Andarivaadu

Andarivaadu (meaning “Everyone’s man”; full title Andarivaadu: Man of the Masses) is a 2005 Telugu action comedy drama directed by Srinu Vaitla. Chiranjeevi plays both a carefree father and his disciplined son, with Tabu, Rimi Sen and Rakshita, and Prakash Raj, Sunil, Sarath Babu, Sayaji Shinde and Pradeep Rawat in supporting roles. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music. It was released on 4 June 2005 to mixed reviews.

What the story is about

Govindarajulu, “Govindu”, is a hard-drinking construction worker who lives life as it comes. His son Siddhu is the opposite: a popular, highly disciplined TV host, who gets his father married to Shanti in the hope of sobering him up. Siddhu is in love with Swetha, daughter of the big contractor Veerendra, who was once Govindu’s childhood friend but now looks down on him. Veerendra agrees to the marriage on one condition, that Govindu keep his distance from his son so that Veerendra is never publicly linked to him, and Govindu, wanting his son to be happy, decides to pretend to throw Siddhu out of the house. Meanwhile Govindu has also made an enemy of a thuggish contractor, Satti Pehelwan.

Cast

• Chiranjeevi as Govindarajulu “Govindu” and as his son Siddharth “Siddhu”
• Tabu as Shanti, Govindu’s wife
• Rimi Sen as Swetha
• Prakash Raj as Veerendra, Swetha’s father
• Rakshita as Janaki and Sarath Babu as Police Commissioner Narayana
• Pradeep Rawat as Satti Pehelwan
• Sunil as Sathi Babu, Swetha’s cousin, and Brahmanandam as Bangaraju
• Krishna Bhagavaan, M. S. Narayana and Venu Madhav as Govindu’s friends
• Sayaji Shinde in a cameo, Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance, and Panja Vaisshnav Tej as the young Siddhu

Making and music

The film’s muhurat shot took place on 28 October 2004. Devi Sri Prasad composed the songs.

What critics said

B. Anuradha of Rediff.com wrote that, “barring some rib-tickling comedy”, the much-hyped film “is a huge disappointment as it lacks a good storyline”. Sify called it “a damp squib”, arguing that Chiranjeevi’s larger-than-life image needed a fresh twist the director had not provided. Jeevi of Idlebrain.com was kinder, rating it three out of five and calling it “definitely worth a watch for Govindarajulu character”. Wikipedia’s article does not record its box-office performance, so we do not characterise it.

Where to watch Andarivaadu

We do not have a confirmed streaming platform for Andarivaadu on file. The OTT details on this page will be updated when a platform’s own listing confirms it.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Andarivaadu and the reviews it cites, linked above; Wikidata; our own cast and crew records.