Daffedar | |
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Directed by | Johnson Esthappan |
Written by | Johnson Esthappan |
Produced by | Gickson Thekkumthala Ginu Mathew George |
Starring | Tini Tom [1] Malavika Nair Sudheer Karamana Chembil Ashokan Indrans Kavitha Nair Jayakrishnan |
Cinematography | Sudheer K. Sudhakaran |
Edited by | Mentos Antony |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Eden Films |
Distributed by | Carnival Pictures |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Daffedar is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Johnson Esthappan, starring Tini Tom as Daffadar and Malavika Nair in lead roles. [2] Ilaiyaraaja is the music director and the film's audio was launched by Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. [3]
Daffadar is the story Ayyappan, a 65 years old honest, sincere, and compassionate security personnel (Daffadar) of the Collector for over 40 years. Evenafter his retirement he dresses as Daffadar and goes to the Collectorate every day. [4]
The film originally starred Kalabhavan Mani and Ananya, with its pooja function in 2014, [6] but the film was almost dropped after the death of Mani. [7] The filming resumed in 2016 with Tini Tom and Malavika Nair replacing Mani and Ananya respectively. [8] [9] [10] [11]
The soundtrack album was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Rafeeq Ahamed.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1 | "Poothumbakkinallo Ponnonam" | Rafeeq Ahamed | Vijay Yesudas | 05:01 |
2 | "Oorila Eerila" | Rafeeq Ahamed | Alka Ajit | 04:59 |
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