Athadu

Infobox Film
name = Athadu


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director = Trivikram Srinivas
producer = Jayabheri Kishore,
Murali Mohan
writer = Trivikram Srinivas
narrator =
starring = Mahesh Babu,
Trisha Krishnan,
Prakash Raj,
Sonu Sood,
Sayaji Shinde,
Brahmanandam
music = Mani Sharma
cinematography = K.V. Guhan
editing = Sreekar Prasad
distributor =
released = August 10, 2005
runtime = 172 min.
country = India
language = Telugu
budget = Rs.22 crores
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followed_by =
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amg_id = 1:334049
imdb_id = 0471571 "Athadu" ( dubbed in Tamil as Nandhu and in Malayalam as Target): అతడు) is a 2005 Tollywood film produced by Jayabheri Kishore and Murali Mohan and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The movie stars Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan, Sonu Sood and Prakash Raj. The movie soundtrack was scored by Mani Sharma. The film released on August 10, 2005. It became one of the highest grossers in 2005 in Tollywood. The movie was later dubbed into Malayalam with the title "The Target".

Plot

Nanda Gopal / Nandu(Mahesh Babu) is a professional assassin who partners up with Malli (Sonu Sood). He charges around 1-2 crores for a 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 him up with Nandu for a deal. On the day of the murder attempt, before Nandu gets to shoot Shiva Reddy, someone else fatally shoots Shiva Reddy. Nandu did not pull the trigger so he knows 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 (Rajeev Kanakala), a talkative guy. Pardhu reveals that he ran away from his village, Basarlapudi, when he was young because he thought he was responsible for a boy's death in the graveyard. Pardhu explains that he is finally returning to his village. Later that same evening, police while pursuing Nandu accidentally shoot Pardhu. Nandu escapes and not knowing what to do next, he remembers Pardhu's background. So Nandu goes to Basarlapudi in the identity of Pardhu and Pardhu's family accepts him. Meanwhile, A CBI officer Anjaneya Prasad(Prakash Raj) investigating the murder of Shiva Reddy comes across Nandu alias Pardhu. He suspects Nandu of Shiva Reddy's murder.He tries takin nandu's fingerprints unconventionally but nandu outsmarts him. Soon clues lead up to Malli but he is dead. Meanwhile in Barslapudi, after the marriage of the daughter's was over, the CBI come because they find out that Nandu is not Pardhu and suspect that Nandu is the killer. Nandu learns of the situation and flees. After the CBI leave, Nandu returns 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, Baji Reddy refuses but after Nandu tells 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 conversation 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 wants to avenge his father's murder. Afraid that if his son were to discover that the nicest person was his father's murderer, he would behead him, Baji Reddy commits suicide. In the last scene, Nandu immerses Pardhu's ashes and the CBI officer lets him go to Pardhu's real family, where he plans to stay forever.

In this film we can observe very good scenes and dialogus penned by trivikram.We can enjoy this movie .We can see this movie infinite no of times.Good comedy scene are there in this movie.

Cast

* Mahesh Babu ... Nanda Gopal alias Nandu alias Pardhu
* Trisha Krishnan ... Puri
* Sonu Sood ... Malli
* Prakash Raj ... Anjaneya Prasad(CBI Officer)
* Nassar ... Satya Narayana Murthy
* Brahmanandam ... Uncle of Puri
* Sunil ... Ramana
* Sayaji Shinde ... Shiva Reddy
* Rajiv Kanakala ... Pardhasaradhi alias Pardhu
* Kota Srinivasa Rao ... Baji Reddy
* Rahul Dev ... Sadhu
* Ajay ... Pratap Reddy

Crew

* Producer: Murali Mohan & 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: Sreekar Prasad
* Art: Thotta Tharani

Music

The film has six songs composed by Mani Sharma:

* "Adharaka Badule Cheppeti" - Vishwa

* "Pillagali" - Shreya Ghoshal

* "Avunu Nijam" - K.K & Sunitha

* "Chandamama" - Mahalakshmi Iyer & Ranjith

* "Neetho Cheppana" - S.P. Balu & Chitra

* "Pilichina Raanantaava" - Karthik & Kavita Krishnamurthy

Awards

Nandi Awards

* Best Actor - Mahesh Babu
* Best Dialogue Writer -Trivikram Srinivas

Santosham Film Awards

* Best Film - M. Rammohan

Filmfare Awards

* Best Director - Trivikram Srinivas

Release

The film was released with 6 prints in U.S.A. [ [http://idlebrain.com/trade/tsynop/athadu.html Cycle Stand - Telugu Cinema Trade Story ] ] and in 3 screens in Chennai. [ [http://sify.com/entertainment/movies/tamil/boxoffice/fullstory.php?id=13918651 Chennai Box-Office (Aug 12-15) - Sify.com ] ]

Box-office performance

*The film netted Rs.1.05 million from 3 screens in Chennai in its opening weekend debuting at no. 2. [ [http://sify.com/entertainment/movies/tamil/boxoffice/fullstory.php?id=13918651 Chennai Box-Office (Aug 12-15) - Sify.com ] ] .
*It collected a distributors' share of Rs.220 million in its total run,thus becoming the sensational hit of 2005 in Tollywood. [ [http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/january2006.htm#newsitem6 CineGoer.com - News Archives - January 2006 ] ] Its satellite rights were sold for Rs.18 million. [ [http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news265.html Athadu satellite rights for 1.8 crores] ]
*The film had a 50 days run in 176 centres [http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/records/athadu50dayscenters.html Athadu 50 days centres] ] and a 100-day run in 38 centres. [ [http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/boxoffice/display.php?id=218 Nonstopcinema Box Office - Athadu 100 days centers : Telugu movies, tollywood, cinema ] ] .The film had a 175-day run in Sudarshan 35mm, Hyderabad. [ [http://www.cinegoer.com/maheshbabu175.htm CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - Maheshbabu's 175-Day Centres List ] ] ,grossing Rs.10.4 million from the theatre. [ [http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/january2006.htm#newsitem6 CineGoer.com - News Archives - January 2006 ] ]

References

External links

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