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Aagadu is a film of genre Drama directed by Srinu Vaitla released in USA on 18 september 2014 with Mahesh Babu
Aagadu (2014)
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Add to a movie listAagadu (English: He Will Not Halt) is a 2014 Telugu action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla starring Mahesh Babu and Tamannaah in lead roles.
The film also features an ensemble cast of Sonu Sood as the primary antagonist while Shruti Haasan made a special appearance by performing an item number Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Brahmanandam and M. S. Narayana in key roles. The film was written by Anil Ravipudi, Upendra Madhav and Praveen Varma and K. V. Guhan was the cinematographer while S. Thaman composed the music.
The film was released worldwide on 19 September 2014 and received what the IB Times called "decent" reviews. It had the largest first day gross in the United States for a South Indian film, collecting over $1 million. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Encounter Shankar.
Synopsis
Shankar is an orphan raised by a sincere police officer Raja Rao. In an unexpected situation, Raja Rao's son Bharath kills a kid and Shankar takes the blame on him and is imprisoned while Raja Rao warns him not to meet him again. Years later Shankar is a CI who is referred as 'Encounter' Shankar because of his track record as an encounter specialist. He is posted to Bukkapatnam town in Tadipatri, Ananthapuram and is assigned the task of ending the illegal businesses of a dreaded local don Damodar whose dream project is to build a power plant. Using his clever mind, Shankar destroys all the three main businesses of Damodar by trapping the respective in-charges of those businesses. He brings a stay on the power project by bringing few vital witnesses. On a parallel note, Shankar loves a sweet shop owner named Saroja who reciprocates his love at a later point of time.Actors
Mahesh Babu
('Encounter' Shankar)
Tamannaah Bhatia
(Saroja)
Prakash Raj
Rajendra Prasad
(Raja Rao)
Sonu Sood
(Damodar)
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