Madgaon Express

Madgaon Express is a 2024 Hindi-language dark comedy film written and directed by Kunal Khemu, in his directorial debut, and produced by Excel Entertainment.

[4][5] It stars an ensemble cast of Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi, Avinash Tiwary, Nora Fatehi, Upendra Limaye and Chhaya Kadam.

[6] Madgaon Express was theatrically released on 22 March 2024 to positive reviews from critics and grossed ₹48 crore worldwide.

[7][3][8] 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.

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.

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.

Later, Kanchan Kombdi, a lady gangster, arrives with her gang and mistakes Ayush for Ganapath, whose bag got exchanged with Pinku.

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.

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.

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.

The police arrive and arrest Mendoza Bhai, Kanchan Kombdi and Ganapath, while the three along with Mariam finally leave Goa.

[10] The music of the film is composed by Sharib-Toshi, Ankur Tewari, Kunal Khemu, Sagar Desai, Sameer Uddin and Ajay–Atul.

[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.

"[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.