Dandupalya, which is based on a dreaded gang, is a spine chilling film, writes Srikanth Srinivasa.Dandupalya, directed by Srinivasa Raju and starring Pooja Gandhi lives up to its expectations of a crime story. The film not only wreaks terror but is also gory for the crude manner in which the crime is picturised.
There are no heroes or heroines in the film. All the 11 members of the Dandupalya gang are antagonists of the society as they go about their job of raping, killing, house breaking and looting even if it means for small gains. The film tries to showcase their crimes as they had happened in the late 1990s.
Their modus operandi is simple. They keep tabs on the members of a household before striking them. They choose their victims and it is only those who live alone in their houses. The film shows a young married woman (played by Nisha Kothari) who is also pregnant, falling victim to the gang's nefarious ways, along with her mother-in-law. The wife is unable to convey the good news of her pregnancy to her husband while the latter comes to know of it only through autopsy report. There is another family where two children get killed but the mother escapes.
Police sub-inspector Chalapathi (Ravishankar) and his department spend sleepless nights trying to crack the crime acts. They go after the serial killers as they stumble upon vital clues to show there is a pattern in the crime. Members of the Dandupalya go to a jeweler regularly to pledge the gold in exchange for
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