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Athanokkade () is a 2005 Indian Telugu language-language action film written and directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Nandamuri Janaki Ram under N. T. R. Arts. It stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, alongside Sindhu Tolani, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj, Chandra Mohan, Rajyalakshmi, Brahmanandam, Surya, Narsing Yadav, Ahuti Prasad and Ajay. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while the cinematography and editing were handled by C. Ram Prasad and Gautham Raju.
Athanokkade was released theatrically on 7 May 2005 to positive reviews from critics and became commercially successful. The film was dubbed in Hindi as International Don and was remade in Tamil language as Aathi and in Kannada as Lakshmana.
Meanwhile, Ram, who lives with his loving adopted parents and sister in New Delhi, takes up a course at a college in Hyderabad despite his parents's wishes. Anjali, who is also studying in the same college as Ram, has her own agenda to exact vengeance against Anna, a local gangster, for her family's death. Ramachandran attempts to kill Anna's aide Abdullah, but Ram kills Abdullah and threatens Anna that he will kill Sada, Anna's second main aide. An enraged Sada goes to kill Ram, but Ram kills Sada. Ram's family witnesses this and are horrified by his actions. Ram reveals his past to his foster parents.
Past: Ram's real father is an honest ACP in Hyderabad. Ram's father arrests one of Anna's henchmen. It is revealed that Anjali and Ram are from the same family as Anjali's father is Ram's father's brother-in-law. Anna meets Ram's grandfather and threatens him to release his henchmen, but Ram's grandfather refuses and Anna gets arrested. An infuriated Anna, along with his henchmen and Bhavani Shankar, finish the whole family. Anjali, Ramachandran and Ram are the main survivors of the attack. Ram escapes and is taken by his foster parents. Anjali feels that one of her family members is alive as someone (who is revealed to be Ram) keeps a flower on the Buddha statue of their former house, which is now a library.
Present: Ram's foster parents request Ram to come back, but he refuses and takes them to the railway station. Ram is nearly ambushed by Anna's henchmen, but he defeats them and meets Anna, warning him to bring his brother from Dubai. Anna arrives and kills Ramachandran before challenging Ram to meet him at his brother's place. Ram, after learning that Anna has Anjali kept under hostage, escapes after killing Anna's brother. Ram kills Anna and reunites with Anjali and his foster parents.
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