Athanokkade

Athanokkade
Directed by	Surender Reddy
Produced by	Nandamuri Janaki Ram
Written by	Surender Reddy
Starring	Kalyan Ram Sindu Tolani Ashish Vidyarthi
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Ram Prasad
Edited by	Gowtham Raju
Production company	N.T.R. Arts
Release dates	7 May 2005
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	10 crores
Box office	17 crores

Athanokkade is a 2005 Telugu film which was directed by Surender Reddy. This film stars Kalyan Ram, Sindhu Tolani, and Ashish Vidyarthi. Music was scored by Mani Sharma. This film was a surprise big hit at box office, thanks to its screenplay and thrilling pace. It was remade into Tamil as Aadhi. The Hindi version of this film is International Don.

Plot

At the age of 11, Ram’s family and Anjali’s family members are killed by Anna (Ashish Vidyarthi). Ram's father is Prakash Raj, who is an ACP. Due to a conflict between Anna and Ram's father, he kills the complete family. In that tragic incident everyone is killed except Anjali (who is a small girl by then), Ram and their uncle. Ram is adopted into a different family and Anjali lives with her uncle. They both are not aware of the other’s survival in that incident. How Ram and Anjali take revenge on Anna is the remaining plot.

Cast

• Kalyan Ram ... Ram
• Sindhu Tolani ... Anjali
• Ashish Vidyarthi ... Anna
• Prakash Raj ... Father of Ram

Crew

• Director: Surender Reddy
• Screenplay: Surender Reddy
• Story: Surender Reddy
• Dialogue: Marudhuri Raja
• Producer: Janakiram Nandamuri
• Music: Mani Sharma
• Cinematography: C. Ram Prasad
• Art Direction: Narayana Reddy
• Editing: Gowtam Raju
• Action : Stun Shiva

Release

• The film was released with 72 prints initially and later 24 prints were added.

Review

• This film became a big hit.It ran for 50 days in 80 centres and crossed 150 days in 46 centres.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

• Best Villain - Ashish Vidyarthi

Nandi Awards

• Best Debut Director - Surender Reddy
• Best Character Actor - Chandra Mohan

External links

• Athanokkade at IMDb