''Daffedar'' is a 2016 Indian
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...
-language drama film directed by Johnson Esthappan, starring
Tini Tom
Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television.
Early life
Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom compl ...
as
Daffadar
Daffadar (Hindustani: दफ़ादार (Devanagari) ; (Nastaliq)) is the equivalent rank to sergeant in the Indian and Pakistani cavalry, as it was formerly in the British Indian Army. The rank below is lance daffadar. The equivalent in ...
and
Malavika Nair
Malvika Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Malayalam-language films. Her notable works include '' Black Butterfly'' (2013) and ''Cuckoo'' (2014).
Early life
Malvika Nair was born in Delhi. Her family soon moved to Kerala and ...
in lead roles.
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one o ...
is the music director and the film's audio was launched by
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian Communist politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is the longest-serving se ...
.
Plot
Daffadar is the story Ayyappan, a 65 years old honest, sincere, and compassionate security personnel (Daffadar) of the Collector for over 40 years. Evenafter his retirement he dresses as Daffadar and goes to the Collectorate every day.
Cast
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Tini Tom
Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television.
Early life
Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom compl ...
as Ayyapan
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Malavika Nair
Malvika Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Malayalam-language films. Her notable works include '' Black Butterfly'' (2013) and ''Cuckoo'' (2014).
Early life
Malvika Nair was born in Delhi. Her family soon moved to Kerala and ...
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Sudheer Karamana
Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair.
Personal life
He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karama ...
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Chembil Ashokan
Chembil Ashokan is an actor in the Malayalam film industry. He is from Chembu - Vaikom. He has played many notable characters in Malayalam cinema.
Filmography
Television
*Kadamattathu Kathanar (JaiHind TV)
*Bhasi Bahadoor (Mazhavil Manorama ...
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Indrans
Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...
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Devan
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Kavitha Nair
Kavitha Nair is an Indian television presenter, actor, model, writer and blogger. She is a winner of Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress.
Personal life
She is from Kottayam and attended Baker Memorial Girls High School in Kottayam. ...
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Jayakrishnan
Jayakrishnan (born 11 April 1974) is an Indian film and television actor known for his work in the Malayalam industry. Often regarded as Immortal Star JK by the Malayalam film fanatics for his unaging appearance for decades.
He was introduced a ...
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Geetha Vijayan
Geetha Vijayan (born 22 June 1972) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam movies, a few Tamil and Hindi movies. She debuted in the 1990 Malayalam comedy-thriller film '' In Harihar Nagar''. She has since acted in more than 150 Malayalam ...
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Neerav Bavlecha unni kannan
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Anjali Aneesh Upasana
Production
The film originally starred
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in o ...
and
Ananya
Ananya is the common English spelling of two Indian given names: the masculine अनन्य ' and the feminine अनन्या '. The meaning of Ananya is 'unique'.
Notable people named Ananya
* Ananya (actress) (born 1987), Indian actr ...
, with its
pooja function in 2014, but the film was almost dropped after the death of Mani. The filming resumed in 2016 with
Tini Tom
Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television.
Early life
Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom compl ...
and
Malavika Nair
Malvika Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Malayalam-language films. Her notable works include '' Black Butterfly'' (2013) and ''Cuckoo'' (2014).
Early life
Malvika Nair was born in Delhi. Her family soon moved to Kerala and ...
replacing Mani and Ananya respectively.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album was composed by
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one o ...
, with lyrics written by
Rafeeq Ahamed
Rafeeq Ahmed (born 17 December 1961) is a Malayalam poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a five-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs in his c ...
.
References
External links
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2016 films
2010s Malayalam-language films
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja