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RUNTIME
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Clocks in at 172 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
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Athidhi
2007 2h 52m TE
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5.9
MID
★5.9TMDB · 20
ActionThriller
Synopsis
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While the nation is terrorized by a slew of kidnappings and murders, a young woman falls in love with a mysterious man; not realizing that he is the one who went to jail for the murder of her parents, thirteen years earlier.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Mahesh Babu
Athidhi / Aditya
Amrita Rao
Amrita Goutham
Brahmanandam
Shivram
Nassar
Home Minister
Ravi Prakash
Friend
Ashish Vidhyarthi
Danny Bhai
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Maccha Srinu
Sunil Varma
Amrita's fiancé
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Surender Reddy
- Writers
- Surender Reddy, Vakkantham Vamsi
- Languages
- Telugu
- Countries
- India
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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MONEY
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Shot for just $2.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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ERA
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Released 19 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Mani Sharma. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Gautham Raju shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Mahesh Babu and Amrita Rao and Brahmanandam carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0954914 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 20 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Surender Reddy directs. Mani Sharma scores. Gautham Raju cuts. A long sit — settle in. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Telugu.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Clocks in at 172 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
- 2Shot for just $2.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Released 19 years ago.
- 4Original score by Mani Sharma. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Gautham Raju shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Mahesh Babu and Amrita Rao and Brahmanandam carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0954914 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 20 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 9Classified under 10 themes, including "loss of loved one", "adoption", "survival", "murder".
The technical file
- Original score
- Mani Sharma
- Editing
- Gautham Raju
- Runtime
- 172 min · 2h 52m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,875,000
- Box office
- $4,211,819
- Return
- 146% of budget
- Original language
- TE
- IMDB
- Athidhi (2007)
Also by
Surender Reddy
Production companies
Who made it
UTV Motion Pictures
IN
- KR
Krishna Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Key crew
- CinematographySameer Reddy
- ProducerRonnie Screwvala
- EditorGautham Raju
- DialogueAbburi Ravi
- LyricistSirivennela Seetharama Sastry
- Playback SingerChandrabose
- LyricistRavi Kumar Bhaskarabhatla
- Playback SingerRahul Nambiar
- Playback SingerRita Thyagarajan
- Playback SingerAnushka Manchanda
- Playback SingerK. G. Ranjith
- Playback SingerDarshana KT
- Playback SingerSuchitra
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- loss of loved one
- adoption
- survival
- murder
- orphan
- falling in love
- death of parent
- incarceration
- mystery villain
- loss of parents
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2007-10-18
Also known as
International titles
- International Khiladi: The Iron ManIN
- The GuestIN
