--- title: 'Athadu (2005)' type: 'film' director: 'Trivikram Srinivas' released: '2005-01-01' runtime_minutes: 172 countries: - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/athadu-2005' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471571/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Athadu (2005) 2005 · 172 min · India ## Synopsis Athadu (transl. Him) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action comedy thriller film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Jayabheri Arts. The film stars Mahesh Babu as a hitman hired to stage the assassination of a politician, only to be framed for the actual murder, forcing him to assume a new identity while evading the law. The supporting cast includes Trisha, Sonu Sood, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Sunil, Sayaji Shinde, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Brahmanandam. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while K. V. Guhan handled the cinematography. ## Credits - **Director:** [Trivikram Srinivas](https://cinepixo.com/people/trivikram-srinivas) - **Screenplay:** [Trivikram Srinivas](https://cinepixo.com/people/trivikram-srinivas) - **Original Music Composer:** [Mani Sharma](https://cinepixo.com/people/mani-sharma) - **Director of Photography:** [K. V. Guhan](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-v-guhan) - **Editor:** [A. Sreekar Prasad](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-sreekar-prasad) ## Cast - [Sonu Sood](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonu-sood) - [Prakash Raj](https://cinepixo.com/people/prakash-raj) - [Brahmaji](https://cinepixo.com/people/brahmaji) - [Mahesh Babu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahesh-babu) - [Giri Babu](https://cinepixo.com/people/giri-babu) - [Brahmanandam](https://cinepixo.com/people/brahmanandam) - [Trisha Krishnan](https://cinepixo.com/people/trisha-krishnan) - [Sayaji Shinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/sayaji-shinde) - [Nassar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nassar) - [Kasinathuni Viswanath](https://cinepixo.com/people/kasinathuni-viswanath) - [Dharmavarapu Subramanyam](https://cinepixo.com/people/dharmavarapu-subramanyam) - [Kota Srinivasa Rao](https://cinepixo.com/people/kota-srinivasa-rao) - [Tanikella Bharani](https://cinepixo.com/people/tanikella-bharani) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/athadu-2005 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3568217); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.