Yamadonga

Yamadonga
Theatrical Movie Poster
Directed byS. S. Rajamouli
Screenplay byS. S. Rajamouli
Dialogues by
  • M. Rathnam
Story byV. Vijayendra Prasad
Produced byChiranjeevi (Cherry)
Gangaraju Gunnam
StarringN. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Mohan Babu
Priyamani
Mamta Mohandas
CinematographyK. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Distributed byVisvamitra Creations
Release date
  • 15 August 2007 (2007-08-15)
Running time
179 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹16–18 crore[1]

Yamadonga (transl. The grand thief or transl. The thief of Yama) is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action comedy film[2] directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by Chiranjeevi (Cherry) and Gangaraju Gunnam under Visvamitra Creations.[3] It stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Mohan Babu, Priyamani, and Mamta Mohandas.

Inspired by the 1977 film Yamagola, the plot follows Raja, a thief who is killed by his rivals. Raja's soul travels to Naraka (hell) to face the trail for his sins by Yama, the Hindu god of death and justice. The film began its production in January 2007 and was made on a budget of 16–18 crore (US$4.3–4.8 million).[a] Filming primarily took place in Hyderabad and Ramoji Film City. The film has music composed by M. M. Keeravani and cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar.

Yamadonga was released worldwide on 15 August 2007. Upon release, it received positive reviews from critics and emerged as a blockbuster.[5] This film is also the highest grossing Telugu film of the year of 2007. The film won four Nandi Awards while Jr. N.T.R. went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. A year later after its success, it was dubbed in Hindi as Lok Parlok. It was also dubbed in Tamil as Vijayan (2016) and in the Awadhi as Chor Raja and in Kannada as Yama Raj.

  1. ^ "భళి భళి భళిరా భళి రాజమౌళి". 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ "SS Rajamouli and Jr NTR's Yamadonga to be released in Tamil". The Times of India. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019. Yamadonga, the 2007 Telugu-language fantasy action comedy film directed by SS Rajamouli, ....
  3. ^ Atluri, Sri (28 September 2008). "Star Interviews : Exclusive Interview: Rajamouli". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. ^ "1 USD to INR from 1947 till now, Historical Exchange Rates Explained". BookMyForex.com. 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Happy birthday Jr NTR: 5 movies that prove 'Young Tiger' is talent personified". Deccan Herald. 20 May 2020.


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