India Synopsis
ഡാഡി കൂൾ
“Behind every successful man there's a BOY”
The story line of the film is the escapades of a cricket crazy kid, all of eight years and his father, a cop. Antony Simon (Mammootty) is a crime branch CI , but prefers to spend his time fooling around with his son Aadi (Dhananjay). And being a Crime Branch police officer, his rather laid-back attitude is not appreciated by his peers and superiors. Richa Pallod portrays his wife who finds this irritating. The father-son duo becomes friends with the famous national cricketer Sreekanth (Govind Padmasurya) when they save him from some street fight. Once while the father-son duo was out for shopping, Adhi saw a man with the gun and screams at his father. Simon turns back and shoots him but he kills the wrong person. Simon now faces murder charges and is suspended from duty.
Comedy + Action in India
129 India titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Daddy Cool itself).
The 2008–2010 India Window
In the crowded 2008-2010 India release window, Daddy Cool sits at #137 of 181. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s India Landscape
2009 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 59 titles released, including Daddy Cool. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (454 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 58 other India films in 2009.
The 715th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 14% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 20th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,768 of 1,983 India films indexed here (11th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.2 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Comedy productions specifically: #574 of 648 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Marikar Release |
| Runtime | 2h 11m |
| Release Date | August 6, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1388394 |