Dany (film)

Dany
Dany
	Film poster
Directed by	T. V. Chandran
Written by	T. V. Chandran
Produced by	T. V. Chandran
Starring	Mammootty,; Mallika Sarabhai,; Vani Viswanath,; Siddique,; Vijayaraghavan,; Ratheesh,; Maya Moushmi,; Narendra Prasad
Cinematography	K. G. Jayan
Edited by	Venugopal
Music by	Johnson
Production; company	Film Commune
Release date	28 December 2001;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Dany is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language political comedy drama film written, directed and produced by T.V. Chandran with Mammootty in the title role. Also starring in the film are noted dancer Mallika Sarabhai, Vani Viswanath, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Ratheesh, popular television actress Maya Moushmi, Raji menon and Narendra Prasad. It was released coinciding with the festival of Christmas in December 2001.^[1] The film met with critical acclaim with most of the critics hailing the performance of Mammootty.^[2] It won numerous awards including a National Film Award and three Kerala State Film Awards.

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The film is about Daniel Thompson, a saxophone player who is a mute witness to many of the historical happenings taking place around the world. The film traces the life of this character up to his seventy-third year and comments upon many things that may have social and political relevance. Dany as he is known, was born on the day of the Dandi Salt March (12 March 1930). His mother died on the day Guruvayur Satyagraha was conducted (21 September 1932). His father died on the day of the first widow remarriage in Namboothiri caste (15 September 1935). His wife leaves him on the day the first Communist Government of Kerala loses power (31 July 1959). Dany's love, disappointments, triumphs everything coincides with historical events. Dany dons many roles in life. He sings in the church. Then he becomes a saxophone player. He marries Margaret, the daughter of a rich man named Chavero when the old man asks him to save the honor of their family. Margaret is pregnant and her lover has died. But with the passage of time, Dany is abandoned by all and he finds himself destined to lead a desolate existence. He ends up in a hospital. It is here that he meets Bhargavi Amma, a retired professor, who is also desolate after the death of her daughter and after being totally isolated in life. Dany and Bhargavi Amma develop an intimacy and they travel back together from the hospital. But Dany passes away on the way. Anyhow Bhargavi Amma decides to perform the funeral rites in the Christian manner in the compound of her house, a house of orthodox Hindus. This creates certain problems, but Bhargavi Amma decides to dare all such problems.