Bloody Daddy is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar who co-wrote the film with Aditya Basu and Siddharth–Garima, and produced by Jio Studios. It features Shahid Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Diana Penty, Ronit Roy, Rajeev Khandelwal, Ankur Bhatia and Vivan Bhatena. It is an adaptation of the 2011 French film Sleepless Night, which had previously had an Indian remake (in the Tamil language) as Thoongaa Vanam (2015), starring Kamal Haasan.
Bloody Daddy was released for free on 9 June 2023 in JioCinema.
Plot
Sumair Azad is an NCB officer, who along with his deputy Jagadish Prasad alias Jaggi in Gurgaon bust down a drug deal, leading the drug lord Sikandar to kidnap Sumair's son Atharva in exchange for retrieving the bag of cocaine. With no other option left, Sumair agrees to retrieve the bag from the NCB headquarters, and bring it to his club for the exchange. Sumair's act of hiding the bag in the men's toilet is noticed by his assistant Aditi Rawat, who becomes suspicious. Thinking that Sumair is involved in drug smuggling, Aditi informs her superior Sameer Singh and begin to pursue Sumair, taking away the bag of cocaine from the toilet in the process.
When Sumair realises that the bag of cocaine has gone missing, he decides to return a bag containing packets of flour to Sikandar, thinking that he and his cronies, including Hameed Shaikh, will not realise the difference. Unfortunately, Sikandar and Hameed soon find out that Sumair had cheated them and decide to kill him. Caught between Sikandar's gang along with Aditi and Sameer, Sumair confronts Aditi and tells her that contrary to her suspicions, he has been working undercover and had planned the entire operation to expose Sameer and Jaggi's involvement in drug smuggling for Sikandar.
Sumair then rescues Atharva without Sikandar's knowledge and Sikandar is arrested by Aditi and Sameer. While taking Sikandar to prison, Aditi finds out that Sumair placed Jaggi's mobile phone in her jacket, and on reading the messages in it, she finds out that Sumair had been speaking the truth all along, realising that Sameer and Jaggi are involved in drug smuggling and had tried to frame Sumair. Though Sameer tries to resist arrest, killing Sikandar in the process, he is eventually brought to justice. While talking with Aditi about exposing more drug dealers, Atharva finds drug packets in Sumair's car, thus revealing that Sumair is also involved in drug smuggling. Atharva keeps quiet about this, where he and Sumair leave for a short trip.
Cast
Shahid Kapoor as Sumair Azad
Sanjay Kapoor as Hameed Shaikh
Diana Penty as Aditi Rawat
Ronit Roy as Sikandar Chowdhary
Rajeev Khandelwal as Sameer Singh
Ankur Bhatia as Vikram Chowdhary aka Vicky
Vivan Bhathena as Dharmesh Chowdhary aka Danny
Zeishan Quadri as Jagdish Prasad aka Jaggi
Sartaaj Kakkar as Atharva Azad
Diwakar Solanki as ATM Guard
Veto Swarn as Nnamdi 'Morris' Odu
Rais Baluch as Kannu
Saurabh Chauhan as J. K. Rathore
Suparna Moitra as Riya Sahni
Sachin Verma as Akash Kumar Chopra
Shaurya Kohli as Navpreet
Mukesh Bhatt as Rafique Shaikh aka Rafa
Chandu Kanuri as Villian
Amy Aela as Aisha
Production
Bloody Daddy was filmed in 36 days amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Music
The film's music is composed by Badshah, Anuj Garg and Julius Packiam.
Release
The film digitally premiered on 9 June 2023 on JioCinema.
Reception
Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Bloody Daddy doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s an absurdly funny, unpretentious action- crime thriller that's brutal and brave." Anindita Mukherjee of India Today gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Even though Bloody Daddy doesn’t offer the audience elements that they’ve never seen before, the film definitely stands out in the sea of action thrillers. It’s high on thrill, action and full of Shahid Kapoor!" Hindustan Times Telugu wrote “Shahid Kapoor showed variation in acting, but outdated story point.”
Titas Chowdhary of News18 gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "If you want to unwind after a tiringly long week and blow off steam, Bloody Daddy is the option. It is light, breezy, fun, fizzy and pleasing to the eyes. Our biggest complaint remains, a spectacle film of this scale and elaborate canvas deserved a theatrical release." Aishwarya Vasudevan of OTTplay gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Bloody Daddy has all the elements of a blockbuster, and it almost hits the mark. But the storyline is what fumbles it, making it a long and stretchy film."