Karimedu

Dandupalya
Theatrical film poster
Kannada: ದಂಡುಪಾಳ್ಯ
Directed by	Srinivas Raju
Produced by	Prashanth G. R. Girish T.
Written by	Srinivas Raju
Screenplay by	Srinivas Raju
Starring	Pooja Gandhi Raghu Mukherjee
Music by	Arjun Janya
Cinematography	Venkat Prasad
Edited by	S. Manohar
Production company	Apple Blossom Creations
Release date	29 June 2012 (2012-06-29)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	₹3 crore (US$470,000)
Box office	est. ₹40 crore (US$6.2 million)

Dandupalya
Soundtrack album by Arjun Janya
Released	2012
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	56:30
Language	Kannada
Label	Sai Audio

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Dandupalya is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language crime film, starring Pooja Gandhi and Raghu Mukherjee in the leading roles. The plot is based on the real-life exploits of a notorious gang named 'Dandupalya'. The film was directed by Srinivas Raju and produced by Girish under the Apple Blossom Creations banner. The film was later dubbed in Telugu as Dandupalyam, in Tamil as Karimedu and in Malayalam as Kuruthikalam. It was a critical and commercial success in Karnataka and Andra Pradesh/Telangana, and became one of the highest-grossing Kannada films of 2012, being shown for more than 100 days in multiple centres.

A sequel to the film 2, was announced in July 2014, and began production on 24 March 2016. Srinivas Raju directed the film. It was released on July 14, 2017, to decent reviews by critics and audience. Again Pooja Gandhi played the main character in this film. Arjun Janya was the music director and the cinematography was handled by Venkat Prasad.

Dandupalya 3 was shot simultaneously, with part 2 having the almost same cast. Part 3 was to be released within a month of part 2.

The story revolves around Lakshmi (Pooja Gandhi), leader of the gang, who spots houses where women are alone. She goes to the house asking for water. When the women go inside, the entire gang led by Krishna (Makarand Deshpande) and followed by Hanuma (Ravi Kale), Thimma (Jaidev), Muniya (Karisubbu) and others enter the house and kill the women.

Krishna takes a thrill in slitting the throats as he is fond of the noise that comes out from the throat when blood oozes out. Then they loot the house and escape. They are all shabbily dressed, rough and tough. Inspector Chalapathi (P. Ravishankar) takes up the challenge of arresting them. Thimma was carrying stolen Temple ornaments. He was rejected by the jeweller, while getting back trapped by Ravi shankar and all of them would be arrested by police and taken to court.