Aadu 2

<p>In the of , Shaji Pappan and his friends Arakkal Abu, Captain Sachin Cleetus, Krishnan Mandaram, Kuttan Moonga, Lalan P. K. alias Lolan and Bastin Pathrose are leading a normal life. One day, an uninformed Shaji fights and tosses an into a 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 . Due to this financial strain, Shaji and his friends decide to compete in a tournament to win a massive gold trophy. To pay for the entry fee of 50,000 Shaji steals the documents for his house and uses it as collateral to take a loan from a , Irumbu Abdullah. Dude and his gang, who unable to go back to are working in a . The gang starts digging a tunnel to rob a bank nearby. They complete the tunnel and break into the the very night that of Indian currency notes takes place. The is also bad news for drug dealer Satan Xavier and his assistants Kanjav Soman and Battery Simon. Shaji’s friends 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 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 elder 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 is finalizing a deal to buy the plates of the new 500 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 were to arrive on the same train at the same station. Shaji and his friends 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 friends get the plates and gives it to Lassar to make new fake notes. But soon a foul occurs after which Lassar, Sabu and his henchmen hits Shaji and his friends but towards the end, Shaji and his friends fights back and defeats Lassar, Sabu and his henchman. Lassar tries to kill Shaji with a but Cleetus saves them. The government officials commend them for their honesty but give them a paltry reward. The film is a sequel to the 2015 film produced by and under the banner of and directed by . The film features soundtrack composed by , it was released by Friday Film House. Lyrics for the songs were written by B. K. Harinarayanan, , and Preethi Nambiyar. A single titled “Aadu 2 – Success Song” was also released, composed and sung by the sister duo and Abhirami Suresh. The film collected 3.45 on the opening day, the highest opening day for a Jayasurya movie, and 13 crore in the first weekend (5 days) in box office. It grossed $453,294 from 38 screens in the opening weekend (18 – 21 January) in the and $548,189 in three weeks. The film earned $31,776 ( 20.43 lakh) from the United States in four weeks. The film was the second highest grossing Malayalam film of the year 2017 and ran over 100 days in theatres. A sequel titled was announced in 2022 and shooting of the film began in May 2025. The film is planning to release in theatres worldwide in December 2025 coinciding with .</p>