Arjun Rampal debuts as screenplay writer with Arun Gawli biopic, Daddy

15 Sep 2017

Arjun Rampal s much awaited film; Daddy is a biopic on gangster-politician Arun Gawli. Besides co-producing the project, Rampal has also forayed into script writing with this movie. He has been credited for co-writing the screenplay along with director Ashim Ahluwalia. Explaining the new role, Rampal says, Three years ago, someone approached me to play Gawli. I was taken aback because I didnt understand how they thought Id fit the bill. They gave me a script that was far removed from Gawlis actual life. So, I refused to do it. But the idea stayed with me and I began researching about him. I was intrigued that he is called Daddy and not Bhai or Dada. I started meeting people who knew him and decided to put pen and paper together. I locked myself in a hotel room for almost two months and started writing. Rampal isnt new to writing although he has done it in a personal capacity, in the form of writing poetry and short stories. This was a completely different experience; it was the first time I wrote a screenplay. I had to make sure that it didnt turn out to be a propaganda film, where we showed him as a Good Samaritan; neither could he have been an out-and-out antihero. Rampal is planning to organise a screening for the residents of Bycullas Dagdi Chawl, Gawlis stronghold and a gated community where his family continues to live. It was from here that a mill worker transformed into a member of the local mafia, and finally a politician in the 1990s. We are still a month away from the release. I plan to show them the film, which is based on a man they love and admire, he says. WaveCinemasPonty Chadha in association with Raju Chadha, Karta Entertainment and Kundalini Entertainment present Daddy, releasing on8th of September 2017