'Daddy Cool' - this farcical funeral is deadly uncool

Comments [ 12 ] By India-Forums.com Staff | 29 August 2009 | 8:38pm

Film: 'Daddy Cool', Cast: Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Javed Jaffry, Rajpal Yadav, Prem Chopra, Aarti Chabria, Kim Sharma, Sophie Chowdhary; Director: K. Murali Mohan Rao;

Rating: * 1/2

Why remake a shoddy, tasteless British comedy? Why be so fixated on Western entertainment when we've so much literary and pulp talent out here?

Just leave aside these vital questions and focus on the ensemble cast of 'Daddy Cool' that sparkles with borrowed wit. The Goan setting and the quaint rooms housing distraught emotions keep us smiling.

The setting is a Christian funeral. But at times the funeral jokes have us coughing in embarrassment. The dead man has two sons - a responsible, young bespectacled householder (Suniel Shetty) and a carefree cassanova novelist (Ashish Chowdhary) who flies in jetlagged just in time for daddy's funeral.

And Sharad Saxena is deadly in his stillness as the dead man.

Interestingly, daddy has a secret in his closet. And that's Rajpal Yadav, his gay lover.

'Isska matlab tum dono gay ke bete ho!' squeals Aarti Chabria to her screen-husband Suniel Shetty and his brother Ashish.

Ironically after copying everything in sight in the original - from the characters to the dialogues - the desi adaptors get cold feet and decide the gay lover was an imposter.

To be fair to this feisty farce, 'Daddy Cool' makes you smile, specially Aftab Shivdasani as a drugged-out goofy lover-boy. He is better than the actor who played the role originally.

Shetty as the responsible son, who is a little tired of shouldering family responsibilitie but nonetheless determined to see the show through, is controlled and comically karmic. His climactic speech in praise of his father is rousing. Rajpal Yadav as the gay lover is superbly restrained.

And then there's Sophie Chowdhary as the suitably sexy airhead.

Blessedly this farce doesn't opt for desperate measures. It keeps it cool most of the way.

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Date: 8/31/2009 7:45:21 AMaandhanika
Important!!!

Hey guys i saw the movie yesterday... well actually the movie is diffrent... it's not an 2 hour movie or so... it's an short movie...

The movie is so funny... believe me you will laugh through the whole movie..
The topic about 'gay' does come in the movie but no gay things happens.. the person playing the role 'ENDREW' who is being played by Yadev is just an small timer blackmailer who comes with the topic of being an gay lover of the person who's funeral was being held in order to blackmail the sons to get some quick money.

Over all the film was great... and damn funny....

Belief me you won't regret seeing the film...

Only it's not an long movie.. so don't get suprised by that... on top of all is an must seen movie!
Date: 8/31/2009 7:45:03 AMaandhanika
Important!!!

Hey guys i saw the movie yesterday... well actually the movie is diffrent... it's not an 2 hour movie or so... it's an short movie...

The movie is so funny... believe me you will laugh through the whole movie..
The topic about 'gay' does come in the movie but no gay things happens.. the person playing the role 'ENDREW' who is being played by Yadev is just an small timer blackmailer who comes with the topic of being an gay lover of the person who's funeral was being held in order to blackmail the sons to get some quick money.

Over all the film was great... and damn funny....

Belief me you won't regret seeing the film...

Only it's not an long movie.. so don't get suprised by that... on top of all is an must seen movie!
Date: 8/31/2009 4:32:37 AM-Nina-
Thanks a lot for the artcile ^^
Date: 8/31/2009 1:02:37 AMAshu-n-Sush
i ve watched british version and the son Matthew macfayden is my fav...
british version was good... dont know abt desi version.. yet to watch
Date: 8/30/2009 3:39:08 PMsonia bajwa
Not bad at all
A good time pass
Date: 8/30/2009 7:17:40 AMshawanah
It's a short movie like Dhamaal , all the songs and some of the actors are same .. I gotta think it's Dhamaal 2 , LOL

Thankx @ aandhanika, i'll surely watch it in a day or two !
Date: 8/30/2009 6:45:01 AMaandhanika
Important!!!
Hey guys i saw the movie yesterday... well actually the movie is diffrent... it's not an 2 hour movie or so... it's an short movie...

The movie is so funny... believe me you will laugh through the whole movie..
The topic about 'gay' does come in the movie but no gay things happens.. the person playing the role 'ENDREW' who is being played by Yadev is just an small timer blackmailer who comes with the topic of being an gay lover of the person who's funeral was being held in order to blackmail the sons to get some quick money.

Over all the film was great... and damn funny....

Belief me you won't regret seeing the film...

Only it's not an long movie.. so don't get suprised by that... on top of all is an must seen movie!
Date: 8/30/2009 3:03:04 AMmissy6892
lol, i loved death at a funeral tho
Date: 8/30/2009 1:33:52 AMahana_07
after seeing the promos nobody wud want to watch this film...it seems to be soooooo uncool....i knew it wud be a third-class film for sure....even the cast is soo thanda....who will go to watch the film...
Date: 8/29/2009 4:28:36 PMaandhanika
I don't know of the movie but the songs are good... i like the nasha nasha song the most... but still i'm looking forward for this film