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Aadu 2
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Directed by	Midhun Manuel Thomas
Written by	Midhun Manuel Thomas
Produced by	Vijay Babu
Starring	Jayasurya Saiju Kurup Vinayakan Sunny Wayne Dharmajan Bolgatty Vijay Babu Bhagath Manuel Vineeth Mohan
Narrated by	Saiju Kurup
Cinematography	Vishnu Narayan
Edited by	Lijo Paul
Music by	Shaan Rahman
Production company	Friday Film House
Distributed by	Friday Film House
Release date	22 December 2017 (2017-12-22) (India)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	₹56 crore

Aadu 2 (transl. Goat 2) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy film written and directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas and produced by Vijay Babu under Friday Film House. ^[1] It is the sequel to the 2015 film Aadu, and stars an ensemble cast including Jayasurya, Saiju Kurup, Vinayakan,Vijay Babu, Sunny Wayne, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Anson Paul, Mamukkoya, Bhagath Manuel, Vineeth Mohan, Indrans, Baiju, Bijukuttan, Sudhi Koppa and Harikrishnan reprising their roles. Principal photography began on 13 September 2017. Aadu 2 which was one of the most anticipated film of the year released in India on 22 December 2017.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Even though the first part of the movie didn't perform well, Aadu 2 became a blockbuster at the box office.

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Plot

In the high range of Idukki, Shaji Pappan and his friends are leading a normal life after the adventures in Aadu. One day, an uninformed Shaji fights and tosses an SI into a dam unaware that his friends were smuggling sandalwood. This leads him to being charged and bailed. He now has to report to the police station where Shameer joins as the SI. Due to this financial strain, Shaji and his team decide to compete in a tug-of-war tournament to win a massive gold trophy. To pay for the entry fee of Rs.50,000 Shaji steals the documents for his house and uses it as collateral to take a loan from a loan shark, Irumbu Abdullah.

Dude and his gang, unable to go back to Bangkok, are working in a restaurant. The gang starts digging a tunnel to rob a bank nearby. They complete the tunnel and break into the vault the very night that demonetisation of Indian currency notes takes place. The demonetisation is also bad news for drug dealer Satan Xavier and his assistants Kanjav Soman and Battery Simon.

Shaji's team enters the tournament and wins the gold trophy. However, the trophy is stolen from them on their journey home. Shaji's mother, realizing that the house documents were stolen, faints and is taken to an hospital. The group then tracks down the thief, Anali Sabu, whose team were runners up in the tournament. Shaji and group break into Sabu's dance party to retrieve the trophy. They beat up Sabu and destroy his place. However, Sabu and his brother, Chekuthan Lassar, a notorious criminal, return and burn down Shaji's house. Lassar demands a hefty sum as compensation for the damages they caused.

Mahesh Shetty, a counterfeiter is finalizing a deal to buy the engraving plates of the new 500 Rupee note. But Shetty's partner, Prabhakar, decides to cheat him by making a deal with Xavier. He does this by pretending to have the plates stolen from him. Soman informs Dude about this deal who then decides to steal the plates for himself. Coincidentally, these engraving plates as well as the back medicine for Shaji Pappan were to arrive on the same train at the same station. Shaji and team reach the station first and receive the plates instead, and Xavier's men get the medicine. This sets a motion, a relentless pursuit by all involved to get these plates.

In the end, Shaji and his team get the plates and inform the police that they have them. The government officials commend them for their honesty but give them a paltry reward.

Cast

Jayasurya as Pannimattathil Shaji Pappan
Saiju Kurup as Arakkal Abu
Vinayakan as Dude
Vijay Babu as SI "Sarbath" Shameer
Sunny Wayne as Saathaan Xavier
Dharmajan Bolgatty as Captain Sachin Cleetus
Vineeth Mohan as Kuttan Moonga
Unni Rajan P. Dev as Bastin Pathrose
Harikrishnan as Lalan P. K. aka Lolan
Bhagath Manuel as Krishnan Mandaram
Indrans as Home Minister P. P. Sasi Aashan
Aju Varghese as Driver Ponnappan (Cameo role)
Sijoy Varghese as Kesav Sharma IPS, Joint Director of Intelligence
Hariprashanth M. G. as Chekuthan Lassar
Anson Paul as Anali Sabu
John Kaippallil as Mahesh Shetty
Sudhi Koppa as Kanjavu Soman, now Saathaan's ally
Bijukuttan as Battery Simon, now Saathaan's ally
Nelson Sooranadu as Dragon Paili
Baiju as Panchayath President Uthup Theckeparambil, Anagapara Grama Panchayath
Mamukkoya as Irumbu Abdullah
Irshad as Prabhakaran
Ponnambalam as Mayilvahanam, Dude's boss/Hotel owner
Jayasanker Karimuttam as Lonappan
Sonal Devraj and Nicole Concessao as Dancers in the song "Changaathi Nannaayaal"
Nazreen Nazar as Stella
Srindaa as Mary, Shaji Pappan's ex-wife (Cameo role)
Sethu Lakshmi as Mariyama aka Thalla, Shaji Pappan's Mother
Athira Patel as Rachael, Shaji Pappan's Niece
Manikandan Cheruvathur as SI Pradeep Kumar
Noby Marcose as Constable Ayyappan Kutty
Pradeep Kottayam as Constable Pavithran
Ameya Mathew as Ponnappan's lover
Niveditha as the goat
Sean as the goat 2

Production

The film is a sequel to the 2015 film Aadu produced by Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas under the banner of Friday Film House and directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas.

Soundtrack

The film features soundtrack composed by Shaan Rahman, it was released by Friday Film House. Lyrics for the songs were written by B. K. Harinarayanan, Manu Manjith, and Preethi Nambiyar.^[6] A single titled "Aadu 2 – Success Song" was also released, composed and sung by the sister duo Amrutha Suresh and Abhirami Suresh.^[7]

Aadu 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Changaathi Nannaayaal"	Manu Manjith, Preethi Nambiyar	Keerthana Shabareesh, Zia Ul Haq	3:45
2.	"Aadeda Aattam Nee"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	3:43
3.	"Oru Theepole"	B. K. Harinarayanan	Hesham Abdul Wahab	3:06
4.	"Shaji Pappan Returns(Theme)"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	0:51
5.	"Dude is Back(Theme)"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	1:16
6.	"Sarbath Shameer (Theme)"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	0:52
7.	"Abu Bheekaran (Theme)"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	0:52
8.	"Satan Xavier (Theme)"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	0:54
9.	"Captain Cleetus (Theme)"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	0:17
10.	"Chekuthaan Laasar (Theme)"		Shaan Rahman	1:06
11.	"Aashaan (Theme)"	Manu Manjith	Shaan Rahman	0:46

Box office

The film collected ₹ 3.45 crore on the opening day, the highest opening day for a Jayasurya movie, and ₹ 13 crore in the first weekend (5 days) in Kerala box office.^[8] It grossed $453,294 from 38 screens in the opening weekend (18 – 21 January) in the United Arab Emirates and $548,189 in three weeks.^[9] The film earned $31,776 (₹ 20.43 lakh) from the United States in four weeks.^[10] The film was one of the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year 2017 and ran over 100 days in theatres.^[11]