Starring Titi Kamal, Kinaryosih, and Dwi Sasono, it details the rise and fall of an alternative rock-turned-dangdut singer and her sister-cum-manager.

She and the group become famous and receive numerous job offers; meanwhile, the sisters feel relieved as they are no longer pursued by the police.

[3] The script was written by Monty Tiwa, who initially had difficulty selling it as studios considered it uncommercial.

[11] Benny Benke, reviewing for the Semarang-based newspaper Suara Merdeka after a press screening, found the film to be fresh, fun, and interesting, with a down to earth plot and good soundtrack.

[7] In a review for Tempo magazine, Yos Rizal S. and Evieta Fadjar wrote that the plot suffered a little from a lack of logic, but that the dangdut music was well packaged for city dwellers.

[2] Sita Planasari A., in another review for the magazine, described the film as clearly meant to entertain; she found the acting in Mendadak Dangdut to be strong, but wrote that the plot suffered from a lack of logic and that the cinematography was like that of a soap opera.

[13] Meanwhile, Soedjarwo continued using an express shooting style with his next box-office hit, the horror film Pocong 2 (2007).

[13] The soundtrack album to Mendadak Dangdut included ten songs, with seven sung by Titi Kamal.