Daddy Cool

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.

Most of these films with big stars piggyback on the star's image to score at the box office, and, they are all made to showcase the star the way he is loved by his fans. Still, we wish the filmmaker used a thread to weave a cohesive story. This is where Aashiq Abu fails miserably.

The story (if we can call this a story) is about Antony Simon (Mammootty), a cricket crazy police officer, who will do anything to be with his school going son. His easy going attitude makes him an object of ridicule among his co-workers and drives his wife Annie (Richa Pallod) crazy. As expected the father-son duo do not change till the end even when things go terribly wrong.

You may argue that this film is kiddie stuff like the other Mammootty film, Ee Pattanathil Bhootham released a few weeks back. But, parents are warned that the dialogues credited to Bipin Chandran are somewhat crass with street lingo and innuendoes.

We have seen Mammootty playing the cool cop numerous times but he is not cool either as a cop or a daddy. We cannot imagine Sreenivasan doing the same.

Of the rest of the cast Master Dhananjay playing Aadi, Antony's son is a typical over smart cinematic kid. Richa Pallod as the working mother passes muster but has nothing substantial to do. The supporting actors consisting of Biju Menon, Sai Kumar and Vijayaraghavan, Baburaj act as Mammootty's colleagues.

Samir Thahir's camerawork is the only good thing about the movie.

So, to the question whether you should spend money to watch this film, the answer is this: listening to the classic Boney M song (Daddy Cool) on a loop will be a better idea.

DADDY COOL ON AUG 7

Mammootty’s new film Daddy Cool, written and directed by debutant Ashik Abu has confirmed its release date as AUG 7.

It is a cool, humorous and thrilling story of a laidback police officer Antony Simon played by Mammootty, who is very fond of his six year old son and likes to play cricket and laze around with him than attending office!
Richa Palod is playing Mammootty’s heroine in this film, which also has Vijayraghavan, Baburaj, and Biju Menon. Production Manager Alvin Antony and Bose Kurian are making the film under the banner of Aninya Films and is distributed by Marakkar films.

Daddy Cool will be marketed as Mammootty’s Onam release even though the festival is in the first week of September. Please note Noyambu (Ramzan fasting) period starts on August 21, so the film will get a clean three weeks run before that.

DADDY COOL Song shooting

Daddy Cool postponed to August 15

Super star Mammootty's forthcoming family thriller Daddy Cool, scripted and directed by debutante Ashique Abu, ex-assistant to veteran director Kamal, has been postponed to August 15, as Mammootty's other much-anticipated film Ee Pattanathil Bhootham is set to grace theatres by the last week of June.

Daddy Cool has already completed shooting. It narrates the story of a cricket-loving police officer Antony Simon (Mammootty) and his son. Richa Pallod of Shahjahan fame is the heroine.

Richa appears as Annie, wife of Mammootty. Indrajith and Kalabhavan Mani play key roles in this film, produced by Alvin Antony and Khader Mayyazhi under the banner of Wall Green Productions.

Songs, penned by Anil Panachooran, have been set to tune by Bijibal. Sameer Thahir, who had earlier cranked the camera for Big B, handles the camera. Mammootty is presently in America and will be back by the end of the week to complete his movies in the pipeline: Gireesh's Handsome, Jayaraj's Loudspeaker and Renjith's Palery Maanikyam.

Mammootty is Daddy Cool!

In debutant director Aashiq Abu's Malayalam film Daddy Cool, Mammootty plays a cop, who prefers to spend time with his eight-year-old son than doing his official chores.
He is Antony Simon, a crime branch circle inspector, who had joined the service after being fascinated by its prospects. However, after the birth of his son, Antony's attention shifts to his kid, who he spends most of time with. Richa Pallod plays Mammootty's wife.

A chance meeting with a Malayali cricketer called Sreekanth, change their lives forever.

Daddy cool

In Daddy Cool,Mammootty is going to play the role of father, who is also a Crime Branch police officer named Antony Simon. Model turned actress Richa Pallod is making her debut in Malayalam movie .She will play the role of wife to Mammootty as well as the mother to their seven year old son, Aadi Simon. This new film will be a directorial debut by Aashiq Abu, a former assistant of Kamal and will be produced by Alwin Antony.

The story is about the relationship between a Dad and son. They admire each other. All the foolishness done by the son is well supported by the dad and mother gets fed up with them.
Others in the cast are Indrajith, Kalabhavan Mani, Sai Kumar, Vijaya Raghavan, Babu Raj, Suraj, Anoop Chandran, Radhika, Lena etc and the camera will be handled by Sameer Thahir (BigB fame). Lyrics of the film were written by Anil Panachooran, Santhosh Varma and Venu where as the music was scored by Biji Bal.