damn dad isn’t really made for OTT, but that’s where it ends, notes Deepa Gahlot.

This seems to be one of those movies that was only made because a star was available and so they managed to pull off a decent budget – not too high as most of it is shot in one location.

No time to write a script, most American and Korean movies are taken, so hey, here’s this 2011 French movie that will work.

How do I update? Enter COVID references. Genius!

So Ali Abbas Zafars damn dad is a remake by Frederic Jardin Sleepless nightwhich the Tamil industry first reached and manufactured Thongaa Vanam in 2015, but who would remember?

It’s the end of the pandemic so the streets of Delhi are probably empty when two men race a car, drive in and take away a bag of cocaine worth 50 crore rupees.

During the shooting melee, one of them’s mask falls off, revealing his face.

Sumair (Shahid Kapoor) is a drug cop who carried out this robbery with his colleague Jaggi (Zeishan Quadri).

Before he can figure out how to proceed, he must contend with grumpy son Atharv (Sartaaj Kakkar), who is said to spend a lot of time with him and is criticized by his ex-wife as an irresponsible father.

Then the child is kidnapped by Sikander (Ronit Roy), the angry owner of the bag, and a seven-star hotel in Gurugram.

Sumair needs to return the bag and rescue his son, so the action shifts to the blindingly garish hotel where a big fat wedding is taking place, with the non-stop chaos and noise that entails.

Of course, the bag disappears, and two other cops, Sameer (Rajeev Khandewal) and Aditi (Diana Penty), snoop around looking for the drugs and for the elusive Sumair.

Sitting in his suite, Sikander’s buyer (Sanjay Kapoor) grows impatient, and a straightforward transaction turns into a maze of deception, murder, and chases through the hotel’s crowds, kitchen, and labyrinthine corridors.

What could have been a bleak development to a foregone conclusion is saved by Sumair’s street-smart humor jugaad with each step.

The way he enlists the help of two Nepalese chefs and a novice bartender is hilarious.

However, what is strange is that in a seven-star hotel, security is conspicuous by its absence, and they have never heard of lactose-free milk, which their victim demands.

Despite his desperation and love for the brat, which he finds difficult to demonstrate, Sumair is not a likeable or likeable character.

In a burst of Kabir SinghFull of irritation, he throws the newlyweds’ banquet over for no reason.

Sikander and his henchmen don’t seem menacing enough for the viewer to believe that Atharv is really in danger.

What Zafar captures well is the vulgarity of Delhi’s nouveau riche and the frenzied outlook on life of people emerging from post-pandemic claustrophobia.

With a firm wink, a brutal shootout is staged while Badshah dances on stage singing Survive.

The performances are useful.

Shahid Kapoor (too stylish and distinctive hairdo for a Delhi policeman!) keeps the tension on his face.

Rohit Roy gets the hang of playing the role of a jumped gangster who can’t quite believe the opulence of the environment he’s created and doesn’t like the thought of anyone overpowering him, not the cop, not the other gangster .

With its sophisticated camera work (Marcin Laskawiec) and its breathless speed damn dad isn’t really made for OTT, but that’s where it ends.

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