Aadu (franchise)

Aadu
Aadu
Created by	Midhun Manuel Thomas
Owner	Friday Film House
Films and television
Film(s)	Aadu (2015); Aadu 2 (2017); Aadu 3 (2025)
Miscellaneous
Box Office	est. ₹35.65 crore

Aadu is an Indian film franchise of Malayalam language created by Midhun Manuel Thomas and produced by Friday Film House. The first in the franchise was Aadu (2015), followed by Aadu 2 (2017) and Aadu 3 (2025)^[1] set release on late 2025.^[2]

Feature films

Film	Released	Director	Writer	Producer	Ref.
Aadu	6 February 2015	Midhun Manuel Thomas	Midhun Manuel Thomas	Friday Film House
Aadu 2	22 December 2017			Friday Film House
Aadu 3	Expected December 2025			Friday Film House Kavya Film Company	^[3]

Aadu (2015)^[a]

A local Tug-of-war tourney gifted Shaji Pappan and his gang, a cute but naughty little goat called 'Pinky'. Their attempts to dump the goat, unknowingly, interrupts few groups of smugglers, who are in race for the 'Neelakodiveli'.^[b]

Aadu 2 (2017)

Shaji Pappan and his gang try to redeem their arts club through a game of tug-o-war. Meanwhile Pappan’s back pain has become a bigger problem, so they orders a Ayurvedic medicine from North India. Chaos erupts when Pappan and his gang miscarries the counterfeit note design thinking as Medicine for his back pain. As the half-witted gang gets entangled in a bigger conspiracy.^[c]

Additional crews

Film	Producer(s)	Cinematographer	Music	Editor
Aadu	Vijay Babu, Sandra Thomas	Vishnu Narayanan	Shaan Rahman	Lijo Paul
Aadu 2	Vijay Babu
Aadu 3	Vijay Babu, Venu Kunnappilly

Main cast and characters

Character	Films
Character	Aadu (2015)	Aadu 2 (2017)	Aadu 3 (2025)
Shaji Pappan	Jayasurya		(Unknown)
Arakkal Abu	Saiju Kurup
SI Sarbath Shameer	Vijay Babu
Saathan Xavier	Sunny Wayne
DUDE	Vinayakan
Captain Sachin Cleetus	Dharmajan Bolgatty
Kuttan Moonga	Vineeth Mohan
Krishnan Mandaram	Bhagath Manuel
Lolan	Harikrishnan
Dragon Paili	Nelson Sooranad

Music

Shaan Rahman composed the soundtracks and film scores for entire Aadu franchise.

Notes

^ Aadu original title is "Aadu Oru Bheekara Jeeviyanu" (transl. Goat is a mysterious creature).
^ Aadu is the first Malayalam film to introduce Intro/Theme music to all major characters.
^ Aadu 2 is based on 2016 demonetisation which was to curb Black money and to stop counterfeit notes.

References

^ "'Aadu 3' begins filming: Jayasurya returns as Shaji Paappan, Vijay Babu shares first look". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
^ "Midhun Manuel Thomas, Jayasurya unite for Aadu 3; director calls it franchise's biggest film: 'Pappan syndicate is coming'". The Indian Express. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
^ "പ്രതീക്ഷകൾ വാനോളമാക്കി പുതിയ അപ്ഡേറ്റ്; 'ആട് 3'ക്കു വേണ്ടി കൈകോർത്ത് കാവ്യാ ഫിലിം കമ്പനിയും ഫ്രൈഡേ ഫിലിം ഹൗസും". Manorama Online. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

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[4] Aadu original title is "Aadu Oru Bheekara Jeeviyanu" (transl. Goat is a mysterious creature).

[5] Aadu is the first Malayalam film to introduce Intro/Theme music to all major characters.

[6] Aadu 2 is based on 2016 demonetisation which was to curb Black money and to stop counterfeit notes.

[1] "'Aadu 3' begins filming: Jayasurya returns as Shaji Paappan, Vijay Babu shares first look". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

[2] "Midhun Manuel Thomas, Jayasurya unite for Aadu 3; director calls it franchise's biggest film: 'Pappan syndicate is coming'". The Indian Express. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

[3] "പ്രതീക്ഷകൾ വാനോളമാക്കി പുതിയ അപ്ഡേറ്റ്; 'ആട് 3'ക്കു വേണ്ടി കൈകോർത്ത് കാവ്യാ ഫിലിം കമ്പനിയും ഫ്രൈഡേ ഫിലിം ഹൗസും". Manorama Online. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

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