Daffedar

Daffedar is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Johnson Esthappan, starring Tini Tom as Daffadar and Malavika Nair in lead roles.^[2] Ilaiyaraaja is the music director and the film's audio was launched by Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.^[3]

Daffedar
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Johnson Esthappan
Written by	Johnson Esthappan
Produced by	Gickson Thekkumthala Ginu Mathew George
Starring	Tini Tom[1] Malavika Nair Sudheer Karamana Chembil Ashokan Indrans Kavitha Nair Jayakrishnan
Cinematography	Sudheer K. Sudhakaran
Edited by	Mentos Antony
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Eden Films
Distributed by	Carnival Pictures
Release date	21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Daffadar is the story of Ayyappan, a 65 years old honest, sincere, and compassionate security personnel (Daffadar) of the Collector for over 40 years. Evenafter his retirement he dresses as Daffadar and goes to the Collectorate every day.^[4]

Cast

• Tini Tom as Ayyapan
• Malavika Nair^[5]
• Sudheer Karamana
• Chembil Ashokan
• Indrans
• Devan
• Kavitha Nair
• Jayakrishnan
• Geetha Vijayan
• Neerav Bavlecha unni kannan
• Anjali Aneesh Upasana

Production

The film originally starred Kalabhavan Mani and Ananya, with its pooja function in 2014,^[6] but the film was almost dropped after the death of Mani.^[7] The filming resumed in 2016 with Tini Tom and Malavika Nair replacing Mani and Ananya respectively.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Rafeeq Ahamed.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1	"Poothumbakkinallo Ponnonam"	Rafeeq Ahamed	Vijay Yesudas	05:01
2	"Oorila Eerila"	Rafeeq Ahamed	Alka Ajit	04:59