Daddy (2001 film)

Daddy (Telugu: ) is a 2001 Telugu film. The movie • Kota Srinivasa Rao as Shanti’s Paternal Uncle É stars and Simran. It was produced by Allu • as Gopi (guest role) Aravind on the banner under the direction of Suresh . The film was successful at the box • Achyuth as Ramesh office. It was released on 4 October 2001. • M. S. Narayana as Priya’s Father • Uttej as Priya’s Friend 1 Plot • Director: Suresh Krishna Raj Kumar or Raj (Chiranjeevi) is a rich audio com- • Writers: Bhupathi Raja (story), Satyanand (dia- pany owner who owns a modern dance school. Dance logue) and Suresh Krishna (screenplay) is his passion and his life till he meets and marries Shanti • Producer: (Simran). They have a daughter Akshaya (Anushka Mal- hotra). Raj believes in his friends and does anything for • Music: S. A. Rajkumar them. However, they take advantage of him and usurp • his wealth. Though Raj and his family are happy in their Cinematography: Chota K. Naidu not-so-lavish lifestyle, their happiness is shattered when • Fights: Vikram Dharma and Akshaya becomes ill with a heart condition. Raj instead of bringing the money Shanti had stored in the bank to • Choreography: Saroj Khan and Raju Sundaram the hospital to save Akshaya, uses it to save his former • Executive producer: Nagaraju Chittajallu dance student Gopi (Allu Arjun), who was hit by a car. Shanti, who is pregnant, leaves him because she feels that • Editor: Marthand K. he killed their daughter. • Art: Ashok Six years later, Raj, who is once again wealthy, sees his second child, Aishwarya (Anushka Malhotra), who looks exactly like his Akshaya, in whose honor he builds a foun- 3 Commercial dation which takes care of poor, unhealthy children and their families. He builds a relationship with Aish without Shanti’s knowledge. However, Shanti finds out, tries to The production company was Geetha Arts and the dis- reconcile with him after realizing her mistake, but doesn't tributors were Geetha Distributors (Nizam Area). because she sees him with the same friend who took ad- vantage of them earlier. Raj agrees to leave, says a final goodbye, and as he is about to leave, sees his child caught 4 Songs in an accidental fire at her school function. He saves her, but he is wounded. Shanti sees how much he loves her The audio was released on 14 September 2001. The fans and Aish and they finally reunite. of Chiranjeevi all over the state organized the audio re- lease of the film and they selected the district headquar- ters as the venues and invited the top-rank government 2 Cast & Crew officials and politicians.[1] Music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and the lyrics were provided by Chandrabose, • Chiranjeevi as Raj Kumar Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Bhuvanachandra and Srini- vas. The songs were received well by the audience. • Simran as Shanti • Baby Anushka Malhotra as Akshaya / Aishwarya 5 Box office • Gadde as Prasad • Ashima Bhalla as Priya Daddy was successful at the box office, Completing 50 days in 97 Centres[2] and 100 days in 24 Centres.[3] It • Sarath Babu as a doctor at Akshaya Foundation was dubbed in Hindi as MERI IZZAT.

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[1] http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news158. html

[2] “Cycle Stand - Chiranjeevi Daddy - 50 days centers”. idle- brain.com.

[3] “Cycle Stand - Chiranjeevi Daddy - 100 days centers”. idlebrain.com.

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• Daddy at the Internet Movie Database • Movie review at idlebrain.com 3

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