Athadu
Killer and a Gentleman
Movie title : Athadu
Year of Release : August 10, 2005
Cast: Mahesh Babu (as Nandu/Parthu), Trisha (as Puri), Prakash Raj (as CBI Officer), Sonu Sood (as Malli; friend of Nandu), Kota Srinivasa Rao (as Bachi Reddy; friend of Sayaji Shinde), Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (as son-in-law of Nassar), Giri Babu (as son-in-law of Nassar), Nassar (as D Satyanarayana Murthy of Basarlapudi, Grand father of Parthu), Brahmanandam (as Kittu, son-in-law of Nassar), Sunil (friend of Parthu), Rallapalli (as Duttu, Bank Manager at Tanuku Manjeera Bank), Tanikella Bharani (as Village Villain), Sayaji Shinde (as Opposition Party Leader), Charan Raj (Villan of rival gang; Guest role), Rahul Dev (as a Prison convict), Anant, Bramhaji (as son of Tanikella Bharani), Giridhar, Sudha, Hema
Music : Mani Sharma
Editor : Srikar Prasad
Dialouges : Trivikram
Story :Trivikram
Screenplay :Trivikram
Lyrics : Sirivennela Seetaramasastry
Art : Thota Tharani
Choreographer : Raju Sundaram, Brinda, Vaibhavi Merchant
Fights : Peter Hynes
Stunts : Peter Hynes
Presenter : M Murali Mohan
Direction : Trivikram
Producer : D Kishore, M Rammohan
Banner : Sri Jayabheri Art Productions
Movie Story
Nandu (Mahesh Babu) is a professional killer. Nandu and his friend Malli (Sonu Sood) are partners in murders in which Nandu commits the murder while Malli makes the escape plot. Nandu strikes a deal with the Opposition party leader for Rs. 1.5 crores in which the leader wishes to escape a bid on his own life to win sympathy and votes. The attempt-to-murder of the opposition party leader turns out to be a real murder even before Nandu shoots the bullet. Nandu somehow escapes from police and jumps off a building onto a train.
In the train journey, Nandu meets Parthu (Rajeev Kanakala) who sits in his opposite seat. Both get close to each other. Parthu tells Nandu that he is returning to his village after 12 years. When the train stops at a railway station, the police who notices Nandu and shoots at him but the bullet hits Parthu by accident. Parthu dies on the spot. Nandu escapes from the train and lands up in the village as Parthu. He gets moved with the affection shown by the family members. He meets his old childhood friends (Sunil) , fights with villans (Tanikella Bharani, Brahmaji and others) and does some good to the family of the temple priest.
Brahmanandam comes to the village on a summar vacation and plays lots of hillarious scenes - particularly hitting him in the stomach and the bed without bolts scenes. Parthu falls in love with his maradalu Puri (played by Trisha). Some family drama happens in which the fighting skills of Parthu gets to be known to all the members of the family and to his friends. Meanwhile, the murder-case of the opposition party leader will be handed over to CBI who begins investigation. Prakash Raj heads the investigation team and begins to collect the facts about the incident. He tries in vain to collect finger-prints from Parthu but as he keeps getting more details, he gets convinced that it is not Partu who did the murder. By the time the family members come to know that Parthu is not their actual person, Parthu leaves the house and goes away calmly without informing just after the marriage function is over in their house. Parthu's friend (Sunil) tells the family members about the good things he has done during his stay. By the end of the scene Parthu re-appears to tell that he has not done anything wrong to the family and that he is answerable to only two members - grand father and Puri. Nassar (the Grandfather) gets convinced and sends Parthu to get himself clear from the situation surrounding him. With this Parthu leaves for town again.
Parthu does his homework, calls Bachi Reddy over telephone and gets surprised to know that Malli has struck a deal with Bachi Reddy to kill the Opposition leader for a whopping Rs. 2 crores. Nandu and Malli takes on each other in a furious and spectacular church fight that involves lots of guns. Charan Raj, another mafia, who appears in the same scene in a guest role gets killed in the same scene. At the end, Malli himself gets killed when the bullet from the same gun he uses to kill Nandu hits him. (The gun actually is brought by Nandu and has a marble stuck inside it and hence the bullet shoots in the reverse direction)
Bachi Reddy commits suicide after coming to know that the CBI knows about the plot to kill the opposition leader. The last scene of the movie is when Nandu starts back to the village as Parthu. Will he marry Puri? The audience is left to think about this.
Do you know the story of this movie? Or can you expand this story?
Athadu Movie Facts
- Fights and Songs are brilliant
- Story line is a continous and never boring at any part
- The movie has crossed the 175-days milestone
- Special Effects: Prasad EFX, Editing: Padmalaya Studios
- Video / VCD / DVD Release: Aditya Video
Athadu Songs
- Adharaku..
Lyrics: Vishwa - Avunu Nijam
Artists: SK Sunitha
Lyrics: Sirivennala
Shot at / Location: Villa schene - Chandamama..
Artists: Ranjith, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Lyrics: Sirivennala
Shot at / Location: In a film set - Neetho Cheppana.. Gaaram chesina.. Nayagaaram chupina
Featuring: Mahesh Babu and Trisha
Artists: SP Balasubramaniam, Chitra
Lyrics: Sirivennala
Shot at / Location: Hilly greenery location - Pilichina Raanantava..
Featuring: Trisha, Mahesh Babu
Artists: S. Karthik, Kavitha
Lyrics: Sirivennala
Shot at / Location: Group dance song at home
Athadu Film Dialogues & Quotes
- Daaniki tinipinchinaa tinatam raadu
- Papam amma naana veedu complan boy anukuntunnadu. keni vallaku teleedu chaala complicated boy
- Neenoo vasthanu.. Neene Vasthanu..
- Nishabdam entha bayankaramga vuntundo choosara? Andhuke meeru entha nishabdamga vunte murder antha violent ga vuntundi
- Lancham evvandayya. Indialo daaniki dorakanidi vundadu
- Vacchanu.. Cheppanu.. Inka mee istham
- Say Sorry to Puri
- Veedu Nailon taadula kanipinche naagu paamu
Athadu Movie Reviews
"i am one of fans of THIRIVIKRAM.i like somuch U&ATHADU.it is the first film of mahesh in the view of perfect hero.thirivikram done an excellent&amazing job.especially your's comedy is amazing." - by sateesh kumar more...
"ihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" - by abhi shak more...
"hi mahesh, i liken im a big fan of urs .... ur a good actor ..not only me even my boy friend subhakanth of hyderabad is a great fan of urs." - by priya subhakanth more...
"hi thanks" - by more...
"HI at d time of murari i don't like u at all.but after i saw u in murari,i became a fan of u and sonali.I was disappointed that sonali hadn't come in many pictures after that.plz tell me how is it wor" - by siddhardh more...