Donga Mogudu Donga Mogudu Donga Mogudu is a 1987 Tollywood film starring Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya, Madhavi and Raadhika. This film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Chiranjeevi portrayed a dual role in this film. The film is based on Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel "Nallanchu Tellachira". The film was recorded as a "Super Hit" at the box office. It is a remake of an English movie, Trading Places (1983) directed by John Landis, with the lead roles of Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Ralph Bellamy. Ravi Teja (Chiranjeevi) is an industrialist who owns a textile company. He is a successful person in business, but his
Trading Places rich master who tried to steal Figaro's bride to be. The music from "The Marriage of Figaro" is used as a cinematic narrative in the film when the viewers are introduced to the daily routine of protagonist Louis Winthorpe's privileged life with the opera's overture playing in the background. The work also takes inspiration from Twain's "The Million Pound Bank Note". American philosopher and professor at Harvard University Stanley Cavell wrote about "Trading Places" in his 2005 book "Cavell on Film". Cavell postulates that film is sometimes used as a new technology in the production and experience of an opera.