Athadu (2005)
Original title: అతడు
Athadu is a 2005 Telugu-language action movie directed by Trivikram Srinivas, with a running time of 2h 55m. It stars Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan and Sonu Sood.
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.
Cast
- Mahesh Babu as Nanda "Nandu" Gopal / Pardhu
- Trisha Krishnan as Poori
- Sonu Sood as Malli
- Prakash Raj as CBI investigator Anjaneya Prasad
- Nassar as Satyanarayana Murthy
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Baji Reddy
- Sayaji Shinde as Siva Reddy
- Sunil Varma as Ramana
- Rahul Dev as Saadhu
- Charan Raj as Police Officer
- Brahmanandam as Krishna Murthy
- Tanikella Bharani as Naidu