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Dada

2026 · 157 min

A loud, muscular underworld ride that trades subtlety for swagger and delivers steady, crowd-pleasing thrills.

Directed by
Gopichand Malineni
Genres
Action, Drama
Starring
Nandamuri Balakrishna, Manchu Manoj, Kajal Aggarwal
Overview
A stylish and uncompromising underworld don aggressively conquers the lawless Mumbai streets, weaponizing his fierce trademark justice to systematically dismantle a lethal corporate criminal syndicate.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Gopichand Malineni
Genres
Action, Drama
Starring
Nandamuri Balakrishna, Manchu Manoj, Kajal Aggarwal
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • crime
  • justice
  • corruption
  • violence
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror2
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, drama
Directed by
Gopichand Malineni
Written by
Srinivas Gavireddy, M. Vivek Anand, Gopichand Malineni, Nimmagadda Srikanth
Starring
Nandamuri Balakrishna, Manchu Manoj, Kajal Aggarwal, Samuthirakani, R. Sarathkumar, Abhimanyu Singh, Upendra Limaye, Manish Wadhwa
Music
S. Thaman
Cinematography
Arvind Kashyap
Runtime
157 min
Country
India
Languages
Telugu

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