Aithe
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Aithe is a 2003 thriller film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
. The film is Yeleti's debut as director in Telugu cinema
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affiliate in Mumbai. Khan is on the wanted list of criminals in Hyderabad with a bounty of 50 lakhs. Aiming to migrate to Dubai so that he could remotely control the operations in Mumbai, Khan devised a plan of hijacking a plane from Hyderabad to Khatmandu.
For the hijack operation, he organised a group of four intelligent men who were in dire need for money and who do not have a criminal record. The events which followed form the suspense and crux of the film.
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti is a Tollywood film director. He directed 4 films in his career. The movies Aithe and Anukokunda Oka Roju went on to be big hits. He does not like directing art films. He prefers commercial films. He got married on 19 May 2006...
. The film is Yeleti's debut as director in Telugu cinema
Telugu cinema
The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, also referred to as Telugu Cinema or Tollywood, is the Telugu film industry in India. The Telugu language film industry is known for being one of the three largest in terms of no.of films produced yearly in India. The Prasads IMAX theatre in Hyderabad is one of the...
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Irfan Khan (Pavan MalhotraPavan Malhotra
Pavan Malhotra is a Hindi film and television actor. He has played lead roles in Buddhadev Dasgupta’s National Film Award-winning Bagh Bahadur and Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro both released in 1989...
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Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
affiliate in Mumbai. Khan is on the wanted list of criminals in Hyderabad with a bounty of 50 lakhs. Aiming to migrate to Dubai so that he could remotely control the operations in Mumbai, Khan devised a plan of hijacking a plane from Hyderabad to Khatmandu.
For the hijack operation, he organised a group of four intelligent men who were in dire need for money and who do not have a criminal record. The events which followed form the suspense and crux of the film.
Awards
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film in TeluguNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in TeluguThe National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Cinema winners: The awards received by the films released in the previous year are listed below...
- 2004 - Nandi Special Jury AwardNandi Special Jury AwardThe Nandi Special Jury Award is given by the state government as part of its annual Nandi Awards for Telugu films....
- Pavan MalhotraPavan MalhotraPavan Malhotra is a Hindi film and television actor. He has played lead roles in Buddhadev Dasgupta’s National Film Award-winning Bagh Bahadur and Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro both released in 1989... - Filmfare Best Villain Award (Telugu)Filmfare Best Villain Award (Telugu)The Telugu Filmfare Best Villain Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films.The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2003, with Shafi being the first recipient. This category has been retired...
- Pavan MalhotraPavan MalhotraPavan Malhotra is a Hindi film and television actor. He has played lead roles in Buddhadev Dasgupta’s National Film Award-winning Bagh Bahadur and Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro both released in 1989...