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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dany<br />
| image = Danny (film).jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| writer = T. V. Chandran<br />
| producer = T. V. Chandran<br />
| starring = [[Mammootty]],<br />[[Mallika Sarabhai]],<br />[[Vani Viswanath]],<br />[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]],<br />[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]],<br />[[Ratheesh]],<br />Maya Moushmi,<br />[[Narendra Prasad]]<br />
| director = [[T. V. Chandran]]<br />
| cinematography = K. G. Jayan<br />
| editing = Venugopal<br />
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br />
| studio = Film Commune<br />
| runtime = 120 minutes<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2001|12|28|}}<br />
| country = India<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Dany''''' is a 2001 [[Malayalam language]] [[India]]n 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 danseuse [[Mallika Sarabhai]], [[Vani Viswanath]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]], [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]], [[Ratheesh]], popular television actress Maya Moushmi and [[Narendra Prasad]]. It released coinciding with the festival of [[Christmas]] in December 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Unni R. Nair|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20011214/rmala.html|title=Gearing up for Christmas|magazine=[[Screen India]]|date=14 December 2001|access-date=26 April 2011}}</ref> The film met with critical acclaim with most of the critics hailing the performance of Mammootty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/74BF0E402B90412FE5256BB400126220|title=At the crossroads|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=5 May 2002|access-date=15 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321215625/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/%28docid%29/74BF0E402B90412FE5256BB400126220|archive-date=21 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It won numerous awards including a [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] and three [[Kerala State Film Awards]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film is about Daniel Thompson, a saxophone player who is a mute witness to many of the historical happenings taking place around in 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 marry Margaret, daughter of a rich man named Chavero when the old man ask 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. And 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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Mammootty]] as Daniel Thompson aka Dany<br />
* [[Mallika Sarabhai]] as Bhargavi Amma<br />
* [[Vani Viswanath]] as Margarette, Dany's wife<br />
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Freddy<br />
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Robert, Dany's son.<br />
* Maya Moushmi as Louisiana, Daughter of Dany and Clara<br />
* [[Ratheesh]] as Dr. Renji Thomas<br />
* [[Narendra Prasad]] as Fr. Simon<br />
* [[N. F. Varghese]] as Prof. Padmanabha Menon<br />
* [[Poornima Mohan]] as Madhavi<br />
* [[Urmila Unni]] as Jayalakshmi<br />
* Devadevan Vijayaraghavan as younger Robert and Albert, Robert's son<br />
* Aliyar as Narayanan Nair<br />
* [[Irshad (actor)|Irshad]] as Murukan<br />
* [[Sona Nair]] as Anna<br />
* Reena<br />
* Sivaji as Ramabhadran<br />
* [[P. Sreekumar]] as Chavaro<br />
* Raji Menon as Clara<br />
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==Awards==<br />
; [[National Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rjul2002/26072002/r2607200224a.html|title=49th National Film Awards|date=26 July 2002|publisher=Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|access-date=26 April 2011}}</ref><br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]] - T. V. Chandran<br />
; [[Kerala State Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa01.htm |title=Kerala State Film Awards - 2001 |year=2001 |publisher=[[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy|Chalachitra Academy]] |access-date=26 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144220/http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa01.htm |archive-date=13 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] - T. V. Chandran<br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography|Best Photography]] - K. G. Jayan<br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Processing Lab|Best Processing Lab]] - [[Chitranjali studios|Chitranjali]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0356505|Dany}}<br />
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?5071 ''Dany''] at the Malayalam Movie Database<br />
* Unni R. Nair. (7 June 2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920041220/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010706/rmal1.html "Dani— Travelling with history"]. ''[[Screen India]]''<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110307121112/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/web_exclusive/160902#storycontent "മമ്മൂട്ടി:ഭാഷയും ദേശവും- 6"]. ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.<br />
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