been following the four men and Musharraf throughout the movie. Finally, the four friends come back to their house. They find a bag, which they had lost previously. With that, they find a note from Zaheer explaining everything. The bag also has, to their joy, their prize money. Cast Pavan Malhotra as Irfan Khan Veerendra Chowhan as Musharraf Mohit Chadda as Ramu Shashank as Kumar Janardhan as Shankar as Vivek Sindhu Tolani as Aditi Likhita as Kavitha Narsing Yadav as the Maharashtra home minister Sivaji Raja as Zaheer Khan CVL Narasimha Rao as Vivek's father Ashok Kumar as Madan Seth Harsha Vardhan as Chotu Sanjay Raichura as an ACP Lalith Sharma as the IB chief Soundtrack This album marked the debut of Kalyani Malik as a composer. Reception Idlebrain.com reviewer Jeevi rated the film 4/5 and appreciated Yeleti's screenplay and direction."This story is a very authentic story without any surrealism or traces of inspiration in it. Screenplay of 'Aithe' is terrific. The debutant director Chandra Sekhar Eleti proves himself as the new generation director with a good technical knowledge," he stated. Praveen Lance Fernandez of The Times of India reviewed the Hindi version 50 Lakh and gave it 2 stars. He wrote: "50 Lakh has nothing to offer mainly because of its shoe-string budget and bad performances. But from the plot and screenplay point of view, this one definitely scores over a lot of other recent films." Fernandez opined that had some of the performances been better, the film would have received better acclaim. "The south actors are clearly uncomfortable acting in a Hindi film," he added. Awards National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - 2004 Nandi Award for Best Story Writer - Chandra Sekhar Yeleti Nandi Award for Best Audiographer - Madhusudhan Reddy Nandi Special Jury Award - Pavan Malhotra Filmfare Best Villain Award (Telugu) - Pavan Malhotra Legacy Mohit Chadda and Pavan Malhotra starred in the thriller film The Deal, which was later renamed Aithe Enti after the success of this film. A reboot titled Aithe 2.0 released in 2018. References External links 2003 films Indian crime thriller films Films about criminals Films about organised crime in India 2003 crime thriller films Crime films based on actual events Indian aviation films Indian buddy films Telugu films remade in other languages Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners 2000s Telugu-language films 2003 directorial debut films