Aadu

Aadu is an Indian film series of Malayalam-language films created by Midhun Manuel Thomas and produced by Friday Film House. The series follows the misadventures of Shaji Pappan and his quirky gang in the Idukki hills, where the gang's fate is intertwined with the other main characters, which results in a comedy mess each time. The first in the series was Aadu (2015), which was centered around a goat named "Pinky" which Shaji and his team won as a prize in a tug-of-war tournament and the chaos caused because of it. The second installment in the series, Aadu 2 (2017) is based on the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation, where Shaji and his gang accidentally receive a note-printing design mistaking it for a medicine and the search for it by various people forms the crux of the story. The third installment, Aadu 3 (2026), is the first part of a two-part duology within the franchise. The film spans across three timelines, AD 1790 (past), 2025 AD (present) and 2370 AD (future) and how events in one timeline reach to Shaji Pappan and his gang. which released on 19 March 2026. The franchise is to be concluded by Aadu 3: The Ride Ends - Part 2 (TBA).