Athadu (2005)
Athadu (2005)

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Cast & Crew.

Mahesh Babu
Nanda 'Nandu' Gopal / Pardhu

Trisha Krishnan
Poori

Prakash Raj
CBI investigator Anjaneya Prasad

Nassar
Satyanarayana Murthy

Kota Srinivasa Rao
Baji Reddy

Sonu Sood
Malli

Rahul Dev
Saadhu

Charan Raj
Police Officer

Brahmanandam
Krishna Murthy

Tanikella Bharani
Naidu

Ajay
Pratap Reddy

Giri Babu
Poori's Father

Dharmavarupu Subramanyam
Poori's Uncle

Hema
Poori's Aunt

Sudha
Poori's Mother

Rajiv Kanakala
Pardhu

Sunil Varma
Ramana

Brahmaji
Bujji

Sayaji Shinde
Siva Reddy

Posani Krishna Murali
Farukh

K. Viswanath
CBI Chief

Ravi Prakash
Ravi

Vajja Venkata Giridhar
Giri

Manoj Nandam
Young Nanda Gopal

Trivikram Srinivas
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue / Writer / Director

Viswa
Playback Singer

Vaibhavi Merchant
Choreographer

Raju Sundaram
Choreographer

Thotta Tharani
Art Direction

Shyam Gurumoorthy
Digital Effects Producer

Srirengaraj
Digital Compositors

S. P. Balasubramaniam
Playback Singer

Peter Hein
Stunt Coordinator

Shreya Ghoshal
Playback Singer

Asmita Marwah
Costume Design

Zameer Hussain
Digital Compositors

Sreekar Prasad
Editor

Kolli Ramu
Makeup Artist

K. S. Chithra
Playback Singer

Murali Mohan
Producer

Naveenbandi
Assistant Director

Shreeharsha Rao
Visual Effects Supervisor

Sunitha Sarathy
Playback Singer

Kavita Krishnamurthy
Playback Singer

Mani Sharma
Music

Thirumurugan Krishnan
Digital Compositors

Stalin Saravanan
Visual Effects Supervisor

M. R. Rammohan
Producer

Pavan Kumar Potluri
Digital Compositors

Andrew Shibi
Visual Effects Coordinator

Brinda
Choreographer

Kishore Duggirala
Producer

K. V. Guhan
Cinematography

Madhusudhan Reddy
Sound Engineer

Ramesh Karthikeyan
Digital Compositors

Caarthick Raju
Visual Effects Supervisor
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Details.
Release DateAugust 10, 2005
Original Nameఅతడు
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 53m
Box Office$2,800,000
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This Movie Is About.
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Athadu (transl. He) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Jayabheri Arts. The film stars Mahesh Babu, alongside Trisha, Sonu Sood, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Sunil, Sayaji Shinde, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Brahmanandam. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while K. V. Guhan handled the cinematography. The film follows a professional killer hired to stage the assassination of a politician, only to be framed for the actual murder, forcing him to assume a new identity while evading the law.
Athadu was released on 10 August 2005 and received positive reviews from critics and audiences, emerging as one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year. It won three Nandi Awards and a Filmfare Award South for Best Director – Telugu. Over time, the film gained recognition as a modern classic in Telugu cinema and holds the record for being the most telecasted Telugu film, having aired over 1,000 times on television. The film was remade in Hindi as Ek: The Power of One (2009) and in Bengali as Wanted (2010).
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