Donga Dongadi

Donga Dongadi
Movie Poster
Directed by	Subramaniam Siva
Produced by	NV Prasad Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar
Written by	Chintapalli Ramana (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Subramaniam Siva
Story by	Subramaniam Siva
Starring	Manoj Manchu Sadha Sunil Shiva Reddy
Music by	Dhina
Cinematography	Ajay Vincent
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Production company	Sri Saideva Productions
Release date	6 August 2004 (2004-08-06)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Donga Dongadi is a 2004 Telugu action comedy film written and directed by Subramaniam Siva, produced by NV Prasad and Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar under Sri Saideva Productions banner and starring Manoj Manchu and Sadha in lead roles. The film soundtrack was composed by Dhina and Cinematography was handled by Ajay Vincent. Dialogues of the movie were written by popular writer Chintapalli Ramana. This film marks the debut of Manoj Manchu as a leading actor. The movie was a remake of Tamil movie Thiruda Thirudi starring Dhanush and Chaya Singh directed by Subramaniam Siva. Donga Dongadi was released on 6 August 2004.

Vasu (Manoj Manchu) is a strong willed reckless guy. He spends most of his time hanging out with his friends, who belong to the same flock. He loves his father (Manikka Vinayagam) and his brother (Rajiv Kanakala) very dearly. His brother is different from him that he is responsible and studious. He ignores his father's words of wisdom and is regularly chided by his father as a good-for-nothing guy. In one such incident he loses the trust and faith of his father as he gets involved in teasing a girl called Vijji (Sadha). That incident makes Vasu realize the importance of having good relationship with his father, but his father asks him to prove himself as a responsible man. Vasu travels to Vizag from Tirupati in search of a job. In Vizag, he incidentally meets Vijji again. Meanwhile, there is another girl Pooja (Varshita), who is madly in love with Vasu. With Vasu out to prove a point to his father, finally convinces him and in the process also wins the hand of the heroine. By the end, he also realizes the importance of family values and his love for Vijji.

The rights of super hit Tamil movie Thiruda Thirudi were brought by Sri Saideva Productions in 2003. Subramanyam Siva, director of the original Tamil version accepted the offer to direct the Telugu version too. Manchu Manoj Kumar was cast for the role Dhanush played in the Tamil movie and Sada for the role played by Chaya Singh. Being the debut movie of Manoj who was the son of famous Telugu actor Mohan Babu, the movie gathered lot of attention and publicity during the production. Chintapalli Ramana assisted Subramanyam Siva with the script and dialogues. Shooting of the movie began in May 2003 and the movie was released in August 2004. Subramanyam Siva also coreographed for this movie. Dhina, music director of the original movie was also taken to give the soundtrack for the Telugu version.