Mammootty's forthcoming family thriller Daddy Cool narrates the story of acricket-loving police officerand his son.Mammootty is Antony Simon, a crime branch circle inspector, who had joined the service after being fascinated by itsprospects. However, after the birth of his son, Antony's attention shifts to his kid, who he spends most of time with. Thisis scripted and directed by Ashique Abu

In one line," says Aashiq, "Daddy Cool is about the adventures of an eight-year-old kid and his father, a police officer.He says that the first visual that hit his mind while thinking about the storyline was that of a cop who converts his wireless set into a radio and listens to cricket commentary on it.Aashiq, an ad-filmmaker has earlier assisted director Kamal in several films."As it is true for any kid of his age, his dad is no less than a superhero for Antony's son, Aadi. Of course, his wife Annie was quite irked by Antony's cool nature," says the director.

In Daddy Cool, Richa Pallod appears as Annie, wife of Mammootty. Biju Menon and Kalabhavan Mani play key roles. Master Dhananjay plays Aadi. A student of Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram, he has earlier acted in films like Innathe Chinthavishayam, Baba Kalyani and Nagaram.Govind Padmasurya, the protagonist of the award-winning film Adayalangal, plays cricketer Sreekanth. Biju Menon, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sai Kumar, Vijayaraghavan and Radhika include the rest of the cast..Sameer Thahir is the cinematographer while Biji Bal is the music.This is produced by Alvin Antony and Khader Mayyazhi under the banner of Wall Green Productions