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| Directed by | K. Murali Mohana Rao |
| Written by | Tushar Hiranandani |
| Produced by | Indra 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 |
| Cinematography | T. Surendra Reddy |
| Music by | Songs: Raghav Sachar Adnan Sami Background Score: Rajesh Rao |
Production companies | BIG Pictures Maruti Pictures |
| Distributed by | BIG Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Daddy Cool is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao. An official adaptation of the 2007 British-American comedy Death at a Funeral, the film stars Sunil Shetty, Jaaved Jaaferi, Aashish Chaudhary, Aftab Shivdasani and Aarti Chabria, and borrows its title from the song of the same name by the disco group Boney M., whose adaptation also serves as the film's title track.
The film is set in Goa and follows what happens on one crazy day. The story focuses on Steven and his wife Nancy, 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, 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 intends for 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 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 had arrived.
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
The music was composed by Raghav Sachar and guest songwriters Farhad-Sajid on the song Life Life sung by Farhad, who also penned the song. The lyrics were provided by Aditya Dhar and Prashant Ingole. The title song "Daddy Cool", written by Dhar and composed by Sachar was based on the Boney M. song of the same name.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Daddy Cool" | Raghav Sachar & Paroma P. Das Gupta | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Nasha Nasha" | Neha Bhasin | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Life Life" | Farhad | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Nasha Nasha" (remix) | Neha Bhasin | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Daddy Cool" (remix) | Raghav Sachar & Paroma P. Das Gupta | 3:07 |
Patcy N from Rediff.com gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, praising its music and the makers' acknowledging of its source material, but feeling that some of the comedy was not suited for the culture of India, a country where last rites are a serious matter, and that the single-location setting could get boring after a point. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1 star out of 5, feeling the concept was more suited for a play, and found the humour "crass and crude". Shubhra Gupta from Indian Express also gave the film 1 star out of 5, remarking that while it was an official remake of Death At A Funeral, it was full of "gags that sag after the first two uses."
Before you start point fingers at the producers, they have us know that this is an official remake of 'Death At A Funeral', right in the opening credits.
Yes, it is similar to Death At A Funeral but this time the producers legally bought the rights to make this one.