Daddy (2001 lm)

Daddy (Telugu: ) is a 2001 Telugu lm. The movie

stars Chiranjeevi and Simran. It was produced by Allu
Aravind on the Geetha Arts banner under the direction
of Suresh Krishna. The lm was successful at the box
oce. It was released on 4 October 2001.

Kota Srinivasa Rao as Shantis Paternal Uncle

Allu Arjun as Gopi (guest role)
Achyuth as Ramesh
M. S. Narayana as Priyas Father
Uttej as Priyas Friend

Plot

Director: Suresh Krishna

Writers: Bhupathi Raja (story), Satyanand (dialogue) and Suresh Krishna (screenplay)

Raj Kumar or Raj (Chiranjeevi) is a rich audio company owner who owns a modern dance school. Dance
is his passion and his life till he meets and marries Shanti
(Simran). They have a daughter Akshaya (Anushka Malhotra). Raj believes in his friends and does anything for
them. However, they take advantage of him and usurp
his wealth. Though Raj and his family are happy in their
not-so-lavish lifestyle, their happiness is shattered when
Akshaya becomes ill with a heart condition. Raj instead
of bringing the money Shanti had stored in the bank to
the hospital to save Akshaya, uses it to save his former
dance student Gopi (Allu Arjun), who was hit by a car.
Shanti, who is pregnant, leaves him because she feels that
he killed their daughter.

Producer: Allu Aravind

Music: S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography: Chota K. Naidu
Fights: Vikram Dharma and Pawan Kalyan
Choreography: Saroj Khan and Raju Sundaram
Executive producer: Nagaraju Chittajallu
Editor: Marthand K. Venkatesh
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 foundation which takes care of poor, unhealthy children and
their families. He builds a relationship with Aish without
Shantis knowledge. However, Shanti nds out, tries to
reconcile with him after realizing her mistake, but doesn't
because she sees him with the same friend who took advantage of them earlier. Raj agrees to leave, says a nal
goodbye, and as he is about to leave, sees his child caught
in an accidental re at her school function. He saves her,
but he is wounded. Shanti sees how much he loves her
and Aish and they nally reunite.

3 Commercial
The production company was Geetha Arts and the distributors were Geetha Film Distributors (Nizam Area).

4 Songs
The audio was released on 14 September 2001. The fans
of Chiranjeevi all over the state organized the audio release of the lm and they selected the district headquarters as the venues and invited the top-rank government
ocials and politicians.[1] Music was composed by S. A.
Rajkumar and the lyrics were provided by Chandrabose,
Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Bhuvanachandra and Srinivas. The songs were received well by the audience.

Cast & Crew

Chiranjeevi as Raj Kumar
Simran as Shanti
Baby Anushka Malhotra as Akshaya / Aishwarya

5 Box oce

Gadde Rajendra Prasad as Prasad

Daddy was successful at the box oce, Completing 50

days in 97 Centres[2] and 100 days in 24 Centres.[3] It
was dubbed in Hindi as MERI IZZAT.

Ashima Bhalla as Priya

Sarath Babu as a doctor at Akshaya Foundation
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References

[1] http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news158.
html
[2] Cycle Stand - Chiranjeevi Daddy - 50 days centers. idlebrain.com.
[3] Cycle Stand - Chiranjeevi Daddy - 100 days centers.
idlebrain.com.

External links
Daddy at the Internet Movie Database
Movie review at idlebrain.com

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