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Daddy

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2017 | 134 min | Crime, Drama, History

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a box office flop and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime-drama fans and history buffs. If you loved Menace II Society or The Departed, start here.
The mood
Dark and gritty.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 14 min.
What might put you off
It's in Hindi, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

This is the gritty and sensational true story of Arun Gulab Gawli, a mill worker’s son who grew up in Mumbai’s impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become an infamous don, politician and chief rival of the most powerful crime boss of the day, Dawood Ibrahim. Daddy realistically charts Mumbai’s true crime history from the 1970s and 1980s until 2012, when Gawli was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    Mixed reviews

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 99K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Ashim Ahluwalia

  • Arjun RampalArun Gawli
  • Aishwarya RajeshAsha Gawli
  • Shruti BapnaRani
  • Farhan AkhtarMaqsood
  • Anupriya GoenkaHilda
  • Nishikant KamatInspector Vijaykar Nitin
  • Anand IngaleBabu Reshim
  • Rajesh ShringarporeRama Naik
  • Purnanand WandekarVijay
  • Deepak DamlePhamplet Bandya