# Andarivaadu

Andarivaadu: Man of the Masses (transl. Everyone's man) is a 2005 India Telugu-language action comedy drama film directed by Srinu Vaitla. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Tabu, Rimi Sen, and Rakshita while Prakash Raj, Sunil and Pradeep Rawat play supporting roles. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film released on 4 June 2005. In 2006, the film was dubbed in Hindi as Ek Aur Himmatwala.

## Plot

Govindarajulu is a construction worker who drinks a lot and lives a carefree life. On the other hand, his son Siddartha is a popular TV show host and a very disciplined man — the opposite of his father. Siddhu gets Govindu married to Shanti to sober him.
Siddhu is in love with Swetha, the daughter of a big-time contractor named Veerendra. Veerendra happens to be a childhood friend of Govindu but currently dislikes him due to his behavior. He agrees to get Swetha married to Siddhu but tells Govindu that for the marriage to take place, he must distance himself from Siddhu because Veerendra does not want to be publicly known as connected to Govindu. Govindu decides to fake kicking Siddhu out of the house to let his son be happy.
At the engagement, though, Siddhu publicly reveals the condition that Veerendra has given. It is revealed that Govindu's friend had told Siddhu about the condition, and Siddhu walks out of the engagement party with Govindu. When Veerendra complains about his reputation being ruined, Swetha decides to separate Govindu and Siddhu to get revenge. She begs Govindu to forgive her and take her as his daughter-in-law, as she had not known about Veerendra's condition. Govindu says that if Siddhu wants her, then he is willing to have her in the house because he holds no grudge and wants Siddhu to be happy. Siddhu decides that as long as Govindu is happy, he is too, and agrees to marry Swetha.
Meanwhile, Govindu has differences with a big-time rowdy contractor named Satti Pehelwan. Swetha moves into the house and starts creating differences between Govindu and Siddhu with the help of her cousin Sathi Babu, but she fails miserably each time. The rest of the film revolves around whether she succeeds in her schemes.

## Cast

* Chiranjeevi as Govindarajulu "Govindu" and Siddharth "Siddhu"
** Panja Vaisshnav Tej as Young Siddhu
* Tabu as Shanti, Govindarajalu's wife
* Rimi Sen as Swetha, Siddu's love interest
* Rakshita as Cheetila Chinni / Janki
* Prakash Raj as Veerendra (Eeru Babu), Swetha's father
* Pradeep Rawat as Satti Pehelwan
* Brahmanandam as Siddu's co-reporter
* Sunil as Sathi Babu, Swetha's cousin
* Geetha as Janaki, Govindarajaulu and Siddharth's paternal mother
* Suhasini Maniratnam as Snehalatha, Govindarajaulu and Siddharth's foster mother
* Sumithra as Lakshmi, Govindarajaulu and Siddharth's mother
* Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Venkatachalam, Govindarajaulu and Siddharth's foster father
* Chandra Mohan as Chandram, Govindu and Siddhu's father
* Kaikala Satyanarayana as Sivaramakrishnayya, Govindu's and Siddhu's paternal father
* Krishna Bhagavan as Krishna, Govinda's friend
* M. S. Narayana as Thatharao, Govinda's friend
* Venu Madhav as Venu, Govinda's friend
* Hema as Jhansi, Swetha's mother Veerendra's wife
* Salim Baig as Pandu, Pahelwan's younger brother
* Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam as Hitech Priest
* Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Dattu
* Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao as Krishna Rao
* Madhu Shalini as Pooja
* Harish Shankar as Shankar
* Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance
* Master Sajja Teja as Siddhu's son (special appearance)

## Production

The muhurat shot took place on 28 October 2004.

## Soundtrack

The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

## Reception

B. Anuradha of Rediff.com wrote "Barring some rib-tickling comedy, the much-hyped Andharivadu is a huge disappointment as it lacks a good storyline." A reviewer from Sify also echoed the same and stated: "There is nothing new as far as presentation goes and on the whole it is a damp squib. A Chiranjeevi film will work only if his larger-than-life image is given a new twist with something freash in treatment and director Seenu Vytla has not been able to provide the necessary punch." Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film three out of five and wrote that "Andarivadu is definitely worth a watch for Govindarajulu character".