Aithe

Aithe... (transl. If so...) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language thriller film[1] written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, and produced by Gangaraju Gunnam under his studio Just Yellow. It stars debutants Mohit Chadda, Shashank, Abhishek, Janardhan, and Sindhu Tolani, while Pavan Malhotra plays a pivotal role. The film deals with underworld criminal nexus and hijacking. The film was shot simultaneously in Hindi as 50 Lakh (2007).[2]

Aithe...
Poster of the Telugu version
Directed byChandra Sekhar Yeleti
Written byChandra Sekhar Yeleti
Produced byGangaraju Gunnam
Venkat Dega
Starring
CinematographyK. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited bySudhakar
Music byKalyani Malik
Production
company
Release dates
11 April 2003 (Telugu)
5 October 2007 (Hindi)
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Hindi

Aithe released on 11 April 2003. The film ran for a hundred days and was commercially successful.[3][4] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu that year while Malhotra received Nandi Special Jury Award and Filmfare Best Villain Award (Telugu) for his performance. The film was remade in Tamil as Naam (2003) and in Malayalam as Wanted (2004).[5][6]

Plot

Irfan Khan is a key mafia affiliate in Mumbai. Khan is on the wanted list of criminals in Hyderabad with a bounty of ₹50 lakh. Aiming to migrate to Dubai so that he can remotely control the operations in Mumbai, Khan devises a plan of getting four of his own men to hijack a domestic flight from Hyderabad to Kathmandu (destined for Mumbai) in which he is a passenger. The Home Minister of Maharashtra is also on the flight, and the four men are to release all the passengers and concentrate on the Home Minister. From Kathmandu, he plans to go to Dubai.

For the hijack, he organises a group of four intelligent men who are in dire need of money and who do not have a criminal record. The audience is made to believe in the beginning that the four central characters are these four men, but in fact they kidnap Khan before the flight takes off, aiming to get the prize money.

They hide Khan in a forest and call the Assistant Commissioner of Police, who is a double agent for the mafia. When the ACP does not yield (as he wants them to release Khan), one of the four, Kumar, makes a deal with the Mafia and obtains a bag with ₹2 crore. However, the bag in which the money is kept has a bomb in it. When Kumar tells the others that he has done this, they back out, and he joins with them, just in time.

Meanwhile, Khan's assistant, Musharraf, comes and takes Khan from the forest, but is stopped by IB agent Zaheer Khan, who has been following the four men and Musharraf throughout the movie.

Finally, the four friends come back to their house. They find a bag, which they had lost previously. With that, they find a note from Zaheer explaining everything. The bag also has, to their joy, their prize money.

Cast

Soundtrack

This album marked the debut of Kalyani Malik as a composer.[7]

Aithe...
Soundtrack album by
Kalyani Malik
Released2003
Recorded2003
GenreSoundtrack
Length5:23
LabelSurya Music
ProducerKalyani Malik
Kalyani Malik chronology
Aithe...
(2003)		 Naam
(2003)
Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chitapata Chinukulu"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryM. M. Keeravani5:23
Total length:5:23

Reception

Idlebrain.com reviewer Jeevi rated the film 4/5 and appreciated Yeleti's screenplay and direction."This story is a very authentic story without any surrealism or traces of inspiration in it. Screenplay of 'Aithe' is terrific. The debutant director Chandra Sekhar Eleti proves himself as the new generation director with a good technical knowledge," he stated.[8]

Praveen Lance Fernandez of The Times of India reviewed the Hindi version 50 Lakh and gave it 2 stars. He wrote: "50 Lakh has nothing to offer mainly because of its shoe-string budget and bad performances. But from the plot and screenplay point of view, this one definitely scores over a lot of other recent films." Fernandez opined that had some of the performances been better, the film would have received better acclaim. "The south actors are clearly uncomfortable acting in a Hindi film," he added.[2]

Awards

Legacy

Mohit Chadda and Pavan Malhotra starred in the thriller film The Deal,[12] which was later renamed Aithe Enti after the success of this film.[13] A reboot titled Aithe 2.0 released in 2018.[1]

References
  1. Y. Sunita Chowdhary (25 January 2016). "Aithe 2.0: Thriller to the core". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. Fernandes, Praveen Lance (5 October 2007). "50 Lakh review". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. "The Hindu : Different strokes". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. Jeevi; Aditya. "Interview with Gunnam Gangaraju - Anukokunda Oka Roju". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. "Naam". Sify. 20 September 2003. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021.
  6. "Wanted". Sify. 17 July 2004. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021.
  7. Devi Dundoo, Sangeetha (22 February 2012). "Kalyani Malik comes a full circle with 'Check'". The Hindu.
  8. Jeevi (11 April 2003). "Telugu Cinema - Review - Aithe - Chandra Sekhar Eleti - Gangaraju Gunna - Kalyani Malik". Idlebrain.com.
  9. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
  10. "Nandi Awards 2003". idlebrain. 29 September 2004.
  11. "Happy Birthday Pavan Malhotra: 5 Best Movies of the Versatile Actor". News18. 3 July 2021.
  12. Jeevi (28 August 2003). "Muhurat of Deal". Idlebrain.
  13. Jeevi (29 May 2004). "Movie review - Aithe Enti". Idlebrain.
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