Mammootty will appear as a cool daddy in the new film directed by debutante Aashiq Abu titled as 'Daddy Cool'. The movie tells the story of father and his only son, who loves the game of cricket more than anything.

Mammootty's character in the movie has the name Antony Simon, who is by profession an officer in the crime branch. Also in the cast of this movie are Indrajith and Kalabhavan Mani.

The makers of the movie have started their search for a fresh face to appear as the child artist in the film.

'Daddy Cool' produced by Alwin Antony has also in its crew, Big B fame Samir Taahir as the cinematographer. Anil Panachooran, Biji Bal team will handle the music section of the movie, which will start canning by the end of this December.