Aithe

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 (2003-04-11) (Telugu)
  • 5 October 2007 (2007-10-05) (Hindi)
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Hindi

Aithe... (transl.If so...) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language thriller film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, and produced by Gangaraju Gunnam under his studio Just Yellow. The film's lead cast mostly consists of debutants including 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).

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