Athadu
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| Directed by | Trivikram Srinivas |
| Produced by | Jayabheri Kishore M. Rammohan |
| Written by | Trivikram Srinivas |
| Starring | Mahesh Babu Trisha Krishnan Prakash Raj Sonu Sood Sayaji Shinde, Brahmanandam |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Distributed by | Sri Jayabheri Art Productions |
| Release date(s) | August 10, 2005 (India) |
| Running time | 172 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
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Athadu(Telugu:అతడు) is a 2005 Tollywood film produced by Jayabheri Kishore and M. Rammohan and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The movie stars Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan, Sonu Sood and Prakash Raj. The movie soundtrack was by Mani Sharma.
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[edit] Plot
Nandu (Mahesh Babu) is a professional assassin who partners up with Malli (Sonu Sood) to kill others for money. He charges around 1-2 crores per murder. A party leader Shiva Reddy (Sayaji Shinde) wants someone to attempt an assassination on him so that he could get more votes through sympathy. So Shiva Reddy's colleague Baji Reddy hooks up Nandu for a deal. On the day of the murder attempt, as soon as Nandu was going to shoot Shiva Reddy in the chest, a bullet fired at Baji Reddy's head. Nandu did not pull the trigger so he knew it was not him. Within minutes, police surround the building. Just before the exit of the building, a big car accident occurs on the street with Nandu's car. Nandu assumes that Malli got trapped and died in the accident. So Nandu goes to the top of the skyscraper. With the police behind him and in front of him, he is helpless. Suddenly a train comes and Nandu uses a rope to jump from the skyscraper to the train. There, Nandu meets Pardhu (Rajiv Kanakala). Both become friends after a little while. Nandu asks Pardhu where he is going. Pardhu ran away from his village when he was young because he thought he was at fault for a boy's death in the graveyard. Pardhu explains to Nandu how happy he is. Later that same evening, police come and shoot Pardhu for mistake instead of Nandu. Nandu shuts off the light and runs away. Not knowing what to do next, he remembers Pardhu telling him that he ran away from his village, Barslapudi. So Nandu goes to Barslapudi in the identity of Pardhu and everyone thinks he is Pardhu.
Meanwhile, A CBI investigator (Prakash Raj) researches the murder of Shiva Reddy. He comes across Nandu alias Pardhu and starts to doubt that he was the one that killed Shiva Reddy. Soon clues lead up to Malli but he is dead. Meanwhile in Barslapudi, after the marriage of the daughter's was over, the CBI came because they were sure that Nandu was the real killer. The CBI left and Nandu comes back to explain everything: who is he and how the real Pardhu got killed. At first the family shows no interest in helping Nandu to find the real assassin as they are all shocked but the grandfather (Nassar) helps Nandu by giving him a gun.
Nandu calls Baji Reddy and demands who killed Shiva Reddy. At first, Bajji Reddy refuses but after Nandu telling him that he recorded their first conservation on the phone, Bajji Reddy reveals everything. It was Malli who killed Shiva Reddy for 2 crores. He faked his death by sending a drunkard in the car at the time of the accident. Nandu records that conservation and immediately leaves for the old church, where Malli is. Nandu and Malli meet and Nandu has the gun loaded before Malli. But the same policemen who killed Pardhu barged in. Nandu manages to kill all of them and also kills Malli at the same time. Nandu hands over the recorded cassette to the CBI officer. The CBI go directly to Bajji Reddy's office and tells him that he will hand him over to the police. Bajji Reddy thinks he's bluffing. Shiva Reddy has a son (Ajay) who is really angry at his father's murderer. If his son were to find out that the nicest person to him was his father's murderer, he would behead him. Bajji Reddy commits suicide but shooting himself. In the last scene, Nandu emerses Pardhu's ashes and the CBI let him go to Pardhu's real family, where he will stay forever more.
[edit] Cast
- Mahesh Babu ... Nandu Gopal/Pardhu
- Trisha Krishnan ... Puri
- Sonu Sood ... Malli
- Prakash Raj ... CBI Officer
- Nassar ... Grandfather of Puri
- Brahmanandam ... Uncle of Puri
- Sunil ... Ramana
- Sayaji Shinde ... Shiva Reddy
- Kota Srinivasa Rao ... Bajji Reddy
- Rahul Dev ... Sadhu
- Ajay ...
[edit] Crew
- Producer: M. Rammohan & Jayabheri Kishore
- Director:: Trivikram Srinivas
- Story: Trivikram Srinivas
- Screenplay: Trivikram Srinivas
- Dialogues: Trivikram Srinivas
- Cinematography: K.V. Guhan
- Stunts: Peter Hein
- Music: Mani Sharma
- Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant, Raju Sundaram, & Brinda
- Editing: A. Sreekar Prasad
- Art: Thotta Tharani
[edit] Awards
[edit] Nandi awards
- Best Actor - Mahesh Babu
- Best dialouge writer -trivikram srinivas
[edit] Santosham Film Awards
Athadu scored 1 award at the Santosham Film Awards ceremony.
- Best Film - M. Rammohan
[edit] Telugu Filmfare Awards
- Best Film - M. Rammohan & Jayabheri Kishore
- Best Actor - Mahesh Babu
- Best Actress - Trisha Krishnan
- Best Director - Trivikram Srinivas
- Best Music Director - Mani Sharma
[edit] Trivia
- It took more than 1 year to shoot this film
- It took 27 days to can the last fight in direction of fight master Peter Hain.
- There were many cuts edited out of the film, dealing with the last fight in the climax.[1].
- This film will be remade in Hindi with Bobby Deol, Ileana and Nana Patekar[2] .
[edit] References
- ^ idlebrain.com. Censor cuts for Athadu. Retrieved on 31 October 2006.
- ^ indiafm.com. Nana & Bobby in Athadu remake. Retrieved on 31 October 2006.
