In 1998 in Mumbai, Dhanush "Dodo" Sawant, Pratik "Pinku" Garodia and Ayush Gupta study in the 10th standard and dream of going to Goa after their board examinations. Due to their parents' reluctance, they are unable to do so. In 2003, the friends again plan the trip after their graduation, but the car meets with the accident as soon as they begin their journey. The plan is yet again put on the back burner.
A few years later, Pinku moves to Cape Town and Ayush to New York City. Pinku and Ayush succeed in life and their pay package also increases. Meanwhile, Dodo is not able to have a steady job, but he keeps in touch with Pinku and Ayush on social media and sees that they have become very rich. Dodo uses an editing software to create fake images and paint a false picture that he resides in a penthouse and is leading a luxurious life.
In 2015, Pinku and Ayush decide to fly down to Mumbai. They inform Dodo about it and also tell him that they will stay at his 'penthouse'. Dodo gets tense and suggests that as soon as they land, the three of them should fulfil their plan of going to Goa. Pinku and Ayush agree. Unable to afford expensive flight tickets, Dodo books three tickets to the Madgaon Express train. Pinku and Ayush hate the idea, but agree on the condition that they will return by flight only. Before boarding the train, Pinku's bag gets exchanged with a similar looking bag owned by another man. They discover that the bag contains a lot of cash, a gun and the key to a hotel room. They argue among themselves about what to do with the bag and ultimately decide to discard it.
Upon reaching their destination, they take a cab and head straight to the beach. A drug dealer (Khemu) gives them psychedelic drug pills and after consuming it, they party together and spend the night with prostitutes at a hotel. Upon waking up the next morning, Ayush is upset at Dodo for bringing prostitutes with them as he did not want to cheat on his long-distance online girlfriend Nisha. Dodo confesses that he had secretly kept the hotel room key from the stranger's bag, along with the cash and had brought them to the same hotel room. This angers Ayush and Pinku and during an altercation, Pinku falls down hard on top of the bed and they discover a stash of cocaine hidden underneath it. Later, Kanchan Kombdi, a lady gangster, arrives with her gang and mistakes Ayush for Ganapath, whose bag got exchanged with Pinku.
Kanchan Kombdi asks him to meet her at her place and her gang surrounds the entire hotel premises. The three escape the place by secretly jumping off the window. Pinku begins to act strangely as he is exposed to a high dosage of cocaine. They begin to search for a doctor who could treat Pinku. They meet a young woman Tasha, who tells that she can help them and takes them to Dr. Danny, who gives Pinku an injection which heals him. It is revealed that the cocaine found at the hotel room belongs to Mendoza Bhai, a ruthless gangster. Upon returning to the hotel, the three are shocked to discover that the cocaine is missing. The police arrive and they escape the place. Meanwhile, Ganapath reaches the hotel and is angry to find the cocaine missing, which he had himself hidden underneath the bed. He discovers Pinku's cellphone inside his bag and sees text messages from his girlfriend Mariam.
Ayush and Pinku blame Dodo for their whole predicament, telling that they do not trust him and everything Dodo says feels like a lie. Dodo confesses that he is not rich like the two of them and that the images posted by him on social media were fake. Dodo tells that he felt like a "nobody" and did it so that they do not feel embarrassed to have him as a friend. The two tells that Dodo will always be their friend and forgive Dodo. It is revealed that Mendoza Bhai and Kanchan Kombdi used to love each other and were married, but Mendoza Bhai fell in love and married a foreign woman, which angered Kanchan Kombdi and they became rivals. Kanchan Kombdi had found the cocaine in the hotel room and had stolen it, planning to sell it and earn money, as revenge to Mendoza Bhai. Ganapath is revealed to be a member of Mendoza Bhai's gang, but is secretly working with Kanchan Kombdi.
The three decide to leave Goa, but discover that the cops are looking for them and posters, with their sketches, are stuck everywhere. Dodo receive a phone call from Tasha, telling that she can help them leave the city and asks them to meet her. Upon reaching the mentioned address, they discover that Tasha is held hostage by Mendoza Bhai and it was a setup to bring them to Mendoza Bhai. Mendoza Bhai orders Dodo and Pinku to go to Kanchan Kombdi's place to retrieve the cocaine, disguised as women, to blend in with her gang members. Mendoza Bhai adds that Ayush and Tasha would remain with him and that he would kill them if they cannot retrieve the cocaine.
Dodo and Pinku reach Kanchan Kombdi's place and begin to look for the cocaine. One of the gang members finds Pinku's identity, which leads to an altercation in which Pinku's finger is chopped. The place is raided by Danny, who is actually an undercover cop, along with his team and a massive shootout ensues. Dodo and Pinku manage to escape the place with the cocaine. Ayush and Tasha also escape while Mendoza and his gang are asleep and Tasha develops a liking towards Ayush. The four are united and plan to finally leave the place, but Pinku receives a call from Ganapath, saying that he has taken Mariam hostage and demands that they return his money and the cocaine. They decide to meet Ganapath on board the Madgaon Express and return the goods to him. The next day, they board the train and Ganapath arrives there with Mariam.
However, Mendoza Bhai and Kanchan Kombdi also arrive and demands to return the cocaine. They return the bag to them, but the cocaine is not there inside the bag. It is revealed that with the help of Danny, they had informed the police about everything and had handed over the cocaine to them. The police arrive and arrest Mendoza Bhai, Kanchan Kombdi and Ganapath, while the three along with Mariam finally leave Goa. Before Ayush boards his flight back to New York, Dodo confesses to him that his online girlfriend Nisha is actually Dodo, who chatted with him online pretending to be a girl, as a practical joke. This upsets Ayush, though he gives Dodo a hug before leaving, seemingly forgiving him.
A year later, Pinku introduces Mariam to his mother and they plan to get married. Dodo wins a lot of money in a lottery and becomes rich. Ayush removes "Nisha" as a friend from his social media account and receives a friend request from Tasha. Dodo reaches Ayush's house with a complete makeover and tells that they should go to Las Vegas together.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 73% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10.[16] Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com rated 3/5 stars and applauded "Madgaon Express understands that its charm lies in its inherent silliness and then works around as pure unadulterated entertainment, which makes it imminently watchable".[17]NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee rated the film 3/5 and wrote "Madgaon Express is a wild and wacky comedy of errors that rarely, if ever, pauses for a breather. The film is deliriously funny as it moves effortlessly and incessantly between slapstick and sparkling silver-tongued wit."[18]
Conversely, Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 1.5 stars out of 5 and stated that "too many of the jokes end in a clunk. A song line about not having fun attempts to spice up a scene when the bad guys are sleeping and the good men are trying to get away. That may have served as a summary of the entire movie".[19]
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