Athidhi

Athidhi
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySurender Reddy
Screenplay bySurender Reddy
Dialogues by
Story bySurender Reddy
Vakkantham Vamsi
Produced byRamesh Babu
Ronnie Screwvala
StarringMahesh Babu
Amrita Rao
Narrated byAbburi Ravi
CinematographySameer Reddy
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byMani Sharma
Production
companies
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 18 October 2007 (2007-10-18)
Running time
179 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget 20 crore[1]
Box office₹35 crore[2]

Athidhi (transl. The Guest) is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action romance film directed by Surender Reddy and produced by G. Ramesh Babu under their banner Krishna Pictures Private Limited. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Amrita Rao, Murali Sharma and Ashish Vidyarthi.

Athidhi was released on 18 October 2007 completing 35 days in 400 centres. The film was remade in Bengali language in Bangladesh as Durdhorsho Premik (2012), starring Shakib Khan, Apu Biswas, Misha Sawdagor and Shiba Shanu.

Plot[edit]

In Delhi, Athidhi is released from prison and goes in search of his long-lost childhood friend Amrita. Athidhi comes across a girl named Amrita who is chased by stalkers from her college. Amrita and Athidhi meet many times and she soon starts to like Athidhi, but has to leave for Hyderabad before she can confess her feelings. When Amritha tries to tell him that she is leaving, Athidhi realizes that the goons (whose illegal operations were thwarted by Athidhi) are after him. Athidhi continuously tells Amrita to leave and soon slaps her after she doesn't listen. Later, Athidhi goes to Amrita to apologize, but finds her friend Madhavi.

Madhavi tells him that Amrita just wanted to tell him that she is leaving for Hyderabad, where they head towards the cemetery to look for her. Madhavi explains Amrita's origin to Athidhi, who realizes that Amrita is his long-lost friend. Athidhi arrives in Hyderabad and decides to stay with Amrita's family, where he also learns about a dreaded gangster named Kaiser. Later, Athidhi realizes that Kaiser was the psychopath who framed him for the death of Amrutha's parents. It is revealed that Athidhi was adopted by Amrita's parents after he saved them from a dangerous path. While driving Athidhi to a hostel, they are stopped by a psychopath teenager who shot the parents. Athidhi managed to grab the gun from the teenager, but the cops misunderstand Athidhi to be behind Amrita's parents' death and arrested him.

Meanwhile, Inspector Ajay Shastri is trying to track down Kaiser, but dies in an explosion in his house, which was planned by Kaiser. Athidhi soon figures out that Ajay is actually Kaiser. Before Kaiser's house blew up, Kaiser managed to escape and MLA Maccha Srinu realizes that Ajay and Kaiser are the same person and dies from a heart attack. Athidhi stops two attempts by Kaiser to kill Amrita, where he manages to kill Kaiser's men. Kaiser kidnaps Amrita and her younger sister, where he soon kills the sister. Kaiser leads Amrita to a dungeon and calls Athidhi, where he tells him that he will kill Amrita if Athidhi does not rescue her in 12 hours.

Athidhi kidnaps Kaiser's brother and agrees to trade him for Amrita, but Kaiser kills his brother as he should not have any weakness. Kaiser reveals that he already killed Amrita, where Athidhi soon kills all Kaiser's henchmen and thrashes Kaiser. However, Kaiser reveals that he lied about killing Amrita and that she is severely cut in the nerves and stuck in a certain air tank. Athidhi rescues Amrita and finishes Kaiser. Athidhi reunites with Amrita who realizes that Athidhi is not behind her parents' death.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and released by Aditya Music.

Athidhi
Soundtrack album by
Released27 September 2007
Recorded2007
GenreSoundtrack
Length27:09
LabelAditya Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Chiruta
(2007)
Athidhi
(2007)
Godava
(2007)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Khabaddarani"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryNaveen Madhav, Rahul Nambiar4:27
2."Gona Gona"ChandraboseRita, Naveen Madhav4:28
3."Satyam Emito"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryDeepu, Usha4:49
4."Khiladi Koona"Vishwa DeepakKarthik, Rita4:17
5."Rathraina"Bhaskarabhatla Ravi KumarAnushka, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav, Suchitra4:49
6."Valla Valla"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryRahul Nambiar, Darshana4:20
Total length:27:09

All lyrics are written by Vimal Kashyap

Hindi Track list (International Khiladi: The Iron Man)
No.TitleLength
1."Woh Deewangi"4:27
2."Gona Gona"4:28
3."Tujhe Sach Kahoon"4:50
4."Kaatil Nigaahon Se"4:17
5."Valla Valla"4:20
Total length:22:22

Reception[edit]

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that the film "is built up through a 'racy' screenplay which is gripping to an extent, but stretches to three long hours".[3] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com praised the film's first half while criticising the last thirty minutes of the film.[4]

Box office[edit]

The film was released worldwide with 500 prints in 820 theaters across the globe.[5] Athidhi grossed ₹6 crore on its first day, and ₹16.72 crore in four days worldwide.[6] It grossed ₹12.50 crore in eight days from Andhra Pradesh.[7] In 11 days the film grossed 25 crore (US$3.1 million) worldwide.[8] The film grossed ₹35 crore by the four-week run at the worldwide Box office.[9]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Business Line : Today's Paper / ECONOMY : Telugu film industry enters new era. Thehindubusinessline.com (6 November 2007). Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
  2. ^ Shetty, Akshata (17 June 2016). "Happy Birthday Amrita Rao: The rise & fall of the Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai star's Bollywood career!". india.com.
  3. ^ Rajamani, Radhika (18 October 2007). "Mahesh Babu does well in Athidi". Rediff.com.
  4. ^ Jeevi (18 October 2007). "Telugu Movie review - Athidi". Idlebrain.com.
  5. ^ "Atithi tots Rs 125 mn in 1st week – Andhravilas.com -Telugu Cinema, Telugu Movies, India News & World News, Bollywood, Songs". Andhravilas.com. 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Prince Mahesh Babu scores hit with Athidi". Filmibeat. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  7. ^ "UTV's Athidhi grosses Rs 12.50cr in Andhra". Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  8. ^ Sinha, Meenakshi. "Telugu film beats Saawariya in northern India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Happy Birthday Amrita Rao: The rise & fall of the Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai star's Bollywood career!". India.com. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  10. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links[edit]

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