Daaka

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Daaka
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Directed by Baljit Singh Deo
Screenplay by Gippy Grewal
Story byGippy Grewal
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBaljit Singh Deo
Edited byRohit Dhiman
Music byJatinder Shah
Production
companies
Distributed by AA Films
Release date
  • 1 November 2019 (2019-11-01)(India)
Running time
135 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
Language Punjabi

Daaka is an Indian Punjabi-language action comedy film [1] directed by Baljit Singh Deo. [2] The film released on November 1, 2019.

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Plot

Daaka is a movie about two poverty-stricken men who have their own set of problems to deal with. One, named Shinda is a love bird who falls for the daughter of a retired school teacher, financially well off, and the other, Balli, the father of a girl child who is suffering from a stomach tumour. Both these men co-own a mobile repair 'khokha' but in order to sustain their business, they must pay the shop owner 2.5 lacs else they'll lose their space. When they manage to somehow gather a handsome sum to pay the shop owner, things take an unplanned turn and they're left with just a plan and that too of robbing their village bank. When they are robbing the bank, the criminal being held in the Jail cell escapes. This leads to a whole sequence of events, leaving both Shinda and Balli wanted by the police.

Cast

Production

Development of the film commenced in 2018. On 27 November 2018, Gippy Grewal worked with T-Series. On 21 February 2019 principal photography began using cinematographer Baljit Singh Deo. The leads were played by Grewal and Zareen Khan. [3]

This film has a similar plot to Jatt James Bond , a movie starring both Gippy Grewal and Zareen Khan.

Release and marketing

Gippy Grewal announced Daaka in February 2019. [3] The film was scheduled to be released on 13 September 2019, but it was delayed to 1 November 2019. [4]

Soundtrack

Daaka
Soundtrack album by
Jatinder Shah, Rochak Kohli, Payal Dev, Aditya Dev and Jay K
Released31 October 2019 [5]
Recorded2019
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length15:49
Label T-Series
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The music was composed by Jatinder Shah, Rochak Kohli, Payal Dev, Aditya Dev and Jay K. The lyrics were written by Gautam G Sharma, Gurpreet Saini, Happy Raikoti and Kumaar.

Koi Aye Na Rabba is a remake song, originally composed by Vishal–Shekhar for the 2004 film Musafir.

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Phulkari" (Original lyrics by: Jagdev Mann)Gautam G Sharma, Gurpreet Saini Payal Dev Gippy Grewal 2:47
2."Daaka Title Track"Happy RaikotiJay KHimmat Sandhu4:16
3."Koi Aaye Na Rabba"Kumaar Rochak Kohli Rochak Kohli, B Praak 4:02
4."Gal Theek Ni Lagdi"Happy RaikotiJatinder Shah Sunidhi Chauhan, Gippy Grewal2:53
5."Phulkari Version 2" (Original lyrics by: Jagdev Mann)Gautam G Sharma,Gurpreet SainiPayal DevGippy Grewal1:51
Total length:15:49

Reception

Critical response

Gurnaaz Kaur of The Tribune gave the film three and a half stars out of five. Kaur concluded, "The story may be a clichéd one, the execution still gets the thumbs-up. To have such a well-crafted tale in Punjabi cinema is a matter of pride. It reflects the growing technical strength of the industry". [6] Gurlove Singh of BookMyShow said, "Daaka is an interesting story that has been narrated stylishly. The film is absolutely entertaining [...] The film has everything – love, thrill, violence, colorful songs and more. It cannot be denied that Daaka is a complete package". [7]

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