Dakota Express

{{Infobox film

| name = Dakota Express

| image = Dakota Express.jpg

| caption = VCD cover

| director = M. S. Rajashekar

| producer = Rockline Venkatesh

| writer = B. A. Madhu

(Dialogues)

| screenplay = M. S. Rajashekhar

| story = Govind Padman

Mahesh Mithra

| based_on = Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001)

| starring = Rockline Venkatesh
Om Prakash Rao

| music = Hamsalekha

| cinematography = R. Janardhan Babu

| editing = Shyam Yadav

| studio = Rockline Productions

| distributor = Bahar Films

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|04|11}}

| runtime = 154 minutes

| country = India

| language = Kannada

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Dakota Express ({{translation|Rundown Express}}{{efn|"Dakota" is a Kannada slang term denoting poor quality.}}) is a 2002 Kannada-language comedy film, a remake of the 2001 Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika.{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020222/rkana.html|title=Patience helps|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=2009-07-08}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It was produced by Rockline Venkatesh{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=10772|title=Khusboo says no to mom roles|date=2005-07-15|work=Screen Weekly|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=2009-07-08}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and directed by M. S. Rajashekar.{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/10/stories/2002061000110401.htm

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021104165702/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/10/stories/2002061000110401.htm

|url-status=usurped

|archive-date=4 November 2002

|title= How dull can you get?|date=2002-06-10|work=Metro Plus Chennai|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2009-07-08}} The film stars Rockline Venkatesh and Om Prakash Rao.{{cite web|url=https://www.chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/2696-dakota-express-review.html|access-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019231022/http://www.chitraloka.com/sections/how_is_it/daccota.html|archive-date=19 October 2002|date=13 April 2002|title=Dakota-Rock & Rao on Road - It is a non stop comedy|work=Chitraloka}}

Plot

Krishna owns an old bus and he is facing lot of problems due to the pathetic condition of the bus. He sold many valuable things to maintain this bus. His friend Sundar was his only companion. A mouse was also there as a character. It ate the passport of Sundar and Sundar went after that mouse. The story took a turn when Gayathri entered the bus as a nomad. She was actually the daughter of a minister. Her father forced her to join politics. So she left home. The police traced her out and had taken her back. Her father was making arrangements for her marriage with someone else. Meanwhile, Krishna realised that he cannot live without Gayathri. Krishna and Sundar secretly entered her house and finally all ended well by winning the heart of her father.