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Athadu

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A professional killer is hired to fake the assassination of a politician. But the politician is killed and he is framed for the murder, so he assumes the identity of a dead man to escape the law.

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Jimmy Cage Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube) ATHADU is an average entertainer that is fun at times, but overall too superficial, too bland and at the very end too ridiculously over the top. Rated: 5/10 Dec 12, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Pavan Ever green classic 😍🔥🔥🔥🔥 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/10/25 Full Review Bala Krishna Treat to watch it again on Bigscreens Amma Avakai Athadu eppudu Bore kottav 😍 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/09/25 Full Review Dan F I'm an American who rarely watches Indian movies. This one was interesting but I did not find it especially engaging. It did not feel very realistic. It is a strange mashup of different movie styles. Like a cross between an action movie, a musical, a comedy and a romance. Like Kung-Fu crossed with "Sound of Music" and "I Love Lucy". The sudden shifts in tone are jarring and detract from any sense of realism. Meanwhile, for large portions of the movie, the main character barely speaks, and has a mostly blank expression. Not easy to relate to or sympathize with. His love interest is lovely, but presented as rather full of herself and a bit silly, which makes it hard to know what exactly he sees in her. I quit this film at intermission. Yes I do have some questions about how it ended, but I was not sure I wanted to sit through another 90 minutes of this just to find out. It felt like a very long movie, and it is. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/13/25 Full Review Roy m Athadu is a film that might be superficial but has a heart. It is a film that will stay forever in Telugu cinema's history. A film about a serial killer in a Family drama backdrop. Lot of cultural motifs. A film about a serial killer is the most loved and watched family film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review sai t BEST TELUGU MOVIE EVER. 🥰🥰🥰 FAMILY, COMEDY, THRILLER, CRIME JUST SO FUCKIINGGGG PERFECT, NO ONE CAN GET NOT SWAYED BY THIS MOVIE. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/19/24 Full Review Audience Member Athadu is my all-time favourite. Best family entertainer till the date and forever. One and only movie which made telugu films have a market in U.S.A.It would have been an All-time Blockbuster if people would have understood it properly. Athadu is a package of Comedy, suspense,emotional scenes, heart touching scenes,heart warming songs,thrilling background score,goosebumping scenes,Daredevil dialogues,hollywood looks and action scenes of mahesh babu sir.I have watched this movie for numberless times. Even i know every dialogue in this movie.Best movie directed by trivikram srinivas sir.If I get a chance to give IMDB rating for this movie, I will give 10/10.😍🤗🤩. Superstar's sensational movie in 2005. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A professional killer is hired to fake the assassination of a politician. But the politician is killed and he is framed for the murder, so he assumes the identity of a dead man to escape the law.
Director
Trivikram Srinivas
Producer
Duggirala Kishore, M. Ram Mohan, Murali Mohan
Screenwriter
Trivikram Srinivas
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
Telugu
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 3, 2019
Runtime
2h 52m