Even though Manmadhudu 2 is not a sequel to the much loved 2002 Manmadhudu, people definitely will compare this movie to Trivikram written Vijay Bhaskar rom com.

Nagarjuna has dared to put the second part of Manmadhudu but the movie has not even turned to be half good. In fact, this is lame attempt to cash in on the old movies name.

Manmadhudu 2 is the official remake of a French movie named I Do. The story of this French movie is quite cliched, and also jaded.

What made Nagarjuna think that this would suit his age and image since we have seen such stories done by other actors when he was young

He is introduced in this film as a perfumer who can smell anything even from the far place, he gets choked when he notices pungent smells. One wonders why Nagarjuna in real life could not sense that this story and scenes smell bad.

The film has some silly backstory that some people from Andhra went to Portugal and settled there some decades ago. The place they settled is Casandra.

But soon, the people had indulged in reproduction activity as there is no other entertainment back then and made the place an Andhra locality and thus it came to be known as Cas Andhra. Why this explanation

Because the director wanted to add some old Telugu dialogues for Nagarjuna and Lakshmi. He thought this would generate laughs.

There is also silly backstory to Nagarjuna why he has remained bachelor. Because, his mother and sisters scared his first girlfriend Suma (Keerthy Suresh) and who later broke him up with. How lousy is this

He remains bachelor even when he has become an old man (this film doesnt mention his age unlike in the original French movie where protagonist is in early 40s).

But he keeps indulging in one night stands with various women because he doesnt want to do agriculture (marriage) for one meal (sex). Then he has an assistant (Vennela Kishore) and his main job is to bring helmet (condoms) when he starts playing match with women.

Filled with such lousy adult jokes, double meaning dialogue and over the top scenes like Nagarjuna getting a whip from a hooker in a sex bar to Rakul kissing Jhansi, the movie hardly is family friendly movie though it claims to be.

It is acceptable if it is modern love story. But the other scenes are quite jaded, full of cliches and filled with sloppy sentiment. This mix is quite bad.

By end of the movie we feel what Brahmanandam (he did cameo appearance) said in the movie. I waited 17 years to take revenge. We feel the same that makers are taking revenge on us when get to watch some awkward situations in the film.

Although Vennela Kishore has tried hard to save the film with his good act and there are some genuinely good laugh out loud movements such as pre interval episode, the narration is at the most is sloppy and boring.

All in all, Manmadhudu 2 is not only bad sequel (if it is) to Manmadhudu but also bad remake of the French movie I Do and it is a misfire.