Dada (disambiguation)

Dada, or Dadaism, was a cultural movement.

Dada may also refer to:

Arts

• Neo-Dada, a minor audio and visual art movement that has similarities in method or intent to earlier Dada artwork
• Dance and Drama Awards, commonly abbreviated as DaDA, government funding for professional performing arts education in the United Kingdom
• Dádá, the original Chinese title for Zhang Yuan's film Dada's Dance
• Dada (Ultra Monster), an extraterrestrial creature from the Ultraman television series

Music and related

• Dada, rock/jazz fusion band fronted by Elkie Brooks and Paul Korda, eponymous album released 1970
• Dada (band), a three piece rock band formed in Los Angeles
• Dada (Dada album), a 1998 self-titled album by Dada
• DaDa, a 1983 album by Alice Cooper
• "Dada" (song), a 2011 single by Japanese rock band Radwimps
• Dada, an alias of UK musician and DJ Matt Schwartz
• DaDa, an 2011 album by Polish band Blue Café
• Big Dada, a London-based hip hop record label
• Damani Dada, a hip-hop clothing company
• "Da Da Da", a 1981 song by the German band Trio

People

• Dada (or Dada-ji, when intended with more respect), means elder brother in Bengali and means grandfather in Hindi. While 'dada' is used in everyday life by people to address grandfather or elder brother, it has also been popularly associated with:

• • Pranab Mukherjee, President of India
  • Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
  • Mithun Chakraborty,Indian Bollywood and Tollywood Actor
  • Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist and philosopher, also known as Dadaji
  • Dada Amir Haider, a communist activist in India and Pakistan
  • Nayyar Ali Dada, a Pakistani architect
• Idi Amin (c. 1920–2003), former president of Uganda

Films

• Dada (1979 film), a Hindi film, starring Vinod Mehra and Bindiya Goswami
• Dada (1988 film), a Kannada film starring Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh
• Dada (2000 film), a Hindi film starring Mithun Chakraborty
• Dada (2005 film), a Bengali film with Mithun Chakraborty

Other uses

• Dada, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran
• Dada, Khuzestan, Iran