There are no extra toppings
See it for the austere unflinching portrayal of violence. Except that Shah Ruh could never enter his gangster characters China Wholesale cap embroidery machines world.See the film, maybe twice over to get the nuances. It is not easy to play a known living character.For me, the real hero of Daddy, besides Rampal (and some, not all, of his co-actors) is the sound editor Sangik Basu followed by the cinematographer Jessica Lee Agne aided by Pankaj Kumar who bring to the frames a sinking feeling of an unwashed blood-soaked doom.
Not Arjun Rampal, who has shaped into one of Hindi cinemas most dependable actors who does his roles with such smooth efficiency and such noiseless excellence that we are liable to miss the point. Ive yet to see a film that has more characters displaying sneering contempt for their adversaries. JhaFilm: Daddy; Director: Ashim Ahluwalia; Cast: Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rajessh, Nishikant Kamat; Rating; Ask any actor of some worth. There are no extra toppings, fringe benefits, perks or bonuses to this performance.Dont make the mistake of confusing Arjuns laidback wisdom in portraying the gangster-philanthropist-parliamentarian-convict Arun Gawli as a Devganesque laziness. But I cant help compare Rampals Gawli with Shah Rukh Khans Raees.
What we see is the gut-churning fury of violence in all the graphic sequences of gangrenous gang wars where we hear every bone crunch with the wince-inducing impact of a blow delivered in our popcorn-munching faces.Besides its technical excellence, the biggest achievement of Daddy is its portrayal of violence as swift, repugnant and utterly ugly. There is a brilliant conniving female character Rani (played with smouldering slyness by Shruti Bapna) who uses sex as an ATM machine.The editors piece together the saga with layered urgency.Arjun goes right in. Not Arun Gawli.