Danny is a 2002 Indian Malayalam comedy-drama film directed by T.V. Chandran and starring Mammootty in the title role. Also starring in the film are noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, Vani Viswanath, Vijayaraghavan, Ratheesh, popular television actress Maya Moushmi, Raji Menon and Devadevan. It released coinciding with the festival of Christmas in January 2002.^[1] The film met with critical acclaim with most of the critics hailing the performance of Mammootty.^[2]

Plot

The film is about Daniel Thomson, 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 upto his seventy third year and comments upon many things that may have social and political relevance. Danny as he is known, was born on the day of the Dandi Salt March. His wife leaves him on the day the first Communist Government of Kerala loses power. Danny’s love, disappointments, triumphs everything coincides with historical events. Danny dons many roles in life. He sings in the church. Then he becomes a saxophone player. And then many such roles. But with the passage of time, Danny 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. Danny and Bhargavi Amma develop an intimacy and they travel back together from the hospital. But Danny 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.

Cast

• Mammootty as Danny
• Mallika Sarabhai as Bhargavi Amma
• Vani Viswanath as Danny's wife
• Vijayaraghavan as Robert, Danny's son.
• Maya Moushmi as Clara, Danny's daughter
• Ratheesh as the doctor
• Devadevan as younger Robert and Albert, Robert’s son