Athadu

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Athadu

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2005

2h 55m

7.2(57 votes)

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Family

Overview

A professional killer is hired to fake the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is killed and he is framed for his murder, he takes on a dead man's identity to escape the law.

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Cast & Crew

32 members

Acting

Mahesh Babu

Nanda "Nandu" Gopal / Pardhu

Acting

Trisha Krishnan

Poori

Acting

Prakash Raj

CBI investigator Anjaneya Prasad

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Nassar

Satyanarayana Murthy

Acting

Kota Srinivasa Rao

Baji Reddy

Acting

Sonu Sood

Malli

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Rahul Dev

Saadhu

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Charan Raj

Police Officer

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Brahmanandam

Krishna Murthy

Acting

Tanikella Bharani

Naidu

Acting

Ajay

Pratap Reddy

Acting

Giri Babu

Poori's Father

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Dharmavarupu Subramanyam

Poori's Uncle

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Hema

Poori's Aunt

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Sudha

Poori's Mother

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Rajiv Kanakala

Pardhu

Acting

Jayaprakash Reddy

Unknown Role

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Sana

Unknown Role

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Sunil Varma

Ramana

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M. S. Narayana

Unknown Role

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Ananth Babu

Unknown Role

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Brahmaji

Bujji

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Mallikarjuna Rao

Unknown Role

No Image

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Rallapalli Narasimha

Unknown Role

No Image

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Sayaji Shinde

Siva Reddy

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Posani Krishna Murali

Farukh

Directing

K. Viswanath

CBI Chief

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Ravi Prakash

Ravi

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Pammi Sai

Unknown Role

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Vajja Venkata Giridhar

Giri

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Manoj Nandam

Young Nanda Gopal

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Harshavardhan

Unknown Role

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