Overview
- The makers released the second single, 'Madhosh', on July 21 in five language versions with vocals by Siddharth Basrur and music by Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah and Arslan Nizami.
- The three-minute music video centers on Yash’s Raya and Tara Sutaria’s Rebecca and foregrounds their playful, tender chemistry while inserting brief glimpses of Kiara Advani and Nayanthara that hint at multiple romantic ties for Raya.
- Tara Sutaria posted a now‑deleted Instagram Story asking, "Is monogamy the law of the heart... or of society?", a screenshot of which the film’s official handle circulated and which the team used to amplify the song’s promotion.
- Social media response has been immediate and divided, with many praising the Yash–Tara visuals and others comparing 'Madhosh' unfavourably to the earlier single 'Tabaahi', shaping expectations for the film’s emotional range.
- The single continues a deliberate pan‑Indian campaign—using multilingual music, staged singles and character teases—to expand the film’s audience and frame Toxic as a stylised period gangster drama ahead of its worldwide theatrical release on August 26, 2026.