Dongala Bandi

Dongala Bandi is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Satish Vegesna and starring Allari Naresh and newcomer Tanya. The plot is treasure hunt of Nizam's looted treasury by the heirs of the robbers.

Cast

 * Allari Naresh as Krish
 * Tanya Vakil as Aishwarya
 * Malishka
 * Ali as Tantia Tope / Tribal leader
 * Venu Madhav as Pinakapani / Don Amrutapani
 * Brahmanandam
 * Jaya Prakash Reddy
 * Master Bharath
 * M. S. Narayana as Okka Magaadu
 * Geetha Singh
 * Chitram Seenu
 * Venu Yeldandi
 * Kovai Sarala as Aishwarya's sister
 * Rao Ramesh
 * Jeeva
 * Shankar Melkote
 * Kondavalasa
 * Krishna Bhagavaan
 * Rajitha
 * Fish Venkat
 * Gundu Sudarshan
 * Suman Setty
 * Shakeela
 * Puja Bharati

Production
Allari Naresh plays a thief after Gamyam and Blade Babji. This is the debut film of director Satish Vegesna. The film was shot in nature.

Soundtrack
Music is composed by Rajasekhar Valluri. The lyrics are written by Suddala Ashok Teja, Abhinaya Srinvas, and Surisetty Rama Rao.
 * 1) "Amma Cheppindhi" - Ranjith
 * 2) "Nelaku Jarene" - Rajasekhar
 * 3) "Chetha Venna" - Rahul Nambiar, Shweta Pandit
 * 4) "Oorori Mavayy" - Rajasekhar, Priya
 * 5) "Sannajaji Pakka" - Manikka Vinayagam, Bhargavi Pillai
 * 6) "Paka Paka Navvu" - Srinath, Sai Saritha, Madhu Priya, Sahithi, Shravya

Release
The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and called the film "a misadventure". The Hindu opined that "Dongala Bandi succeeds in keeping Allari Naresh's fans and comedy genre lovers faithfully entertained and involved". Idlebrain wrote that "On a whole, Allari Naresh's Dongala Bandi disappoints big time". 123telugu wrote that "Dongala Bandi entertains in fits and spurts and is an average movie". Full Hyderabad stated that "Watch Dongala Bandi if you are an Allari Naresh fan, but it will most likely cure you".