3.5/5
Sumer (Shahid Kapoor) is a slightly bent cop who is on the trail of cops more corrupt than him. It’s the height of the corona pandemic and while the nation is reeling under the burden brought on by the disease, drug dealers are thriving as people want to smoke up and forget their reality. Sumer and his partner learn of a drug deal but instead of nabbing the criminals, they decide to intervene and collect the bounty for themselves. Their plan goes for a toss, however, and they end up killing one of the couriers. The other courier escapes and he might have recognised Sumer. His worst fears come through when his son Atharva gets kidnapped by the drug kingpin, who demands the return of his cache in exchange for Atharva. Sumer can’t trust anyone in his department, even his partner, as he knows everyone is corrupt. He goes on a one man rescue mission, killing everyone who stands in the way…
The film is based on the 2011 French thriller, Sleepless Night, and director Ali Abbas Zafar has been successful at Indianising it. He has made sure the attention of the viewers doesn’t waver and has managed to extract believable performances from his cast. Ronit Roy is good as a mild mannered villain who believes he has changed his stripes by becoming a hotelier and runs his drug business in the corporate way. Sanjay Kapoor makes an appearance as his business partner who loves designer togs. Rajeev Khandelwal plays the amoral cop Sameer with aplomb while Diana Penty too looks good as the only honest cop left in the building. The film hinges on Shahid Kapoor’s performance. He has done edgy roles before, in Kaminey (2009), Haider (2014) and Kabir Singh (2019). Here he brings all that experience to fore to give us a character who might be corrupt as a cop but whose heart is full of love for his son. His character grows increasingly fatalistic as the film progresses, willing to lay his life for his child. He’s an anti-hero with a heart and easily essays one of the best characters of his career.
Trailer : Bloody Daddy
Renuka Vyavahare, June 9, 2023, 4:21 AM IST
3.5/5
Synopsis: As soon as an undercover cop Sumair (Shahid Kapoor), busts a drug delivery racket in Gurugram, he gets blackmailed into returning the seized cocaine, after his son is kidnapped by a notorious drug lord Sikander (Ronit Roy).
Review: Sumair must not only tackle the criminals but also officers on his tail within the narcotics bureau, to get to his son. His son’s abduction makes the high-functioning alcoholic rogue cop move like an assassin who can destroy anything that stands in his way.
Farzi and now Bloody Daddy… Shahid Kapoor is on a roll. No commercial Hindi film hero is having more fun than Shahid on the OTT. It’s evident that the actor has let go of his apprehensions or his standing in the industry to unleash his wild side that’s allowing him the freedom to let loose. You can almost hear Kabir Singh’s ‘Wada wao wao wada wao wao’ track in the head as Sumair walks in donning a John Wick like black blazer with an intention to kill. The actor has nailed the alpha male eccentric character and watching him have fun with it is deeply satisfying. Despite his relatively petite frame or the good-looking boy next door image, he owns every bit of his outrageously witty yet violent character.
Adapted from the French film Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night, 2011), Ali Abbas Zafar’s neo-noir action thriller is a trippy ride from beginning to end. Shot during covid in an Abu Dhabi hotel (portrayed as Gurugram), the entire film revolves around a duffel bag containing drugs and its delivery. Monitoring Sumair’s actions and on their own mission are two other cops (Diana Penty and Rajeev Khandelwal). The unknowing hotel staff and guests get embroiled in this cops vs cops, cops vs criminals and criminals vs criminals web of madness. Who is corrupt and who is playing the bigger game, forms the story.
You will like Bloody Daddy for the same reason you may have liked Brad Pitt’s action comedy ‘Bullet Train’ or the Coen brothers’ distinctive dark comedies. It’s daft, deranged, dramatic and hilarious. The camera work and well-choreographed stylised action (knives, guns, fistfights, et al) keep you glued to your seat and make you wonder why this isn’t a theatrical release. The unintentional humour works well given the covid setting and adds to the pace. The second half however feels a tad static as action overshadows humour. The plot is quite predictable as well.
Bloody Daddy doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s an absurdly funny, unpretentious action- crime thriller that’s brutal and brave.
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