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A boy wanders through all of Delhi looking for a job. When selling balloons, he sees a girl and gives her a free balloon. A few days later, during a storm, the girl finds the boy getting soaked. The girl then gives the boy an umbrella. The umbrella blows into a dangerous place where the girls parents are headed. The boy stops them. The parents like him and the boy gets adopted by the parents. They name the boy "Athidhi" which means "guest." One day, while driving Athidhi to a hostel, they are stopped by a teenager who mugs them, and shoots the parents. In his rage, Athidhi lunges after the teen managing to take the teen's gun. Nearby witnesses see Athidhi with a gun and 2 dead |
A boy wanders through all of Delhi looking for a job. When selling balloons, he sees a girl and gives her a free balloon. A few days later, during a storm, the girl finds the boy getting soaked. The girl then gives the boy an umbrella. The umbrella blows into a dangerous place where the girls parents are headed. The boy stops them. The parents like him and the boy gets adopted by the parents. They name the boy "Athidhi" which means "guest." One day, while driving Athidhi to a hostel, they are stopped by a teenager who mugs them, and shoots the parents. In his rage, Athidhi lunges after the teen managing to take the teen's gun. Nearby witnesses see Athidhi with a gun and 2 dead peopleand think that Athidhi killed them. The police come and arrest Athidhi and the girl despises him from that moment onwards. |
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Fourteen years later, Athidhi (now [[Mahesh Babu]]) gets out of jail (he went in and out of jail for beating up crooks). In Delhi, he runs across a girl named Amrita ([[Amrita Rao]]), who happens to be the girl he met in his childhood. Amrita starts to like Athdhi, but has to go back to Hyderabad before she can confess her love. When Athidhi also arrives to Hyderabad a few days later, he learns that a don named Kaiser is feared there. Later in the film, he realizes that Kaiser was the teen who killed his adopted-parents. Now Kaiser is trying to kill Amrita. Athidhi stops two attempts by Kaiser to murder Amrita. Meanwhile, a police officer is trying to track down Kaiser. The police officer dies in an explosion in his house which was planned by Kaiser. Athidhi manages to kill one of Kaiser's men.Kaiser then kidnaps Amrita and her cousin. Kaiser kills Amrita's cousin. Then Kaiser leds Amrita to a dungeon and calls Athidi. Then Athidi comes and kills Kaiser and marries Amrita. |
Fourteen years later, Athidhi (now [[Mahesh Babu]]) gets out of jail (he went in and out of jail for beating up crooks). In Delhi, he runs across a girl named Amrita ([[Amrita Rao]]), who happens to be the girl he met in his childhood. Amrita starts to like Athdhi, but has to go back to Hyderabad before she can confess her love. When Athidhi also arrives to Hyderabad a few days later, he learns that a don named Kaiser is feared there. Later in the film, he realizes that Kaiser was the teen who killed his adopted-parents. Now Kaiser is trying to kill Amrita. Athidhi stops two attempts by Kaiser to murder Amrita. Meanwhile, a police officer is trying to track down Kaiser. The police officer dies in an explosion in his house which was planned by Kaiser. Athidhi manages to kill one of Kaiser's men.Kaiser then kidnaps Amrita and her cousin. Kaiser kills Amrita's cousin. Then Kaiser leds Amrita to a dungeon and calls Athidi. Then Athidi comes and kills Kaiser and marries Amrita. |
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Revision as of 21:43, 28 December 2007
| Athidi | |
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| Directed by | Surender Reddy |
| Written by | Vakkantham Vamsi |
| Produced by | G.Ramesh Babu |
| Starring | Mahesh Babu, Amrita Rao, Murali Sharma, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Nassar Brahmanandam Malaika Arora Khan |
| Narrated by | Abburi Ravi |
| Cinematography | Sameer Reddy |
| Edited by | Gowtham Raju |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Distributed by | Krishna Prod. Pvt Ltd |
Release dates | October 18, 2007 |
Running time | 157 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | 22 crores |
Athidhi (Telugu: అతిథీ) is 2007 Telugu Film starring Mahesh Babu and Amrita Rao. Surender Reddy directed this movie. G. Ramesh Babu, brother of Mahesh Babu, produced it under their banner Krishna Pictures Private Limited. It was released on October 18, 2007 with divide talk. Though it got best openings in Mahesh Babu's career but it could not sustain long run and ended up with average runner status.
Plot
A boy wanders through all of Delhi looking for a job. When selling balloons, he sees a girl and gives her a free balloon. A few days later, during a storm, the girl finds the boy getting soaked. The girl then gives the boy an umbrella. The umbrella blows into a dangerous place where the girls parents are headed. The boy stops them. The parents like him and the boy gets adopted by the parents. They name the boy "Athidhi" which means "guest." One day, while driving Athidhi to a hostel, they are stopped by a teenager who mugs them, and shoots the parents. In his rage, Athidhi lunges after the teen managing to take the teen's gun. Nearby witnesses see Athidhi with a gun and 2 dead peopleand think that Athidhi killed them. The police come and arrest Athidhi and the girl despises him from that moment onwards.
Fourteen years later, Athidhi (now Mahesh Babu) gets out of jail (he went in and out of jail for beating up crooks). In Delhi, he runs across a girl named Amrita (Amrita Rao), who happens to be the girl he met in his childhood. Amrita starts to like Athdhi, but has to go back to Hyderabad before she can confess her love. When Athidhi also arrives to Hyderabad a few days later, he learns that a don named Kaiser is feared there. Later in the film, he realizes that Kaiser was the teen who killed his adopted-parents. Now Kaiser is trying to kill Amrita. Athidhi stops two attempts by Kaiser to murder Amrita. Meanwhile, a police officer is trying to track down Kaiser. The police officer dies in an explosion in his house which was planned by Kaiser. Athidhi manages to kill one of Kaiser's men.Kaiser then kidnaps Amrita and her cousin. Kaiser kills Amrita's cousin. Then Kaiser leds Amrita to a dungeon and calls Athidi. Then Athidi comes and kills Kaiser and marries Amrita.
Cast
- Mahesh Babu ... Athidi
- Amrita Rao ... Amrita
- Nassar ... Amritha's uncle
- Murali Sharma ... Inspector Ajay Sastry/kaiser
- Kota Srinivasa Rao... Maccha Srinu
- Ashish Vidyarthi... Danny Bhai
- Brahmanandam
- Malaika Arora Khan ... Item Number
Crew
- Director ... Surender Reddy
- Producer ... G. Ramesh Babu
- Music ... Mani Sharma
- Cinematography ... Sameer Reddy
- Editor ... Gowtham Raju
Audio
There are six songs composed by Mani Sharma. The album was released September 27, 2007. The album was an instant hit.
- Khabaddarani - Naveen, Rahul Sambiyaar
- Gona Gona - Naveen, Rita
- Satyam Emito - Deepu, Usha
- Khiladi Koona - Karthik, Rita
- Rathraina - Ranjith, Anushka
- Valla Valla - Rahul Nambiyaar, Dharmna
Box office performance
- The film proved Mahesh's hegemony in Tollywood by collecting Rs.120.4 million gross in the first week 8 days) [1]and Rs.140.465 million in just 2 weeks which is an all time record for Superstar films. Finally it showed a dismal performance at the box office by running 50 days in 35 centres.