Where to watch:
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Netflix
- Theatrical Release
- 27 March 2025
- Director
- Kalyan Shankar
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Rating
- 7.4/10
Storyline
A man's wedding ends badly, so he and his three friends head to Goa for a chaotic new adventure.
“One wedding disaster. Four friends. One wild trip.”
Film Details
7.4Rating
127Minutes
TeluguLanguage
U/A 13+Certificate
Release Date27 March 2025
Also Known AsMAD 2 · MAD Square · Mad
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
funnyemotionaluplifting
Themes
friendshiploveidentityfamily
Tonewhimsical
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitylight
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withfriends
Violence1
Emotion3
Humor4
Rewatchability4
Cast & Crew
#1
R
Ram NithinManoj
→#2
#3V
Vishnu OiGanesh "Laddu"
→S
Sunil VarmaMaxx
→#4S
Satyam RajeshPolice Officer
→#5
N
Narne NithinAshok
→#6
#7R
Ravi AnthonyAnthony Rodriguez
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Raghu BabuPurushottam
→#8
S
Sangeeth ShobhanDamodhar "DD"
→#9
M
Muralidhar GoudGanesh's Father
→#10
K
Karthikeya SamalaShiva
→#11
K
Kalyan ShankarDirector
→#12
H
Haarika SuryadevaraCrew
→Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for (MAD)²
Cast reunions in this film: Raghu Babu & Sunil Varma (18 films together), Raghu Babu & Satyam Rajesh (15 films together), Satyam Rajesh & Sunil Varma (5 films together), and Raghu Babu & Subhalekha Sudhakar (4 films together).
Trivia
- The title (MAD)² is a nod to the 2013 film 'MAD' and stands for 'MAD 2', continuing the adventures of the same friend group.
- Director Kalyan Shankar previously worked as an assistant director on the 2019 blockbuster 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'.
- The film's Goa schedule was shot extensively at real beaches and clubs to capture an authentic party atmosphere.
- Actor Naveen Polishetty, who plays Laddu, is known for his improvisational comedy, which influenced several scenes.
- The soundtrack features a cameo vocal performance by a popular Telugu playback singer in a party song.
- This is the first time the core cast from the original 'MAD' film has reunited for a sequel after over a decade.
- A key comedy sequence involving a wedding disaster was partly inspired by real-life blooper reels from Telugu film sets.