Athadu
🌐 Telugu
Overview
A gunman for hire is framed for murder, and assumes a dead man's identity while hiding from the police. To receive a sympathy vote, a crooked politician plans his own assassination attempt. Nandu is hired to merely wound the politician, but someone else pulls the trigger first. Framed for murder, Nandu flees and meets Pardhu, a man returning home after a long absence. The young man is killed in the police crossfire meant for Nandu. Nandu assumes Pardhu's identity and his new "cousin" has a romantic interest in him...—L. Hamre A street kid, Nandu, is raised as a hitman by a gangster. Nandu in association with his friend Malli. Politician Baaji Reddy hires Nandu to shoot Siva Reddy and hurt him to show it off like a failed attempt of assassination to gain sympathy in upcoming elections. As Nandu is about to shoot, someone else kills Siva Reddy and Malli is presumed dead in a road accident. Shocked and confused, Nandu runs away from police and gets into a train. He gets to know his fell
Other Artists (28)
Gundu Sudharshan
Naidu's lawyer
Ravi Prakash
Ravi
Ajay
Pratap Reddy
Vajja Venkata Giridhar
Giri
Rajeev Kanakala
Pardhasardhi/Pardhu
Sonu Sood
Malli
Trisha Krishnan
Poori
Harshavardhan
Car agency owner
Hema
Poori's aunt
Sunil
Ramana(as Suneel)
Mahesh Babu
Nanda Gopal/Nandu/Fake Pardhu(as Mahesh)
Jayaprakash Reddy
Poori's sister's father-in-law
K. Viswanath
CBI Officer K. S. Patanjali(as K. Vishwanath)
Sudha
Poori's mother
Sayaji Shinde
Shiva Reddy
Rallapalli
Bank employee
Charan Raj
Police Officer
Prakash Raj
CBI officer Anjaneya Prasad
Krishna Murali Posani
Farooq
Nassar
Satya Narayana Murthy(as Nasser)
M.S. Narayana
Tea shop customer
Giri Babu
Poori's father(as Giribabu)
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Poori's uncle
Rahul Dev
Sadhu
Brahmanandam
Poori's uncle
Brahmaji
Nagasamudram Bujji
Tanikella Bharani
Naidu
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Baji Reddy
Direction
Trivikram Srinivas · Director
Music Direction
Mani Sharma · Composer
Editing
A. Sreekar Prasad · Editor
Art Direction
Thota Tharani · Art Director
Choreography
Raju Sundaram · Choreography
Brinda Master · Choreography
Vaibhavi Merchant · Choreography
Screening
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Total Shows
28,450
Chennai
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Mumbai