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Athadu

Athadu

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Athadu

"WANTED"

2005

2h 55m

7.7(76 votes)

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Thriller

Family

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu

Nanda "Nandu" Gopal / Pardhu

Trisha Krishnan

Trisha Krishnan

Poori

Sonu Sood

Sonu Sood

Malli

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

CBI investigator Anjaneya Prasad

Nassar

Nassar

Satyanarayana Murthy

Kota Srinivasa Rao

Kota Srinivasa Rao

Baji Reddy

Sayaji Shinde

Sayaji Shinde

Siva Reddy

Sunil Varma

Sunil Varma

Ramana

Rahul Dev

Rahul Dev

Saadhu

Charan Raj

Charan Raj

Police Officer

Creative team

Directed by: Trivikram Srinivas
Written by: Trivikram Srinivas
Produced by: M. R. Rammohan
Murali Mohan

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