What is "athadu"

Athadu is a 2005 Indian Telugu action- drama thriller film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film features an ensemble cast of Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan, Sonu Sood, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sayaji Shinde, Nassar and Prakash Raj. It was produced by D. Kishore and M. Ram Mohan under the Jayabheri Arts banner while actor Murali Mohan was the presenter of the film. Story, Screenplay and Dialogues were penned by Srinivas while Sirivennela Sitaramasastri and Viswa penned the lyrics for the songs. The soundtrack was scored by Mani Sharma. K. V. Guhan handled the cinematography of the film while Sreekar Prasad edited it. Thota Tharani was the art director of the film while Peter Hein was the stunt and fight choreographer. The story of this movie is loosely coupled with Venkatesh starrer Varasudochhadu.

The film went on to become one of the highest grossing Telugu films in and marked Mahesh Babu's career resurgence after a few flops. Still, it is regarded as one of the classics of contemporary Telugu cinema and won 3 Nandi Awards and a Filmfare Awards South in Best Director category. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Nandhu and in Malayalam as Target. It was later remade in Hindi as Ek and in Bengali as Wanted. It was also dubbed into Polish for a release in Poland as a Poszukiwany (Seeking) thus becoming the first Telugu film released in Poland. It received an overwhelming response there as well. The film was also dubbed in Hindi as Cheetah – The Power of One and released through YouTube on 11 February 2013 by Goldmines Telefilms.