Athadu (2005)
A hitman, Nandu, is hired to stage the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is actually killed and Nandu is framed for the murder, he assumes a dead man's identity to evade the law.
Director: Trivikram Srinivas
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Mahesh Babu as Nanda "Nandu" Gopal / Pardhu |
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Trisha Krishnan as Poori |
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Sonu Sood as Malli |
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Prakash Raj as CBI investigator Anjaneya Prasad |
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Nassar as Satyanarayana Murthy |
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Kota Srinivasa Rao as Baji Reddy |
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Sayaji Shinde as Siva Reddy |
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Sunil Varma as Ramana |
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Rahul Dev as Saadhu |
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Charan Raj as Police Officer |
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Brahmanandam as Krishna Murthy |
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Tanikella Bharani as Naidu |
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Ravi Prakash as Ravi |
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Ajay as Pratap Reddy |
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Giri Babu as Poori's Father |
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Dharmavarupu Subramanyam as Poori's Uncle |
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Hema as Poori's Aunt |
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Sudha as Poori's Mother |
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Rajiv Kanakala as Pardhu |
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Posani Krishna Murali as Farukh |
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K. Viswanath as CBI Chief |
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Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Giri |
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Brahmaji as Bujji |
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Jayaprakash Reddy as |
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Sana as |
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M. S. Narayana as |
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Ananth Babu as |
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Mallikarjuna Rao as |
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Rallapalli Narasimha as |
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Pammi Sai as |
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Harsha Vardhan as |
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Manoj Nandam as Young Nanda Gopal |
| Sound | Viswa | Playback Singer |
| Writing | Trivikram Srinivas | Writer |
| Production | M. R. Rammohan | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Pavan Kumar Potluri | Digital Compositors |
| Crew | Peter Hein | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Shreya Ghoshal | Playback Singer |
| Visual Effects | Stalin Saravanan | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Mohinder Subramaniam | Compositors |
| Sound | K. S. Chithra | Playback Singer |
| Visual Effects | Zameer Hussain | Digital Compositors |
| Crew | Vaibhavi Merchant | Choreographer |
| Visual Effects | Thirumurugan Krishnan | Digital Compositors |
| Crew | Raju Sundaram | Choreographer |
| Editing | Sreekar Prasad | Editor |
| Sound | Madhusudhan Reddy | Sound Engineer |
| Visual Effects | Andrew Shibi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Sunitha Sarathy | Playback Singer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Asmita Marwah | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kolli Ramu | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Kavita Krishnamurthy | Playback Singer |
| Art | Thotta Tharani | Art Direction |
| Directing | Naveenbandi | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Shyam Gurumoorthy | Digital Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Shreeharsha Rao | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Brinda Gopal | Choreographer |
| Sound | Mani Sharma | Music |
| Visual Effects | Ramesh Karthikeyan | Digital Compositors |
| Production | Murali Mohan | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Srirengaraj | Digital Compositors |
| Sound | S. P. Balasubramaniam | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Mahalakshmi Iyer | Playback Singer |
| Production | Kishore Duggirala | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Caarthick Raju | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Writing | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Lyricist |
| Directing | Trivikram Srinivas | Director |
| Crew | B.A. Raju | Public Relations |
| Sound | J.R. Ethiraj | Sound Designer |
| Camera | K. V. Guhan | Director of Photography |