Daddy

Daddy

The Only One Who Did Not Run

2017 · 134 min · ★ 5.8 · Crime, Drama, History

This is the gritty and sensational true story of Arun Gulab Gawli, a mill worker’s son who grew up in Mumbai’s impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become an infamous don, politician and chief rival of the most powerful crime boss of the day, Dawood Ibrahim. Daddy realistically charts Mumbai’s true crime history from the 1970s and 1980s until 2012, when Gawli was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.

Directed by Ashim Ahluwalia · Written by Ashim Ahluwalia

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Arjun Rampal Arun Gawli
Aishwarya Rajesh Asha Gawli
Shruti Bapna Rani
Farhan Akhtar Maqsood
Anupriya Goenka Hilda
Nishikant Kamat Inspector Vijaykar Nitin
Anand Ingale Babu Reshim
Rajesh Shringarpore Rama Naik
Purnanand Wandekar Vijay
Deepak Damle Phamplet Bandya
Mir Sarwar Samaad Khan
Richa Meena Geeta Gawli

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