Not
all
English
films
can
be
adapted
for
the
Indian
screen.
Also,
the
remake
may
not
necessarily
be
as
interesting
as
the
original.
That's
what
you
realize
when
you
watch
the
Hindi
version
of
Death
At
A
Funeral
called
Daddy
Cool.
Sadly,
Daddy
Cool
is
just
not
cool.
Plenty
of
reasons
why...
*
One,
this
supposedly
laugh
riot
fails
to
tickle
your
funny
bone,
barring
in
a
scene
or
two.
*
Two,
the
concept
is
more
suited
for
a
play.
Setting
an
entire
film
on
one
location,
with
the
story
taking
place
in
a
span
of
a
few
hours,
is
not
too
exciting.
Even
otherwise
Daddy
Cool
tries
so
hard
to
make
you
laugh,
but
falls
flat
on
its
face.
The
unfortunate
part
is,
comedy
in
Hindi
movies
is
now
relegated
to
making
faces
on
camera
and
that's
what
most
actors
in
Daddy
Cool
do.
Another
factor
that
goes
against
the
film
is
its
humour.
It's
crass
and
crude.
In
this
film,
men
roam
around
either
in
shirts,
showing
off
their
underpants
[Chunky
Pandey]
or
stand
on
a
roof
with
just
underclothes
[Aftab
Shivdasani]
or
tell
people
to
remove
their
underclothes
so
that
they
can
relieve
themselves
in
a
toilet
[Prem
Chopra
asks
Jaaved
Jaffery
to
do
so].
Really,
what
kind
of
humour
is
this?
Chaos
erupts
during
the
funeral
of
Douglas
[Sharat
Saxena]
when
the
grieved
mourners
are
struck
by
drugs,
romance,
jealousy
and
a
scandalous
secret,
all
of
which
befall
the
family
and
friends.
Director
K
Murali
Mohan
Rao
has
helmed
several
interesting
films
in
the
past,
but
what's
this?
Sure,
Daddy
Cool
has
a
few
entertaining
moments,
like
the
one
when
Rajpal
Yadav
reveals
the
secret
[that
Sharat
Saxena
was
gay
and
Rajpal
and
he
were
lovers],
but
the
remaining
sub-plots
fail
to
cut
ice.
Adding
multiple
sub-plots
is
fine
as
long
as
each
sub-plot
has
something
fascinating
to
say,
but
that's
missing
here.
Even
the
end
is
so
bizarre,
with
members
of
this
detached
family
suddenly
professing
love
for
one
another.
There's
just
one
song
[Raghav
Sachar]
at
the
start
[a
tuneful
number]
and
one
towards
the
end.
Dialogues
are
strictly
okay.
With
a
weak
screenplay
on
hand,
there's
not
much
the
actors
can
do.
The
ones
who
try
hard
and
manage
are
Suniel
Shetty,
Jaaved
Jaffery,
Sophie
Choudry,
Chunky
Pandey
and
Prem
Chopra.
On
the
whole,
Daddy
Cool
fails
to
deliver
what
it
promises
-
laughter
and
entertainment
Story first published: Friday, August 28, 2009, 12:30 [IST]