Daada

Daada (Kannada: ದಾದಾ) is a 1988 Indian Kannada film,  directed by P. Vasu and produced by R. K. Manik Chand.  The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Geetha, Suparna and Sangeetha in the lead roles.  The film has musical score by Vijay Anand. 

Cast

Vishnuvardhan
Geetha
Suparna
Sangeetha
Pandari Bai
Bemel Somanna
Janardhan
Srimathi Rao
Manjumalini
Devaraj
Chethan Ramarao
Ashwath Narayana
Bemel Lakshman
Sanni Kumar
Ram Purohith
K. S. Ashwath
Sundar Krishna Urs
Doddanna
Lohithashwa
Ramesh Bhat
Avinash
Mysore Lokesh
Mysore Babu
Balakrishna
Shanimahadevappa
Sudarshan
Lakshman

Production
Following the success of the 1987 movies, Jayasimha and Jeevana Jyothi both starring Vishnuvardhan in the lead role, director P.Vasu decided to work on another script for a Kannada movie.  Vasu 
prepared two scripts and decided to direct one while the other was filmed by H. R. Bhargava.  R.K.Manik Chand ventured to produce Vasu's film. 

Vishnuvardhan was chosen to play the male lead.  Geetha and Suparna Anand were signed as heroines.  Vijay Anand who worked with Vasu in Jayasimha and Jeevana Jyothi was retained as the music director. 

Inspiration 
The role of Daada played by Dr.Vishnuvardhan in the film showed great similarities to the role Shahenshah played by Amitabh Bachchan in the 1988 film of the same title.  Daada is a vigilante with a unique chain-sleeved black suit ; the same dress in which Amitabh appeared in Shahenshah.  Daada as an old man has grizzled beard and hair which is the key feature of Shahenshah.  Similarly, both Shahenshah and Daada are crime fighting figures. 

Apart from that Daada is a movie made in the usual style of P.Vasu - an action film with elements of melodrama and romance. 

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Vijay Anand. 

References

External links

Category:1988 films
Category:Indian films
Category:1980s Kannada-language films
Category:Films directed by P. Vasu