Gharana Donga

{{Short description|1980 Telugu action film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Gharana Donga

| image = Gharanadonga.jpg

| native_name =

| caption =

| director = Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao

| writer = Jandhyala
Satyanand

| starring = {{plainlist|

• Krishna
• Sridevi
• Rao Gopala Rao
• Mohan Babu

}}

| music = K. Chakravarthy

| producer = T. Trivikrama Rao

| studio = Vijaya Lakshmi Art Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1980|03|29|df=yes}}

| country = India

| language = Telugu

}}

Gharana Donga ({{translation| The Proud Thief}}) is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao and produced by T. Trivikrama Rao for Vijaya Lakshmi Art Pictures. A remake of the 1977 film Bengali film Nidhiram Sardar, it stars Krishna, Sridevi, Rao Gopal Rao, and Mohan Babu in lead roles.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/superstar-krishna-a-bellwether-in-the-telugu-film-industry-1162552.html|title=Superstar Krishna: A bellwether in the Telugu film industry|date=15 November 2022|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=5 November 2024}} K. Chakravarthy scored and composed the film's soundtrack.

The film was released on 29 March 1980; the censor certificate dated 27 March 1980.{{cite web|title=Gharana Donga Censor Report|url=http://movies.syzygy.in/censor/gharana-donga-celluloid-0|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=24 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024145928/https://movies.syzygy.in/censor/gharana-donga-celluloid-0|url-status=dead}} The film, which marked the second collaboration of director Rao with Krishna after Bhale Krishnudu, turned out to be a success at the box office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/features/2022/Nov/15/krishna-the-end-of-an-era-36670.html|title=Krishna: The end of an era|date=15 November 2022|last=Sridhar|first=Ram Venkat|work=Cinema Express|access-date=5 November 2024}}