'Dongala Bandi' which has in its cast 27 lead comedians and having EVV Naresh in the lead role was launched today at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad.

Vegesna Sathish who has done the duties of a script and dialogue writer for 35 films is taking up direction through this film.

The film is produced under the banner of GSK Network by GSK Naidu and EVV Satyanarayana and has the main story of a group of thieves on a treasure hunt.

The music for the film is composed by Rajasekhar Valluri. The lyrics are by Suddala Ashok Teja, Surisetty Rama Rao and Abhinaya Srinivas. Arun Kumar is the cinematographer of 'Dongala Bandi' which will start its shooting on June 17.

As usual a puja was conducted at the richly decorated venue of the launch function. Tammareddy Bharadwaja who is the TFPC President sounded the clapboard while D.Ramanaidu switched on the camera for the first shot.

The two heroines in 'Dongala Bandi' are Tanya and Malishka. Both are from Mumbai.

Some of the other cast members of the film are Krishna Bhagwan, Puja Bharai, Jayaprakash Reddy, Kovai Sarala, MS Narayan, Melkote, Kondavalasa and Rao Ramesh.

The story, screenplay and dialogues are by the director himself.