Daddy (2017)
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.
Director:
Ashim Ahluwalia
Writers:
Ashim Ahluwalia, Arjun Rampal.
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Arjun Rampal as Arun Gawli |
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Aishwarya Rajesh as Asha Gawli |
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Shruti Bapna as Rani |
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Farhan Akhtar as Maqsood |
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Anupriya Goenka as Hilda |
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Nishikant Kamat as Inspector Vijaykar Nitin |
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Anand Ingale as Babu Reshim |
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Rajesh Shringarpore as Rama Naik |
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Purnanand Wandekar as Vijay |
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Deepak Damle as Phamplet Bandya |
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Mir Sarwar as Samaad Khan |
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Richa Meena as Geeta Gawli |
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Usha Naik as Arun's Mother |
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Shrikant Yadav as Sada |
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Raj Arjun as Rafique |
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Vijay Sanap as Salim Gurda |
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Abhimanue Arun as Newman |
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Nitin Bodhare as Matka Den Customer |
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Hridaynath Jadhav as Investigation officer |
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Vidyadhar Joshi as Politician |
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Vijay Nikam as Ashok Joshi |
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Vishal Om Prakash as Vakil |
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Sanjay Vichare as MLA Mhatre |
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Moin as Goon member |
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Tariq as Maqsood Goon |
| Writing | Ashim Ahluwalia | Screenplay |
| Directing | Ashim Ahluwalia | Director |
| Writing | Ritesh Shah | Dialogue |
| Writing | Arjun Rampal | Screenplay |
| Production | Niraj Pamwani | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Bappi Lahiri | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Rutvij Patel | Producer |
| Sound | Sajid Ali Khan | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jessica Lee Gagné | Director of Photography |
| Production | Priyanka Bangia | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Ashim Ahluwalia | Story |
| Production | Arjun Rampal | Producer |
| Sound | Benedict Taylor | Additional Soundtrack |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nidhi Gambhir | Costume Design |
| Writing | Arjun Rampal | Story |
| Camera | Pankaj Kumar | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Naren Chandavarkar | Additional Soundtrack |
| Crew | Sham Kaushal | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Prashant Singh | Casting |
| Sound | Udit Duseja | Sound Designer |
| Art | Devji Sakpal | Art Direction |
| Art | Nitin Gaikwad | Art Direction |
| Editing | Deepa Bhatia | Editor |
| Sound | Wajid Khan | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Niranjan Rasne | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Sohel Sanwari | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Parul Sondh | Production Design |
| Sound | Sampath Alwar | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Divvya Gambhir | Costume Design |
| Editing | Navnita Sendutta | Editor |