Following the release of Farzi on Prime Video India, Shahid Kapoor is set for another direct-to-digital release. Titled Bloody Daddy, which is set to premiere on JioCinema on June 9, the film is helmed by Ali Abbas Zafar. This marks their first collaboration on screen. Zafar says that they are hoping that the film gets bigger and is designed in a way to take it forward.
“We are going with that gut and we are hoping that this becomes bigger. It’s designed in a way that it can be taken forward. And let’s see, what destiny holds for us from there,” the filmmaker told PTI. The filmmaker also said that the relatability of the content is the success parameter these days rather than box office numbers. “The relatability right now has become the box office. It’s not numbers anymore,” he added.
Zafar wanted to go grittier in terms of storytelling. He said, “Shahid and I had this continuous battle. I was telling him, ‘Let’s open up a bit more’ and he used to say, ‘Ali, I’m not that commercial. I completely respected that fact because what it made me do is something which is new.”
Produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Sunir Kheterpal, Gaurav Bose, Himanshu Kishan Mehra, and Ali Abbas Zafar, the film is accompanied by an ensemble cast of Diana Penty, Sanjay Kapoor, Ronit Roy, and Rajeev Khandelwal in pivotal roles. Bloody Daddy unravels the story of Sumair (played by Shahid Kapoor) as he faces off against Gurugram’s white-collar drug lords, deceitful friends, a ruthless crime boss, murderous narcs, and both corrupt and honest cops – all during one fateful night. In the midst of a post-COVID party apocalypse, this embattled man embraces a precarious new normal and will stop at nothing to save the one relationship that truly matters to him.
The action-packed extravaganza is a Jio Studios, AAZ Films & Offside Entertainment production in association with Vermilion World and written by Ali Abbas Zafar and Aditya Basu. ALSO READ: Bloody Daddy star Shahid Kapoor on unpredictably of films: “People felt Kabir Singh will reach a limited audience and it ended up being my biggest hit”
