Daya is a 1998 Malayalam-language Comedy Drama movie written by M.t. Vasudevan Nair and M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The movie is directed by Venu Goopaalan and produced by C. K. Gopinath. The film is set in the middle-East in the pre-Islam period. Daya, a very intelligent and brave slave girl tries to help the son of her master, after he loses all his wealth due to his lavish life. Daya stars Manju Warrier, Krishna, Nedumudi Venu, K.p.a.c. Lalitha, T.p. Madhavan, Arun Lal and Alencier Ley Lopez. The music was composed by National Award winner Vishal Bhardwaj along with Sharreth. Cinematography was done by Sunny Joseph and editing by Beena Paul. The motion picture has a running time of 150 minutes. It was released on 1st January 1998. The film is set in the middle-East in the pre-Islam period. Daya, a very intelligent and brave slave girl tries to help the son of her master, after he loses all his wealth due to his lavish life.