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Aata
Aata
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	15 April 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	29:36
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology

Aata
Aata
Directed by	V. N. Aditya
Written by	Harish Shankar; Paruchuri Brothers
Produced by	M. S. Raju
Starring	Siddharth; Ileana D'Cruz; Munna ; Sunil
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	K. V. Krishna Reddy
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Production; company	Sumanth Art Productions
Release date	9 May 2007;
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Aata (transl. Game) is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by V. N. Aditya and produced by M. S. Raju. It stars Siddharth and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles.

Aata was released on 9 May 2007 and became a failure at the box office. The film was remade in Bengali as Kellafate (2010).

Plot

Srikrishna (Siddharth) is a freak young chap who lives in a village along with his father (Sarath Babu), who runs a theater. Krishna wants to lead his life like a hero, just as in movies playing in his father's theater. He meets Satya (Ileana) in a carnival and immediately falls for her. He helps her to escape from hooligans and takes her to a safe place. They spent some time together, and Satya, too, gets connected with him. She reveals that she is escaping from a proposed marriage with a politician's son Vicky (Munna). She tells a flashback that tells: Vicky raped and killed her friend on New Year's Eve. He got released by the court as an innocent, using his political influence. Frustrated, Satya tried to hit him with a stone. But in return, when Vicky sees her, he becomes infatuated with her and wanted to marry her irrelevant of her consent.

He and his parents blackmailed Satya's parents and arranged their wedding. Satya narrowly escaped from a train and tried to get to her aunt's house when she meets Srikrishna. She asked him to marry her and go to some safe place where Vicky can't find them. But Krishna took her to Vicky and gained his confidence. He started his game using Vicky as a pawn and tells him to gain Satya's confidence. They play with him, and meanwhile, Vicky befriends Krishna and starts to tell his secrets. Finally, one day, while inebriated, Vicky reveals to Krishna that he killed Satya's friend and escaped punishment. Krishna records that and gives it to a commissioner who was waiting for a piece of evidence to convict Vicky. Finally, Vicky gets arrested, and Satya and Krishna get married with their parent's blessings.

Cast

Siddharth as Srikrishna
Ileana D'Cruz as Satya
Munna as Vicky
Sarath Babu as Srikrishna's father
Sudha as Satya's mother
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Satya's father
Sunil as Vicky's brother-in-law
Brahmanandam as priest
Jaya Prakash Reddy as Vicky's father
Sayaji Shinde as Police Officer
Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam as Manik Chand
Anuradha as Vicky's mother
Gundu Hanumantha Rao as priest
Narsing Yadav as Vicky's henchman
A.V.S.
Ravi Babu as Ravi Vicky's friend
Prabhas Sreenu as thief
Kondavalasa
Devadas Kanakala
Abhinayasri (special appearance)
Smita (special appearance)
M. S. Raju (special appearance)

Music

The music and soundtrack of the movie was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and Released by Aditya Music^[1]

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aata"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Shankar Mahadevan	5:28
2.	"Hoyna"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Karthik, Chitra	5:08
3.	"Yela Yela"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Sunitha, Smita	3:58
4.	"Ninu Choosthunte"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Siddharth, Sumangali	5:13
5.	"Muddulata Muddulata"	Chandrabose	Udit Narayan, Sunitha (Vocals)	5:15
6.	"Kakinada Kaaja"	Chandrabose	Tippu, Gopika Poornima	4:34
Total length:				29:36

Production

Some critics noted that the plot closely follows the plot of the Pawan Kalyan's film Gudumba Shankar. Aata did very well commercially, however.

The film was dubbed into Tamil as Gillida^[2], and in Hindi as Aaj Ka Great Gambler, and in Oriya as Hero.

Reception

Radhika Rajmani of Rediff.com rated the film 2/5 and called it "disappointing." "The second half has all the action, but somehow does not grab the attention of the viewer. Too many unnecessary songs distract the narrative. There is an attempt to keep suspense alive, but this too falls flat," she added.^[3] Idlebrain.com's Jeevi rated the film 3/5 and wrote, "MS Raju is always known for putting a strong emotional content in all his films irrespective of their box office performance. For the first time, he attempted making a film that does not have any emotional depth."^[4]