Daddy Cool (2009 Malayalam film)
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| Directed by | Aashiq Abu |
| Written by | Aashiq Abu Dialogues Bipin Chandran |
| Produced by | Bose Kurian Alwyn Antony |
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| Cinematography | Sameer Thahir |
| Edited by | V. Sajan |
| Music by | Bijibal |
Production companies | Ananya Films Marikar Films |
| Distributed by | Marikar Release |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹6 crore |
| Box office | 9 crore |
Daddy Cool is a 2009 Malayalam film starring Mammootty, Richa Pallod and Master Dhananjay. The film was the directorial debut of Aashiq Abu. This movie got average hit status. The locations are Kochi and Hong Kong. The film was dubbed in Tamil and became a superhit.
Plot
The story line of the film is the escapades of a cricket crazy kid, all of eight years and his father, a cop. Antony Simon (Mammootty) is a crime branch CI, but prefers to spend his time fooling around with his son Aadi (Dhananjay). And being a Crime Branch police officer, his rather laid-back attitude is not appreciated by his peers and superiors. Richa Pallod portrays his wife who finds this irritating.
The father-son duo becomes friends with the famous national cricketer Sreekanth (Govind Padmasurya) when they save him from some street fight. Once while the father-son duo was out for shopping, Adhi saw a man with the gun and screams at his father. Simon turns back and shoots him but he kills the wrong person. Simon now faces murder charges and is suspended from duty.
Later that day, Aadhi is found missing. Simon being a cop, the entire police force in the district is in search. They find that the one who was killed by Simon was part of the gang who were trying to get Sreekanth into a match-fixing deal and now they are trying to get revenge on Simon for killing one of their gang members. The rest of the film is how Simon fights the gang and gets his kid back from them with idiotic ways.
Cast
- Mammootty as CI Antony Simon aka Daddy Cool
- Master Dhananjay as Adi Simon
- Govind Padmasoorya as Sreekant
- Richa Pallod as Annie Simon
- Biju Menon as Roy
- Daniel Balaji as Shiva
- Vijayaraghavan
- Saikumar
- Baburaj
- Suraj Venjaramood
- Babu Swamy as Annie's father
- Rajan P. Dev as Roy's father
- Vinayakan
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Bheem Bhai
- Radhika as Annie's sister
- Gopakumar
- Bipin Chandran as News reader (guest appearance)
- Ambika Mohan as Annie's mother
- Lena Abhilash as Adi's teacher
Critical Reception/Box Office
The film holds a record for its first show to begin at 12 am. Even though the film released with mixed reviews, the film managed to do well at box office, due to its marketing strategies and ended up as Super Hit and ran over 100 days in it's releasing centers.
Soundtrack
The film features a successful soundtrack, consisting of 6 songs, composed by Bijibal.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Daddy Cool" | R. Venugopal | Gayatri Suresh | |
| 2. | "Daddy My Daddy" | Santhosh Varma | Swetha Mohan, Sanand Unnithan, Aditya Krishna, Amrutha Krishna, Anju Bhaskaran | |
| 3. | "Kadha" | Anil Panachooran | Bijibal | |
| 4. | "Kadhayoru" | Anil Panachooran | Hariharan | |
| 5. | "Samba" | Santhosh Varma | Jassie Gift | |
| 6. | "Samba Salsa" | Santhosh Varma | Anuradha Sriram, Jassie Gift |
