedians like Ali, Venu Madhav, Chitram Sreenu, Suman Shetty, Kovai Sarala, Pooja Bharathi, Shakeela and others were just present but did not have much to do. Jeeva and Ravu Ramesh was another team that failed to impress. The rest of the cast was simply dummy without much to say.

Conclusion:

The film had come up with an interesting subject but the maker could have pulled it off with some intelligent direction and a fine tuned screenplay. While the first half was really good and was with flying colors the second half turned out to be a major disappointment and there was literally nothing that the audience would have liked about. Even the climax is something that does not help serve the momentum of the film. Techincally, the film has few bright points but content wise and narrative were horrendous. The film will turn to be another flop.

Bharatstudent Verdict: Interesting plot but poor execution, its gone...