Andarivaadu

Andarivaadu: Man of the Masses () 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. In 2006, the film was dubbed in Hindi as Ek Aur Himmatwala.

Plot 
Govindarajulu alias Govindu is a mesthri (construction worker) who drinks a lot and lives a carefree life. On the other hand, his son Siddartha alias Siddhu 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 (Voice Dubbed by Savitha Reddy)
Rakshita as Cheetila Chinni / Janki
Prakash Raj as Veerendra (Eeru Babu), Swetha's father
Pradeep Rawat as Satti Pahelwan
Brahmanandam as Siddu's co-reporter
Sunil as Sathi Babu, Swetha's cousin
Kaikala Satyanarayana as Govindu's and Siddhu's paternal father
Krishna Bhagavan as Govinda's friend
M. S. Narayana as Thatharao, Govinda's friend
Venu Madhav as Govinda's friend
Hema as Jhansi, Veerendra's wife
Salim Baig as Pandu, Pahelwan's younger brother
Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam as Hitech Priest
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Govindarajaulu's foster father
Chandra Mohan as Govindarajulu's father
Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao
Madhu Shalini
Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Dattu
Harish Shankar
Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance
Master Sajja Teja as Siddhu's son (special appearance)

Soundtrack

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."

References

External links 
 

2005 films
Films directed by Srinu Vaitla
Geetha Arts films
Indian action comedy-drama films
2000s masala films
2000s Telugu-language films