Daddy Cool
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Behind the camera:
It’s an Inder Kumar film, the person who was responsible for Dhamaal, Ishq, Pyare Mohan, Masti, Rishtey, Mann, Raja, Beta & Dil.
In front of the camera:
Tulip Joshi, Kim Sharma, Aarti Chabria, Sophey Choudhary, Suneil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Ashish Chowdhary, Javed Jaffry, Chunkey Pandey, Prem Chopra & Rajpal Yadav among others.
This is clearly a comedy film.
While the film is supposed to be about a family coming together at their Patriarch’s funeral, it is actually about letting the wizards of comedy loose in a house and then capturing the madness that follows. The result is a faced paced, witty film that has you laughing so hard you need to gasp for air.
A better cast couldn’t be put together for this film. Suneil Shetty is at his best as a controlled elder brother. That doesn’t stop him from dominating and swiping some of the funniest scenes in the film. Ashish Choudhary, Chunkey Pandey and Rajpal Yadav deliver performances that are fantastic. Javed Jaffry, Prem Chopra and Aftab Shivdasani outdo themselves. Their comic timing and brilliance is unmatched by any of their previous performances.
The film has you laughing loudly from the very beginning. The toilet scene between Javed Jaffry and Prem Chopra rates as my personal favorite. A friend of mine (very well known in the film fraternity) was sipping her drink when she uncontrollably sprayed it on the poor people in front of her. No one seemed to mind because everyone in the entire theatre was too busy howling with laughter to notice!
The lady brigade kept pace all along, Sophie Choudhary shines in her very limited role. Kim Sharma pairs up excellently as the doubting Thomas who watches her husbands’ every move. Aarti Chabria’s character is probably the only unfunny one in the entire film.
The real surprise package is Tulip Joshi. Known for being presented in a surreal manner as a timeless, ethereal beauty in her previous hits like Mere Yaar ki Shaadi Hai, Dhoka & Jag Jeode de mele, one wonders what she’s doing in a madcap film like this. Once again (as she did with Matrabhoomi), she stuns with her performance. She reveals a side not known before. While we may debate whether this is a Suneil Shetty or and Aftab Shivdasani film, from among the ladies it is unarguably a Tulip Joshi film. Her stellar performance easily steals the show.
All said and done, Daddy Cool gets a double Thumbs up and a 4 star rating from me. While Tulip Joshi, Suneil Shetty, Javed Jaffry and Aftab have the audience rolling with laughter, the real winner laughing all the way to the bank is the master mind Mr. Inder Kumar. Kudos to him for being able to keep pace with the audience dynamics and deliver hit after hit for decades in a row.
Thank you and cheers to you Mr. Inder Kumar, we love laughing with you!
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Behind the camera:
It’s an Inder Kumar film, the person who was responsible for Dhamaal, Ishq, Pyare Mohan, Masti, Rishtey, Mann, Raja, Beta & Dil.
In front of the camera:
Tulip Joshi, Kim Sharma, Aarti Chabria, Sophey Choudhary, Suneil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Ashish Chowdhary, Javed Jaffry, Chunkey Pandey, Prem Chopra & Rajpal Yadav among others.
This is clearly a comedy film.
While the film is supposed to be about a family coming together at their Patriarch’s funeral, it is actually about letting the wizards of comedy loose in a house and then capturing the madness that follows. The result is a faced paced, witty film that has you laughing so hard you need to gasp for air.
A better cast couldn’t be put together for this film. Suneil Shetty is at his best as a controlled elder brother. That doesn’t stop him from dominating and swiping some of the funniest scenes in the film. Ashish Choudhary, Chunkey Pandey and Rajpal Yadav deliver performances that are fantastic. Javed Jaffry, Prem Chopra and Aftab Shivdasani outdo themselves. Their comic timing and brilliance is unmatched by any of their previous performances.
The film has you laughing loudly from the very beginning. The toilet scene between Javed Jaffry and Prem Chopra rates as my personal favorite. A friend of mine (very well known in the film fraternity) was sipping her drink when she uncontrollably sprayed it on the poor people in front of her. No one seemed to mind because everyone in the entire theatre was too busy howling with laughter to notice!
The lady brigade kept pace all along, Sophie Choudhary shines in her very limited role. Kim Sharma pairs up excellently as the doubting Thomas who watches her husbands’ every move. Aarti Chabria’s character is probably the only unfunny one in the entire film.
The real surprise package is Tulip Joshi. Known for being presented in a surreal manner as a timeless, ethereal beauty in her previous hits like Mere Yaar ki Shaadi Hai, Dhoka & Jag Jeode de mele, one wonders what she’s doing in a madcap film like this. Once again (as she did with Matrabhoomi), she stuns with her performance. She reveals a side not known before. While we may debate whether this is a Suneil Shetty or and Aftab Shivdasani film, from among the ladies it is unarguably a Tulip Joshi film. Her stellar performance easily steals the show.
All said and done, Daddy Cool gets a double Thumbs up and a 4 star rating from me. While Tulip Joshi, Suneil Shetty, Javed Jaffry and Aftab have the audience rolling with laughter, the real winner laughing all the way to the bank is the master mind Mr. Inder Kumar. Kudos to him for being able to keep pace with the audience dynamics and deliver hit after hit for decades in a row.
Thank you and cheers to you Mr. Inder Kumar, we love laughing with you!
