Overview
A police officer's quest for justice intertwines with a heartfelt family secret, leading to explosive confrontations.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- exuberant
- irreverent
- warm
- family movie night
- action comedy marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found Dookudu to be an energetic, crowd-pleasing Mahesh Babu vehicle whose comedy and commercial style outweigh its repetitive, logic-defying screenplay.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The police investigation, romantic pursuit, comic television charade, family sentiment, and revenge plot operate together as a distinctly Telugu commercial masala package.
Ajay constructs a make-believe home life so his father, newly awake from a long coma, will not experience stress or shock.
Ajay pursues the drug-and-weapons network while hunting the don whose associates tried to kill his father.
The home-life deception, including a television-show-like performance, turns comedy into a protective mechanism around Shankar's recovery.
Films like Dookudu, and why
Pokiri
star-driven Indian masala action, broad comedy, romance, and a revenge-centered criminal plot
Race Gurram
Telugu action comedy combining an undercover police mission, romance, comic set pieces, and commercial spectacle
Sarrainodu
large-scale Indian masala entertainment blending police action, family emotion, humor, and a charismatic lead performance
Baadshah
action-comedy with a protective family deception, romantic subplot, and exaggerated criminal antagonists
Movie Details
- Director
- Sreenu Vaitla
- Release Date
- 2011-09-23
- Runtime
- 174 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (56)
Cast
- Mahesh Babu
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu
- Prakash Raj
- Sonu Sood
- Brahmanandam
- M. S. Narayana
- Adithya Menon
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Sayaji Shinde
- Sonia Deepti
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sun Nxt
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Dookudu about?
- A charismatic police officer stages an entire family fiction to protect his recovering father while dismantling the mafia responsible for his past tragedy.
- What is Dookudu like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dookudu as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dookudu violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Dookudu as moderate.
- What did critics think of Dookudu?
- Critics broadly found Dookudu to be an energetic, crowd-pleasing Mahesh Babu vehicle whose comedy and commercial style outweigh its repetitive, logic-defying screenplay.
- Which films are like Dookudu?
- Films with a similar feel include Pokiri, Race Gurram, Sarrainodu, and Baadshah.
- How long is Dookudu?
- Dookudu runs 174 minutes.
- Where can I watch Dookudu?
- In United States, Dookudu streams on Sun Nxt.
