Athadu
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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.
Genres
Action, Thriller, Family
Studio
Sri Jayabheri Art Productions
Language
te
Status
Released
How Athadu performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$2.8M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$372K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Nanda "Nandu" Gopal / Pardhu
Mahesh Babu
Nanda "Nandu" Gopal / Pardhu
Poori
Trisha Krishnan
Poori
Malli
Sonu Sood
Malli
CBI investigator Anjaneya Prasad
Prakash Raj
CBI investigator Anjaneya Prasad
Satyanarayana Murthy
Nassar
Satyanarayana Murthy
Baji Reddy
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Baji Reddy
Siva Reddy
Sayaji Shinde
Siva Reddy
Ramana
Sunil Varma
Ramana
Saadhu
Rahul Dev
Saadhu
Police Officer
Charan Raj
Police Officer
Krishna Murthy
Brahmanandam
Krishna Murthy
Naidu
Tanikella Bharani
Naidu
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