'Isska matlab tum dono gay ke bete ho!' squeals Aarti Chabria to her screen-husband Suniel Shetty and his brother Ashish.

Ironically after copying everything in sight in the original - from the characters to the dialogues - the desi adaptors get cold feet and decide the gay lover was an imposter.

To be fair to this feisty farce, 'Daddy Cool' makes you smile, specially Aftab Shivdasani as a drugged-out goofy lover-boy. He is better than the actor who played the role originally.

Shetty as the responsible son, who is a little tired of shouldering family responsibilitie but nonetheless determined to see the show through, is controlled and comically karmic. His climactic speech in praise of his father is rousing. Rajpal Yadav as the gay lover is superbly restrained.

And then there's Sophie Chowdhary as the suitably sexy airhead.

Blessedly this farce doesn't opt for desperate measures. It keeps it cool most of the way.