Arun Gawli’s daughter Geeta Gawli has made a special request to the producers of Arjun Rampal starrer ‘Daddy’, which is based the life of her gangster turned politician father. Geeta Gawli met Arjun, who is producing the biopic and requested him to push the release of the film to a later date. ‘Daddy’, which had an initial release date of July 21, will now hit the screens on September 8. Geeta is hopeful that Arun Gawli will get parole and may come out and speak about the film with the audience and hence the appeal to postpone the release. Geeta said, “I am really excited to show the film to everyone and I felt it would be special and auspicious to have the film release when my daddy is out on parole, hence I wanted them to release ‘Daddy’ in September. I am really hoping that he gets parole at that time. I want the world to see the film and know the real daddy who has been our pillar of strength for so many years.”
Geeta feels that it will be auspicious to release ‘Daddy’ amidst the Ganesh festival – an event that has been very close to Arun Gawli’s heart. The entire Lalbaug area is renowned for the lavish and larger than life Ganesh pandals and pujas that the Gawlis have been a part of for many decades. Geeta added, “To see Daddy in person and on screen is very different. We cannot wait for the movie and are overwhelmed by the trailer. Arjun and Ashim have shown every aspect of our father’s life in this movie. Over the last three years, Arjun has really understood my father and I really respect that he has kept his feelings in mind and made this movie while staying true to the ups and downs that he has endured in his life.”
‘Daddy’ stars Arjun Rampal in the lead role as Arun Gawli, he has also co-written the film which is directed by Ashim Ahluwalia. With a change in release date, ‘Daddy’ will now clash at the box office with Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Kaalakaandi’ and Sunny Deol-Bobby Deol’s ‘Poster Boys’.
