Athadu (2005)

Original title

అతడు

Directed by

Trivikram Srinivas

Genre

action comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 52m

Rated

15

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A professional hitman is hired to fake a politician's assassination but gets framed for the real murder. He takes on a new identity and tries to clear his name while staying ahead of the law.

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What happens

Athadu (transl. Him) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action comedy thriller film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Jayabheri Arts. The film stars Mahesh Babu as a hitman 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. The supporting cast includes 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. Athadu was released on 10 August 2005 and received critical acclaim from critics and audiences and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year collecting a distributor's share of approximately ₹22 crore (US$2.3 million) in its total run. It won three Nandi Awards and a Filmfare Award South for Best Director – Telugu. It is the only Telugu film to have aired over a thousand times on television. The film was remade in Hindi as Ek: The Power of One (2009) and in Bengali as Wanted (2010). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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