Athanokkade

2005 film directed by Surender Reddy

Athanokkade
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySurender Reddy
Screenplay bySurender Reddy
Dialogues byMarudhuri Raja
Story bySurender Reddy
Produced byNandamuri Janaki Ram
StarringKalyan Ram
Sindu Tolani
Ashish Vidyarthi
CinematographyC. Ram Prasad
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 7 May 2005 (2005-05-07)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Athanokkade (transl. He's the only one) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Nandamuri Janaki Ram under N. T. R. Arts. It stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, alongside Sindhu Tolani, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj, Chandra Mohan, Rajyalakshmi, Brahmanandam, Surya, Narsing Yadav, Ahuti Prasad and Ajay. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while the cinematography and editing were handled by C. Ram Prasad and Gautham Raju.

Athanokkade was released theatrically on 7 May 2005 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercially successful.[1][2] The film was dubbed in Hindi as International Don and was remade in Tamil as Aathi and in Kannada as Lakshmana.

Plot

Anjali and her maternal uncle Ramachandran kills Bhavani Shankar, a retired DGP, by pretending to feed food for white pigeons in a beach.

Meanwhile, Ram, who lives with his loving adopted parents and sister in New Delhi, takes up a course at a college in Hyderabad despite his parents's wishes. Anjali, who is also studying in the same college as Ram, has her own agenda to exact vengeance against Anna, a local gangster, for her family's death. Ramachandran attempts to kill Anna's aide Abdullah, but Ram kills Abdullah and threatens Anna that he will kill Sada, Anna's second main aide. An enraged Sada goes to kill Ram, but Ram kills Sada. Ram's family witnesses this and are horrified by his actions. Ram reveals his past to his foster parents.

Past: Ram's real father is an honest ACP in Hyderabad. Ram's father arrests one of Anna's henchmen. It is revealed that Anjali and Ram are from the same family as Anjali's father is Ram's father's brother-in-law. Anna meets Ram's grandfather and threatens him to release his henchmen, but Ram's grandfather refuses and Anna gets arrested. An infuriated Anna, along with his henchmen and Bhavani Shankar, finish the whole family. Anjali, Ramachandran and Ram are the main survivors of the attack. Ram escapes and is taken by his foster parents. Anjali feels that one of her family members is alive as someone (who is revealed to be Ram) keeps a flower on the Buddha statue of their former house, which is now a library.

Present: Ram's foster parents request Ram to come back, but he refuses and takes them to the railway station. Ram is nearly ambushed by Anna's henchmen, but he defeats them and meets Anna, warning him to bring his brother from Dubai. Anna arrives and kills Ramachandran before challenging Ram to meet him at his brother's place. Ram, after learning that Anna has Anjali kept under hostage, escapes after killing Anna's brother. Ram kills Anna and reunites with Anjali and his foster parents.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and released by Aditya Music. The song "Chita Pata" is based on "Dhoom Thanakkadi" from the Malayalam film Mullavalliyum Thenmavum.

Athanokkade
Soundtrack album by
Released9 April 2005
Recorded2005
GenreSoundtrack
Length29:15
LabelAditya Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Subash Chandra Bose
(2005) 		Athanokkade
(2005) 		Narasimhudu
(2005)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Meghamala"Bandaru DanaiahRanjith, Sunitha5:10
2."Chita Pata"ChandraboseTippu, Sunitha4:43
3."Nauty Girl"Chinni CharanVenu, Ganga4:32
4."Amma Devudo"SahithiKarthik, Ganga5:25
5."Gundelalo"Sai Sri HarshaMallikarjun, K. S. Chithra5:11
6."Athanokkade"Sai Sri HarshaRanjith4:14
Total length:29:15

Release

Reception

B. Anuradha of Rediff.com opined that "All in all, this is a lavish masala film is worth watching".[3] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com said that "On a whole, Athanokkade is a commendable effort by the debutant director Surendar and debutant producer Kalyanram Nandamuri".[4] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "On the whole, a film worth a watch".[5]

Box office

The film was released with 72 prints initially and later 24 prints were added.[6] The film became a commercial success.[1][7] It ran for 50 days in 80 centres and crossed 100 days in 46 centres in India.

Remakes

The film was remade in Tamil as Aathi (2006) and in Kannada as Lakshmana (2016). The film was set to be remade in Hindi as He, The Only One, but the film was never released.[8] It was later dubbed in Hindi as International Don.

Accolades

Filmfare Awards South
Nandi Awards

References

  1. ^ a b M. L., Narasimham (30 December 2005). "Dubbed films rule yet again". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Kalyana Ram finally clicked with Athanokkade, a finely cut narrative from debutante Surendra Reddy.
  2. ^ "Success Meet - Athanokkade". Idlebrain. 14 May 2005.
  3. ^ Anuradha, B. (9 May 2005). "Athanokkade is impressive!". Rediff.
  4. ^ "Movie review - Athanokkade". Idlebrain. 7 May 2005.
  5. ^ "Athanokkade Review". Full Hyderabad.
  6. ^ Telugu cinema news - idlebrain.com
  7. ^ "Kalyan Ram's little bundle of joy". The Times of India. 18 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Mithun's son ready for action". Rediff. 17 July 2006.
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