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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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