In this movie, Mahesh Babu is stylish and brilliant as professional killer. He suited the profile of Nandu to the tee. He lives up to his image of Prince Charming with his mesmerizing looks. He transformed smoothly from the character of Nandu to Pardhoo, yet shown the variation in histrionics that come out due to Nandu’s guiltiness to impersonate Pardhoo.
Athadu is a story of a professional assassin. The movie’s strong point lies in the acting of the protagonist. The first half an hour of the film is best part of the movie. It becomes little subtle at parts but never loses the basic plot of the story. the direction is simply splendid, I like the direction style. The cinematography is good. I must I have seen this movie about 30 times. Mahesh gives this break through performance which makes this movie more special.
Mani Sharma is good, back ground score is too good title song is awesome.choreography by RajuSundaram is excellent.