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Directed by | Kalyan Shankar |
Screenplay by | Kalyan Shankar Additional Screenplay: Praveen Pattu Pranay Rao Takkallapalli |
Story by | Kalyan Shankar |
Dialogues by | Kalyan Shankar |
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Starring |
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Cinematography | Shamdat Sainudeen Dinesh B. Krishnan |
Edited by | Navin Nooli |
Music by | Bheems Ceciroleo |
Production companies | Sithara Entertainments Fortune Four Cinemas |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Mad (stylized as MAD) is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Kalyan Shankar in his directorial debut. Produced by Sithara Entertainments, the film has an ensemble cast of Sangeeth Shobhan, Narne Nithin (in his debut), Ram Nithin, Sri Gouri Priya, Ananathika Sanilkumar, Gopika Udayan, Vishnu Oi and Karthikeya Samala. The film was released on 6 October 2023. [1]
This movie is about 4 friends who start their journey at Engineering college.
All music is composed by Bheems Ceciroleo.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Proud'se Single" | Raghuram | Nakash Aziz, Bheems Ceciroleo | 3:25 |
2. | "Nuvvu Navvukuntu" | Bhaskarabhatla | Kapil Kapilan | 3:40 |
3. | "College Papa" | Kasarla Shyam | Bheems Ceciroleo, Varam, Keerthana Sharma | 3:41 |
Mad was released on 6 October 2023.
Netflix has secured the post-theatrical streaming rights for the film, which premiered on the platform on 3 November 2023. [2]
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu opined that "Watching MAD is like stepping into an engineering campus and being privy to the fun riot in the classrooms and hostels". She further praised the performances of Shobhan, Muralidhar Goud and Vishnu Oi. [3] Abhilasha Cherukuri of The New Indian Express rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote that "Despite remnants of the campus film genre seen across MAD, one thing sets the latter apart from the rest. There is no sappy mythologising of friendship". [4]
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