''Dakota Express'' () is a 2002

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-language

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, a remake of the 2001

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film ''

Ee Parakkum Thalika ''Ee Parakkum Thalika'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy drama film starring Dileep, Harisree Asokan, Nithya Das and Cochin Haneefa. It was directed by Thaha and written by V. R. Gopalakrishnan, seems to have been inspire ...

''. It was produced by

Rockline Venkatesh Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 23 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Kannada, and Hindi cinemas. He is the founder and owner of the production and d ...

and directed by

M. S. Rajashekar M. S. Rajashekar (died 29 October 2018) was an Indian Kannada film director based in Bangalore. He made his directorial debut with ''Dhruva Thare'' starring Rajkumar which earned the Karnataka State Award for Second Best Film. His second movie ...

. The film stars

and

Om Prakash Rao Om Prakash Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who primarily works in Kannada film industry. He has, till date, directed about 47 films in Kannada language. Career Om Prakash Rao's successful films such as Lo ...

Plot

Krishna owns an old bus and he is facing lot of problems due to the pathetic condition of the bus. He sold many valuable things to maintain this bus. His friend Sundar was his only companion. A mouse was also there as a character. It ate the passport of Sundar and Sundar went after that mouse. The story took a turn when Gayathri entered the bus as a nomad. She was actually the daughter of a minister. Her father forced her to join politics. So she left home. The police traced her out and had taken her back. Her father was making arrangements for her marriage with someone else. Meanwhile, Krishna realised that he cannot live without Gayathri. Krishna and Sundar secretly entered her house and finally all ended well by winning the heart of her father.

Cast

as Krishna *

as Sundar * Amrutha as Gayathri devi * Doddanna as Circle Inspector Ugra narasimha *

Lokanath C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor with more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films to his credit. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance wa ...

as Bank Manager Gundurao * Malathi Sardeshpande * Shivadwaj Shetty * M. S. Umesh *Shivaji Rao Jadhav *Ashok as Home Minister Rajashekhar Patil *Shyam Yadav as Kashi *Sarigama Viji as Bhatta *Rathnakar *Bangalore Nagesh *

Mimicry Dayanand Mimicry Dayanand is an Indian Impressionist (entertainment), impressionist, Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, actor and television presenter from the Karnataka state of India. He is renowned for his impression of politicians and film actors of K ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed and written by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

.Daasa songs

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