Athidhi (International Khiladi)
Athidhi or Atithi (English: Guest) [3] is a 2007 Telugu action thriller film starring Mahesh Babu and Amrita Rao, directed by Surender Reddy and produced by G. Ramesh Babu, brother of Mahesh Babu, under their banner Krishna Pictures Private Limited. It was released on 18 October 2007. It was dubbed into Tamil as Thani Kaattu Raja, and into Hindi as International Khiladi:The Iron Man. Athidi was released with 500 prints in 820 theaters all over the world.[2] Athidi collected a share of₹28 crore (US$4.2 million) in its lifetime.[2] Athidi finished 35 days in 400 centres successfully. It grossed ₹35 crore (US$5.3 million) in four weeks.[4] It is being remade in Bengali as Royal with Hiran and Sayantika Banerjee.
| Directed by | Surender Reddy |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Ronnie Screwvala Siddharth Roy Kapoor Ramesh Babu |
| Written by | Vakkantham Vamsi |
| Starring | Mahesh Babu Amrita Rao Ashish Vidyarthi Kota Srinivasa Rao Nassar |
| Narrated by | Abburi Ravi |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | Sameer Reddy |
| Edited by | Gowtham Raju |
Production
company |
UTV Motion Pictures
Krishna Pictures Private Limited |
| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
Release dates
| 19 October 2007 |
Running time
| 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹20.2 crore(US$3.0 million)(citation needed)[1] |
| Box office | ₹35 crore (US$5.3 million)(Share first week)[2] |
Cast[edit]
- Mahesh Babu ... Atithi
- Amrita Rao ... Amrita
- Ravi Prakash... Hero friend
- Ashish Vidyarthi ... Danny Bhai
- Murali Sharma ... Inspector Ajay Sastry/Kaiser
- Nassar ... Amrita's uncle, the Home Minister
- Kota Srinivasa Rao... Maccha Srinu, an MLA who works under Kaiser
- Brahmanandam
- Sunil
- Subbaraju... Ganni Bhai
- Pragathi ... Nasser's wife
- Rajiv Kanakala ... Cameo
- Venu Madhav ... Cameo
- Malaika Arora Khan ... Item number in the song "Rathraina"
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