Daddy is scheduled to release on September 8.
Ever since the first teaser of Daddy came out, the audience interest in the gangster biopic has had a revival. Daddy isn’t the first gangster film in Bollywood Our industry’s obsession with the dark underbelly of society is age old. What is new, however, is the fact that Daddy is B-town’s first realistic depiction of a gangster. Even with some memorable movies in the genre (Satya, Company, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro), we can say that Daddy can stand apart from the rest. Unlike a Once Upon a Time… and its sequel or Company or Satya, this is not a fictionalised account that takes inspiration from real life. This is a proper gangster biopic that is not afraid to take the names of the personalities it is willing to portray. So you have Rampal has Gawli, while his close associates like Babu Reshim and Rama Naik (they were the leaders of the dreaded B.R.A. gang) also getting mentioned by their real names. With three years of research, the director has made sure that his actors have some real sort of semblance to the characters they are, the primary example being Arjun Rampal as Arun Gawli. Yes, the heights may not match, but Rampal has taken a lot of efforts to keep the facial characteristics similar to that of Gawli, and you will appreciate the efforts when you see the trailer. Similarly, the casting of Anand Ingale, Rajesh Shringarpure and Aishwarya Rajesh as Babu Reshim, Rama Naik and Asha Gawli is just near perfect.
Then there is the fact that the setting of Daddy is not contemporary and had to show the gangster’s growth to utmost notoriety from the ’80s into the ’90s. Therefore the period setting has to be justified, which is quite evident in the trailers as well as the songs. And yet, the depiction of the era is not in your face unlike Once Upon A Time…or Bombay Velvet; save for the Zindagi Meri Dance Dance song, the feel of the era shown is natural. The director has also taken a lot of pains to recreate Gawli’s surroundings, especially the Dagdi Chawl.
An easier route for Daddy to go through and get some attention was to show his rivalry with Dawood Ibrahim, the most known gangster on this face of the continent. However, while Daddy touches upon this aspect, the movie is rather focussing on a more intrinsic look at Arun Gawli’s journey and perceiving him as the family man who also takes care of the inhabitants of his locality, while being looked by the rest of the city as this dreaded gangster who need to be taken under the law asap. The director will be focussing more on the character development rather than just some very gritty shootouts.
Despite having a don as the lead character, don’t expect Gawli to sit in a stadium like a king with yes man by his side (Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai 2), or smokes cigarettes in style (Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai) or have fun parties with his buddies to freshly made Bollywood tunes (Shootout at Lokhandwala/Wadala). Like we said before, this is a more realistic take on a real-life gangster, and special care has been taken to not make him a very glammed up personality.
Daddy is scheduled to release on September 8. The movie stars Arjun Rampal in the lead as the gangster Arun Gawli while South star Aishwarya Rajesh plays Asha Gawli, his wife.
Article source:bollywoodlife.com
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