''Daddy Cool'' is a 2009 Indian

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starring

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, Dhananjay,

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and

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in the lead roles. The film was the directorial debut of

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. The film commenced its shooting in December 2008. The locations were

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. The movie was released on August 7 2009 worldwide got mixed reviews.

Synopsis

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 (

) is a crime branch CI, but prefers to spend his time fooling around with his son Aadi (

Dhananjay Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, ), also known as Partha and Dhananjaya, is a character in several ancient Hindu texts, and specifically one of the major characters of the Indian epic Mahabharata. In the epic, he is the third among Panda ...

). And being a Crime Branch police officer, his rather laid-back attitude is not appreciated by his peers and superiors. Annie (

) his wife finds this irritating. The father-son duo becomes friends with the famous national cricketer Sreekanth (

Govind Padmasurya Govind Padmasoorya (born 16 June 1987), popularly known as GP is an Indian television presenter actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema and a few Telugu films. He made his debut in the movie Atayalangal directed by M. G. Sasi. He is popula ...

) when they save him from some street fight. Once while the father-son duo was out for shopping, Aadi saw a man with the gun and screams at his father. Simon turns back and shoots him, but he kills the wrong person. Antony now faces murder charges and is suspended from duty. Later that day, Aadhi is found missing. Antony being a cop, the entire police force in the district is in search. They find that Shakthi, the one who was killed by Simon was the younger brother of Shiva (

) the leader of a gang who were trying to get Sreekanth into a match-fixing deal and from whom Antony saved Sreekanth once. They are trying to get revenge on Simon for killing Shakthi and that's why they abducted Aadi. The rest of the film is about how Simon fights Shiva and his gang and gets Aadhi back from them with brave ways.

Cast

as CI Antony Simon *Dhananjay as Adi Simon *

as Roy *

as Annie Simon *

as Shiva *

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as Bheem Bhai *

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as DYSP Varghese * Sai Kumar as Shiva Prasad *

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as Soman *

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as Shelvam, Shiva's

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as Sreekanth, a

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as Kappal Basheer *

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as Roy's father *

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as Annie's father *

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as Annie's mother *

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as Annie's sister *Babu Swamy *Gopakumar *

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as Ainkutty (cameo appearance) * Lena Kumar as Adi's class teacher (cameo appearance) *

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as The

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(cameo appearance) *

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in the song "Saamba Salsa".

Production

The role of a cricketer was first offered to

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before it was given to Govind Padmasoorya.

Soundtrack

The film features a soundtrack, consisting of 6 songs, composed by

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Reception

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'' rated the film 3/5 and noted that "In all fairness, ''Daddy Cool'' is meant to be a visual spectacle not to be taken with much seriousness. In the current form, it leaves you just cold or to a great extent, let down!". Paresh C. Palicha of ''

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'' rated the film 1.5/5 and opined that "Malayalam film Daddy Cool directed by newcomer Aashiq Abu is one more substandard film of Mammootty to hit the theatres in the recent times after ''

Ee Pattanathil Bhootham ''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' () is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy comedy film directed by Johnny Antony. It stars Mammootty with Kavya Madhavan, Innocent, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Rajan P. Dev, Mahadevan, Janardhanan, Sure ...

''".

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daddy Cool 2009 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films about child abduction in India Films about families Films about murder Indian police films Films shot in Kochi Films shot in Hong Kong Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police Indian films about revenge Films directed by Aashiq Abu 2009 directorial debut films