Daddy Cool (2009 Hindi film)

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Daddy Cool
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Directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao
Written byTushar Hiranandani
Produced byIndra Kumar
Ashok Thakeria
Starring Sunil Shetty
Javed Jaffrey
Aftab Shivdasani
Aarti Chabria
Ashish Chaudhary
Kim Sharma
Sophie Choudry
Rajpal Yadav
Tulip Joshi
Chunky Pandey
Prem Chopra
CinematographyT. Surendra Reddy
Music by Raghav Sachar
Adnan Sami
Production
companies
BIG Pictures [1]
Maruti Pictures [1]
Distributed byBIG Pictures [1]
Release date
  • 28 August 2009 (2009-08-28)
Running time
101 minutes
Country India
LanguageHindi
Budget13 crore (equivalent to 33 croreorUS$4.1 million in 2023)
Box office5 crore (equivalent to 13 croreorUS$1.6 million in 2023)

Daddy Cool (also known as Daddy Cool: Join The Fun) is a 2009 Bollywood comedy film directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao and cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy. The film stars Sunil Shetty, Jaaved Jaaferi, Aashish Chaudhary, Aftab Shivdasani and Aarti Chabria amongst many others. The story is based on the crazy things that happen all in one day at one funeral. It is an unofficial adaptation of the 2007 British-American comedy Death at a Funeral . [2]

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Plot

The film is set on Goa and follows what happens in one crazy day. The story focuses on Steven (Sunil Shetty) and his wife Nancy (Aarti Chabria) who currently live with Steven's mother and plan to purchase their own flat soon. The film begins with the death of Steven's father. Steven organises the whole funeral by himself and the guests begin to arrive. Steven's brother Brian (Ashish Chaudhary), a renowned novelist living in Mumbai, also arrives. Everyone is expecting Brian to give the farewell speech since he is a novelist, however he has nothing planned, and he is intending on Steven to do the speech. Every time Steven tries to start his speech someone always interrupts and the speech is delayed. A short man named Andrew (Rajpal Yadav) introduces himself to Steven and asks to speak to him in private. Andrew tells him that he was Steven's father's gay lover. Surprised, Steven tells Brian this. Andrew blackmails them and demands money to keep this a secret. By this time, Steven's crazy family arrive.

Cast

Music

Daddy Cool
Soundtrack album by
Genre Feature film soundtrack

The music was composed by Raghav Sachar and Adnan Sami. The lyrics were provided by Sameer and Aditya Dhar. The title song "Daddy Cool" was based on the Boney M. song of the same name. [3]

Track list
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Daddy Cool" Raghav Sachar & Paroma P. Das Gupta3:41
2."Nasha Nasha" Neha Bhasin 3:47
3."Life Life"Farhad4:28
4."Nasha Nasha" (remix) Neha Bhasin 3:57
5."Daddy Cool" (remix) Raghav Sachar & Paroma P. Das Gupta3:07

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Reliance Mobile Announces Special "Daddy Cool" Zone on R-World". Reliance Entertainment . 24 August 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. "Indra Kumar?s Daddy Cool and Girish Dhamija?s untitled next are both inspired by Death At A Funeral". 19 May 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. "Daddy Cool Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Daddy Cool by Times of India". The Times of India.