Overview
A delivery boy's attempt to earn extra cash spirals into chaos, revealing the absurdity of greed.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- witty
- irreverent
- anxious
- movie night
- friends night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Babu’s attempt to extract tips from a greedy customer spirals into a dangerous and ridiculous mess.
Babu’s first attempt at wrongdoing immediately fails and forces him to keep improvising to survive.
The courier incident expands through concealed motives, red herrings, and revelations about what awaits Babu beyond the initial scheme.
Babu works hard as a courier but receives meager pay, motivating his risky pursuit of customer tips.
Films like Mathu Vadalara, and why
Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
shares Telugu dark comedy, escalating criminal chaos, irreverent humor, and a hapless protagonist trapped in a dangerous scheme
Andhadhun
shares black comedy, crime mystery, tonal playfulness, and an ordinary character pulled into increasingly bizarre danger
Delhi Belly
shares fast-moving crime-comedy energy, mistaken complications, and a working-class protagonist facing morally dubious choices
Movie Details
- Director
- Ritesh Rana
- Release Date
- 2019-12-25
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (29)
Cast
- Sri Simha
- Satya
- Naresh Agastya
- Athulya Chandra
- Brahmaji
- Vennela Kishore
- Ajay
- Pavala Shyamala
- Vidyullekha Raman
- Gundu Sudarshan
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Mathu Vadalara about?
- An underpaid courier’s desperate shortcut to earning tips detonates into a wildly comic criminal nightmare.
- What is Mathu Vadalara like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mathu Vadalara as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Mathu Vadalara violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Mathu Vadalara as graphic.
- Which films are like Mathu Vadalara?
- Films with a similar feel include Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, Andhadhun, and Delhi Belly.
- How long is Mathu Vadalara?
- Mathu Vadalara runs 130 minutes.
- Where can I watch Mathu Vadalara?
- In United States, Mathu Vadalara streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
