Darlings

'Darlings' is special as it not only marks Bhatt's production debut but also her foray into the world of OTT.

Here’s how to identify toxic femininity traits..👇 #DarlingsOnNetflix( #AliaBhattfirst film as producer) shamelessly preaches husband torture on the name of dark humour. The film focuses on the story of a mother-daughter duo who are faced with unusual circumstances. #BoycottDarlings became the hot topic on Twitter as users said Alia Bhatt's upcoming film is misandrist or aimed at promoting male-bashing. They said it promotes domestic violence against men. It further appears that Bhatt's character has been facing domestic violence and is determined to exact revenge on her husband, played by Varma. The two-minute 34-second trailer shows Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah lodging a missing complaint for Vijay Varma.

Jasmeet K Reen directs Alia Bhatt, Vijay Varma, Shefali Shah and Roshan Mathew.

Not for the first time is a film about a late-blooming heroine memorable because of the thorn in her side. In a narrative that’s leans in the direction of fantasy, Hamza is the real article. The central role is tailor-made for Alia Bhatt, who has an irrepressible spirit and a flair for light comedy. Any risk of trivialising the brutalisation of women by men is kept at bay by Vijay Verma’s superbly judged Hamza. Darlings has both laugh-out-loud comedy and supressed giggles. Absurdist and often hilarious situations result from Badru-Shamshu’s masterplan, which plays out in the presence of the permanently exasperated police officer Rajaram (Vijay Maurya). The off-kilter worldview of Darlings begins at the title itself.

Darlings Movie Review in Hindi: नेटफ्लिक्स पर आलिया भट्ट के अभिनय से सजी फिल्म डार्लिंग्स आज रिलीज ...

Directed by Jasmeet K. Reen, 'Darlings' daringly looks at the struggles of a domestic abuse survivor in suburban Mumbai. With Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah and ...

Here's a quick look at Darlings release date in India, cast, story, trailer, and more. The movie is set to release on Netflix this week.

Directed by Jasmeet K Reen, Darlings is a black comedy that revolves around a family living in a conservative lower middle-class Muslim neighbourhood in Mumbai. Alia Bhatt plays the role of Badru, a woman, who is a victim of domestic abuse. Darlings cast Darlings story

With the hashtag “Boycott Alia Bhatt” trending on Twitter, several users are expressing how domestic violence portrayed against men in the movie is not ...

As one user tweeted, “Everyone should #BoycottAliaBhatt for making a misandrist movie like Darlings. For Bollywood, domestic violence against men is a matter of joke. A user tweeted, “Thousands of male victims were traumatised after watching the trailer of Alia Bhatt's movie Darlings.” The movie deals with a serious subject with a dark comedy undertone without it being insensitive on the matter. The similarity was revealed by Varma in a recent interaction. For a section of people, the movie seems to promote misandry as well. “So that is where the humour really comes in. However, it should be noted that the movie also highlights domestic violence against women. Why is Domestic violence against men normalised and even worse mocked. 3.4 crore men in India face domestic violence . This is not acceptable. However, some people are not impressed with the apparent storyline as shown in the trailer. Darlings marks Alia Bhatt's debut as a producer. Darlingsseems to have miffed a section of users on social media.

"Darlings" starts with the disclaimer that violence against women is very real and that the film doesn't endorse it in any shape or form. The first teaser.

The fact that they look so disinterested has everything to do with the lack of craft in the movie. Talking about the oppressed and the oppressor, the most irksome thing about “Darlings” is its choice to base the plot around the Muslim community and not have a single Muslim actor inhabit these roles. If you want to say that women need to stand up for themselves, then say it with conviction. The movie’s confusion about what it wants to be is evident from its portrayal of violence and the eventual reaction to it. You don’t become the abuser if you abuse the abused. For the most part, it seems like “Darlings” is adamant about saying that “all men are trash,” which is a very common way of insulting patriarchy and calling out men for upholding it. “Darlings” starts with the disclaimer that violence against women is very real and that the film doesn’t endorse it in any shape or form. Then it tracks back to saying that “if you abuse the abuser, then you become the abuser too,” before doing the whole “not all men” nonsense. However, with the inclusion of Zulfi and Kasim Kasai (Rajesh Sharma), the movie walks back on that statement, as if to say, “well, not all men are trash.” There’s a whole speech about women being self-sustainable and whatnot. And then, in the concluding moments, Badru and her mother indicate that women do need a “nice” man in their lives. Directed and co-written by Jasmeet K. Reen, along with co-writers and dialogue writers Parveez Sheikh and Vijay Maurya, “Darlings” starts off with the long-running love story of Badru (Alia Bhatt) and Hamza (Vijay Varma). The narrative jumps forward by three years to show that Badru and Hamza have married each other and are living together. The first teaser features a disclaimer that violence against women can be very injurious to one’s health.

The movie named 'Darlings' features Alia Bhatt, senior actor Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew. Alia Bhatt who plays Badrunissa Shaikh, a victim of ...

Yet another user supported the ban and said that for Bollywood, domestic violence against men was a matter of joke. Also, in December last year, the OTT platform slashed the subscription prices of Netflix in India to expand the market. However, the trailer seems to indicate that Alia’s character in the movie was a victim of domestic violence herself before she decided to take matters into her own hands to plot a revenge against her husband. The movie, which was made by Jasmeet K. Reen, will debut on Netflix on August 5. It had also started its special operation to learn more about the Indian consumers’ tastes and had decided to include similar content on the platform. #BoycottAliaBhatt and #BoycottDarlings are added to her tweet demanding a ban on the reel. Another such protester who is supposedly a member of the pan India men’s rights NGO, posed a simple question. 3.4 crore men in India face domestic violence . This is not acceptable. The movie which is produced by Gauri Khan, Alia herself, and Gaurav Verma. In yet another scene, Shefali Shah’s character asks Badrunissa to put rat poison in her husband’s meal to aid him to quit alcohol, and Alia’s character follows the advice. The netizens are trending #BoycottAliaBhatt on Twitter as they believe that the actress’ recent release supports domestic violence against men. In another scene, she grabs his hair as the second lead character (Roshan Mathew) force-feeds him what appears to be alcohol.

When a film deals with a matter as serious as domestic abuse, the least one expects is that the writers would round off every argument made during the ...

The decision to set Darlings in a Muslim milieu is far more well thought out than the treatment of the mindset governing Badru and Hamza’s relationship. The final 20 minutes of Darlings is its best, well written, tightly edited and clear in its vision, but by then it is too late. But Darlings is done in by its half-baked understanding of its subject, unsteady writing and direction. Only in the second hour of the 2 hour 14 minutes running time does the script up the ante in that department. On the execution front though, it barely gets a passing grade. It’s a risky business, but in this area, Jasmeet K. Reen and Parveez Shaikh stay focused and do what quality cinema ought to: depict Muslims as people, with all the virtue and vice, beauty and evil that pervades the rest of humanity. The script’s intellectual limitations become evident early on though when the goal of making Shamshu amusing plays havoc with her characterisation – she, in a sense, pimps Badru to get a discount from a trader, which is at odds with her protectiveness towards the girl at all other times. When the curtain rises on Shamshu, Shefali Shah – fresh from her stupendous performance in Jalsa – is interesting as a mother who has no qualms about advising her daughter to leave, attack or even finish off her abusive husband. There is no evident compulsion keeping Badru bound to Hamza – they have no children and her supportive, financially independent mother is anxious to take her in. Arguably the most famous example of this is Italian actor-director Roberto Benigni’s La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful), set in a World War II concentration camp. Alia herself plays the protagonist Badrunissa Sheikh who is routinely beaten up by her husband Hamza Sheikh ( Vijay Varma). ‘Provocation’ for this man could be just about anything, including the rice at dinner not being perfectly cleaned. I am not here referring to outrage comedians, the ones who thrive on mocking victims and survivors, but those capable of deploying their wit to mock oppressors without trivialising the oppression itself.

Badrunissa (aka Badru), played by Alia Bhatt is a superstitious woman married to an abusive man Hamza (Vijay Varma) and while she blames his alcoholism, the ...

Mixing his expertise with words with the inflection granted to the story results in a soundtrack that is as important to the film as its plot. Because the truth is worth it.) What is she willing to sacrifice for the life she imagined for herself? Instead of using graphic violence or shock value for empathy, the film shows only enough to create an atmosphere of terror and grief, aided by Varma and Bhatt who are both playing to their strengths as actors. Watching all the actors in the film (including Varma and Roshan Mathew) perform is an immersive and impressive experience. The film’s star, however, is Shefali Shah, who brings both grief and comedy to the screen in equal proportions.

Darlings Review: Darlings wouldn't be what it is, if it wasn't for Shefali and Alia.

The camaraderie between the mother and daughter sets the tone of this film — whether its heart-wrenching, emotional scenes – or tougher scenes made light with subtle humour. Darlings makes a compelling case study on domestic violence but it wouldn’t be what it is, if it wasn’t for Shefali and Alia. Both actresses speak through their eyes and make up for the dreary pace at times with their outstanding performances and chemistry. The irony of a beauty parlour lady drawing a mehendi on a blushing bride, while being privy to an abusive marriage next door or a handcuffed Hamza being asked to peel veggies by a suddenly hardened wife… However, a tragic incident forces her to recalibrate her life decisions and her views on her manipulative husband. Even as Hamza habitually beats up Badru black and blue in a drunken state or driven by uncalled-for rage, she devotedly makes an omelette for him the next morning. Debutante director Jasmeet K Reen, who has co-written this film along with Parveez Sheikh takes a closer look at patriarchy and domestic violence (DV) amid the social-psychological milieu of the lower middle class.

Cast: Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma. Director: Jasmeet K. Reen. Rating: 3 stars (out of 5). Restraint and simplicity mark Darlings, which tells the ...

He looks like a perfectly agreeable guy in most ways, but it takes the slightest of provocations for him to fly off the handle. Alia Bhatt reveals yet again the full range of her natural ability to get into the skin of a character. A police inspector (Vijay Maurya, one of the film's dialogue writers), too, is a sensitive soul always eager to lend a helping had to victims of domestic violence. The female protagonist of Darlings, Badrunnissa Shaikh, holds on to her fading dreams and gives her violent, alcoholic husband a long rope. The drama that the divergence between mother and daughter yields is muted and when revenge is planned and put into practice it isn't governed by the conventions of the genre. Restraint and simplicity mark Darlings, which tells the story of a volatile marriage steeped in neo-noir devices.

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The highly-anticipated Alia Bhatt's film Darlings is now streaming on Netflix. Directed by Jasmeet K Reen, the film also features Shefali Shah and Vijay ...

The production design and attention to detail are commendable, as is the pace of editing. Told in a linear, simplistic fashion, the film is about an abuser exploiting his partner over a man versus woman battle,” reviewed Times of India. Coming to the hullabaloo that such films create further prejudices against men when gender laws are already flawed, well Darlings is centred around women, but on an emotional level it does have some appeal for both the sexes,” reviewed Bollywoodlife. Darlings secured 3 out of 5 stars by NDTV. Shefali Shah, cast as a woman who has stopped worrying about the world and the impositions it makes on women, serves as the perfect foil,” reviewed NDTV. Alia Bhatt reveals yet again the full range of her natural ability to get into the skin of a character.

Darlings Twitter Review आलिया भट्ट की फिल्म डार्लिंग्स ओटीटी पर रिलीज हो चुकी है। फिल्म को लेकर ...

— Ayush (@987_jain)— Ayush (@987_jain) #Darlingswould be one of the few films that I would have loved in cinemas. — Bhavikk Sangghvi (@bhavikksangghvi)— Bhavikk Sangghvi (@bhavikksangghvi) #DarlingsOnNetflix #DarlingsRaws. Reals. Relevants. ‘Darlings’ wins your heart from the first frame to the last. #DarlingsOnNetflix #DarlingsRaws. Reals. Relevants. ‘Darlings’ wins your heart from the first frame to the last.

Alia Bhatt is as quicksilver as ever, Shefali Shah is equally mercurial and Vijay Verma shines in a challenging role, but the inherent elegance of the three ...

From the heartfelt performances of the actors, to Vishal Bhardwaj’s music and Gulzar’s lyrics, there is much to appreciate, but the end result is still a tad underwhelming. But the funny twists don’t consistently work in a film that assumes an edifying tone in the second half. He hits her, she sheds a tear, he says sorry and she believes it has more to do with the liquor in the belly than the vacuum in his head. Eventually, Badru and her feisty single mother Shamsu (Shefali Shah) decide to turn the tables on Hamza by adopting an eye for an eye approach. It doesn’t allow an abusive husband to fall into the safety net of social conditioning and eating and drinking habits. The creature is born with a sense of entitlement and expresses it when he imagines provocation from the so-called weaker sex.

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फिल्म का निर्देशन जसमीत के रीन ने किया है. ये उनकी पहली फिल्म है. उन्होंने निर्देशन तो अच्छा किया है लेकिन कहानी में मजा नहीं आया. कहानी भी जसमीत ने परवेज शेख के साथ मिलकर लिखी है. स्क्रीनप्ले पर मेहनत होती तो फिल्म में और मजा आता. फिल्म का म्यूजिक विशाल भारद्वाज ने दिया है और म्यूजिक अच्छा है. अरिजीत सिंह की आवाज में लाइलाज गाना काफी अच्छा लगता है. आलिया भट्ट ने कमाल की एक्टिंग की है. फिल्म को देसी मुंबई स्टाइल में बनाया गया है. उस बोली को आलिया ने गजब का पकड़ा है. आलिया की एक्टिंग देखकर आपको एक बार फिर से लगता है कि वो फिल्म इंडस्ट्री की बेहरतरीन हीरोनों में से एक है. शेफाली शाह ने भी अपने किरदार को जबरदस्त तरीके से निभाया है. विजय वर्मा ने ग्रे शेड के किरदार को ऐसे निभाया है कि आप उन्हें हमजा ही मानने लगते हैं. फिल्म में सभी की एक्टिंग अव्वल दर्जे की है. फिल्म को डार्क कॉमेडी कहा गया है लेकिन कॉमेडी इसमें काफी कम है. फिल्म की स्क्रीनप्ले में दिक्कत है. फिल्म में चीजें बार बार रिपीट होती हैं. आपको लगता है कि यही चीज बार बार क्यों दिखा रहे हैं. फिल्म आपको बांधती तो है लेकिन सिर्फ आलिया विजय और शेफाली की एक्टिंग से. उनके किरदारों में आपको जान नजर आती है लेकिन कहानी कहने का तरीका कमजोर लगता है. फिल्म घरेलू हिंसा की बात करती है लेकिन महिलाओं के खिलाफ घरेलू हिंसा पर सवाल उठाते उठाते ये पुरुषों के खिलाफ दिखाने लगती है और इसी वजह से इस फिल्म के बॉयकॉट की मांग भी उठने लगी थी. हालांकि ये मांग आजकल हर दूसरी फिल्म के लिए उठ जाती है. इस फिल्म की कहानी घरेलू हिंसा पर आधारित है. आलिया भट्ट यानि बदरुनिसा उर्फ बदरू पर उसका पति विजय वर्मा यानि हमजा अत्याचार करता है. वो सहती है, आलिया की मां शेफाली शाह यानि शमशूनिस उसे ये करने से रोकती है, लेकिन फिर एक दिन कुछ ऐसा होता है कि आलिया बदरू अपने पति के साथ घरेलू हिंसा करने लगती है. फिर क्या होता है, यही फिल्म में दिखाया गया है. Darlings Review: आलिया भट्ट (Alia Bhatt) कमाल की एक्ट्रेस हैं. ये हम सब जानते हैं. शेफाली शाह (Shefali Shah) जबरदस्त एक्ट्रेस हैं. ये भी हम सब जानते हैं...विजय वर्मा (Vijay Varma) भी किरदार को जी लेने वाले एक्टर हैं. ये भी हम सब जानते ही हैं...लेकिन क्या इससे डार्लिंग्स (Darlings) एक कमाल की फिल्म बन पाई? नेटफ्लिक्स का इस फिल्म का नाम डार्लिंग्स क्यों रखा गया. डार्लिंग क्यों नहीं क्योंकि इसके किरदार हर बात में एक एक्स्ट्रा S बोलते हैं.

Jasmeet Reen's Darlings deals with the question that Indian women have heard time and again: Why don't you leave it if it is so bad?

Shamshu and Badru’s relationship is the high point of the film that shines bright. Netflix hasn’t managed to make a lot of forays into desi content and is losing viewership too. You never forget the horrific treatment of Badru by Hamza. But you also marvel at her refusal to crouch into the corner. It’s equal parts comic and cathartic to watch Hamza get a taste of his own medicine. That adds a disturbing element to the film. She negotiates the universe of Badru and Shamshu without being insensitive.

Darlings Movie Review: डार्लिंग्स में घरेलू हिंसा के मुद्दे को शानदार तरीके से पेश किया गया है.

बदरू और हमजा की जिंदगी नया मोड़ लेती है, जब जुल्फी (रोशन मैथ्यू) बदरू को रोज पिटता देखकर एक दिन पुलिस में हमजा की शिकायत कर देता है. जुल्फी बदरू की मां शमशू के घर पुराना सामान बेचने आता है और दोनों से कनेक्ट हो जाता है. बदरू को परेशान देखकर वो पुलिस को हमजा की हरकत के बारे में बता देता है. पुलिस बदरू और शमशू को बुलाकर पूछती है कि क्या हमजा पीटता है, तो बदरू अपना दिल पक्का करके पुलिस में उसकी शिकायत कर देती है. लेकिन हवालात में खुद को बंद होता देखकर हमजा इमोशनल बातें करके बदरू का मांइड चेंज कर देता है. बदरू भी हमजा की बातों में आकर अपनी शिकायत वापस ले लेती है और दोनों नई शुरुआत करके घर चले जाते हैं और फिर जन्म लेता है बदरू का नया रूप... डार्लिंग्स फिल्म की कहानी आम है, लेकिन फिर भी ये खास है. खास इसलिए है, क्योंकि घरेलू हिंसा पर आपने कई फिल्में और वेब सीरीज देखी होंगी. लेकिन फिर भी डार्लिंग्स आपको खुद से अंत तक बांधकर रखती है. इसका पूरा क्रेडिट जाता है आलिया भट्ट को. आलिया भट्ट ने जिस तरह बदरू के किरदार में खुद को ढाला है, वो बिल्कुल सच्चा लगता है और दिल को छू जाता है. एक डरपोक, सहमी हुई बीवी से निडर, बेखौफ और दबंग डार्लिंग्स बनने का सफर आलिया ने जिस तरह तय किया है, वो काबिल-ए-तारीफ है. आलिया की एक्टिंग कमाल है. आलिया भट्ट ने डार्लिंग्स से एक नया बार सेट कर दिया है. उनकी प्रेजेंटेशन, डायलॉग डिलीवरी फायर है फायर. हमजा को कुछ दिन बाद पता चलता है कि शराब पीने की वजह से उसका लिवर डैमेज हो गया है. हमजा घर जाता है तो बदरू उसे अपने प्रेग्नेंट होने की गुड न्यूज देती है. दोनों फिर खुशी-खुशी साथ रहते हैं. लेकिन फिर एक दिन हमजा को पता चल जाता है कि उसकी पुलिस में शिकायत जुल्फी ने की थी. हमजा ये जानकर आग बबूला होकर घर आता है और बदरू पर जुल्फी के साथ ना-जायज रिश्ते में होने का आरोप लगाता है. अपनी प्रेग्नेंट वाइफ को हमजा गुस्से में बेरहमी से पीटता है और सीढ़ियों से धक्का देकर नीचें फेंक देता है. डार्लिंग्स शुरू होती है, दो प्यार करने वालों से, जो एक दूसरे से शादी करने का सपना देखते हैं. शादी भी हो जाती है. शादी के बाद बदरू शेख (आलिया भट्ट) और हमजा (विजय वर्मा) की जिंदगी में प्यार कम और तकरार ज्यादा होता है. हमजा से लव मैरिज करके बदरू कई बड़े सपने देखती है. एक अच्छा घर, प्यार करने वाला पति और एक बच्चा. बदरू अपने और हमजा के लिए एक लग्जूरियस लाइफ चाहती है. लेकिन हमजा को शराब पीने की लत होती है. वो अपनी नौकरी से भी नाखुश रहता है, क्योंकि एक टीसी बनने के बाद भी उसे बॉस की टॉयलेट साफ करनी पड़ती है. हमजा हर रोज घर में शराब पीकर आता है. बदरू पति के घर आने से पहले उसे खुश करने के लिए अच्छा-अच्छा खाना बनाती है. उसकी सेवा करती है और जैसे ही वो घर या बच्चे की बात करती है तो हमजा बदरू को पीटने लगता है. पिटने के डर से बदरू हमजा से डर-डरकर हर काम करती है. अरे...अरे...रुकिए एक खास बात तो रह गई...जुल्फी को बदरू से नहीं, बल्कि बदरू की मां शमशू से प्यार है. कहानी का ये ट्विस्ट जानने के लिए जरूर देखें डार्लिंग्स, तभी तो मजा आएगा. बदरू की मां शमशू ( शेफाली शाह), जो अपनी बेटी के घर के पड़ोस में रहती है, उसे बेटी के शरीर पर जख्म देखकर तकलीफ होती है. शमशू बदरू से कहती है कि या तो वो हमजा को छोड़ दे या फिर उसे जान से मार दे, पर बदरू तो पति से बहुत प्यार करती है. इसलिए वो ऐसा कर नहीं पाती. लेकिन फिर... फिल्म का हर एक किरदार बेहतरीन है. सभी ने कमाल का काम किया है. विजय वर्मा, रौशन मैथ्यू, किरण करमारकर हर एक ने अपने रोल को जस्टिफाई किया है. वीकेंड पर आलिया की डार्लिंग्स को मिस करना बड़ी भूल होगी. इसलिए अपने बिजी शेड्यूल से समय निकालकर डार्लिंग्स देखना मत भूलिएगा. शेफाली शाह ने भी आलिया का जिस तरह साथ दिया है उसके हम दीवाने हो गए. मां-बेटी की जोड़ी ने फिल्म का पूरा दारोमदार अपने कंधों पर ले लिया. दोनों की ट्यूनिंग देखकर आपको खूब मजा आने वाला है. फैमिली ड्रामा फिल्म में आलिया और शेफाली की डार्क कॉमेडी आपको खूब एंटरटेन करेगी. एक पॉइंट पर आप भी उनके किरदारों में खो जाएंगे. डार्लिंग्स में समाज के इस मुद्दे को शानदार तरीके से पेश किया गया है. एक पति जिसे बाहरी दुनिया में सिर्फ दुतकारा जाता है, वो घर में खुद को शहंशाह समझता है. अपनी ईगो को सेटिस्फाई करने के लिए वो अपनी मासूम और प्यार करने वाली बीवी पर हाथ उठाता है. उसे हर बात पर जलील करता है. पीटता है, गंदा सुलूक करके खुद को बड़ा समझने की कोशिश करता है. बीवी पति की हर हरकत को चुपचाप सहती है, ये सोचकर कि 'एक दिन वो बदल जाएगा'. लेकिन बदलता पति नहीं है, बल्कि पत्नी को बदलना पड़ता है और वो कैसे....? यही तो फिल्म की कहानी है. बदरू अपना बच्चा खो देती है और सुसाइड करने के बारे में सोचती है. लेकिन तभी उसका इरादा बदल जाता है और वो हमजा को सबक सिखाने की ठान लेती है. यहीं से शुरू होती है असली कहानी. ...जब तक डरती है, तब तक डराता है...जब तक पिटती है, तब तक हाथ उठाता है...लेकिन जिस दिन औरत अन्याय के खिलाफ आवाज उठाती है, उस दिन हर मर्द पर भारी पड़ जाती है. एक औरत अपनी शादीशुदा जिंदगी को बचाने के लिए पति के हर जुल्म को चुपचाप सहती है, हर तकलीफ को बर्दाश्त करती है. लेकिन कब तक...? घरेलू हिंसा सहते-सहते औरत जिस दिन थक जाती है और अपने साथ हो रहे अन्याय के खिलाफ आवाज बुलंद करती है तो फिर शरू होता है बदलाव.

It began streaming on Netflix from August 5. The film is a dark comedy and features Vijay Varma and Shefali Shah along with Alia in the lead. The Gull Boy ...

We don't have to take a flight or go to film festivals, it's just a unique way of consuming content." All those lovely words that you want to hear after the movie, they had all that to say." They have that attitude that they want me to keep myself grounded, but they were extremely surprised and impressed. The Gull Boy actress has bankrolled Darlings under her banner Eternal Sunshine, which is a dark comedy directed by debutant Jasmeet K Reen. In an exclusive chat with IndiaToday.in, Alia Bhatt spoke about the reason for releasing the film on OTT instead of theatres. As we all know the world has become a very small place thanks to content lying on OTT. We are consuming content of all languages - Korean, Spanish, South Indian, etc. Then in 2020, the world went into lockdown, but from the very beginning, we said that this is that kind of film which on a platform like Netflix will be very good, for various reasons.

Mumbai: 'Darlings' director Jasmeen K. Reen has praised Alia Bhatt and said that her relationship with the actress-producer evolved as they progressed.

My working relationship with Alia evolved as we progressed.” She is true to the film, and the character, nothing else matters. Before we knew it, we were jamming creatively, the bond was seamless, respectful, and most important – the relationship had trust.”

फिल्म की कहानी में कॉमेडी और रोमांच को जोड़कर घरेलू हिंसा पर एक अच्छा मेसेज दिया गया है।

The film is a story of emancipation and a mother-daughter relationship tale; that final twist uniting Shamsu and Badru in a way that they hadn't ever been ...

For Darlings presents ugly truths, but always with a twinkle in the eye. The tonality of Darlings changes every few scenes, with debutant director Jasmeet K. Reen ensuring that the film defies being boxed into a genre. The scenes of Hamza being ‘tortured’ by the mother and daughter have invited knee-jerk outrage, but as usual, they are being seen out of the context of the film. Zulfi (Roshan Mathew) is the film’s moral compass, unconditionally coming to the aid of mother and daughter when they need it the most. Badru, who is madly in love and believes, as is common in our country, that a child will set Hamza right, tries everything in the book to keep her marriage ticking. Her mother Shamsunissa (Shefali) takes one look at Badru’s injured neck and asks her, “Ab kya kiya tune?” instantly shifting the blame of the violence on to the daughter.

After shooting for 'Dunki', SRK, took a day off from work on Friday and decided to pamper himself by watching Alia Bhatt's film 'Darlings'.

Shah Rukh played the role of a psychiatrist called Dr. Jehangir Khan. While treating Alia Bhatt in the film, Shah Rukh’s character gave important life lessons to the audience with his powerful dialogues. In a tweet, he had written, “Lil one I am also so anxious that u shared the responsibility of Eternal Sunshine Productions first film with me…that I will be biting my nails till it releases. Love you the most.”

అలియా భట్‌ ప్రధాన పాత్ర పోషించిన 'డార్లింగ్స్‌' చిత్రం ఎలా ఉందంటే.... Darlings Review: రివ్యూ: ...

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In the movie, the intricacies of Chawl's life are emphasised; you get a sense of a hundred small hustles running parallel. The songs, too, are a banger, ...

The intricacies of Chawl's life are emphasised; you get a sense of a hundred small hustles running parallelly. Alia is brilliant as Badrunissa. As in Gully Boy (2019) and Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022), her Bombaiyaa accent is spot-on (with an eccentric ‘S’ added to the ends of English words). While her characters in the aforementioned films were defined by their assertiveness, Badru is a bit of a muddle. The first hour is a gripping yet excruciating loop of Hamza’s violations of his wife. Even after she has restrained, drugged up and tortured Hamza, she remains weirdly open to his machinations and appeals (or gives a good impression of it). Shefali is entertaining as Shamsu, “Badappan gaya kan khujane,” she shoots—though the winner, clearly, is Vijay Varma. There are more layers to his Hamza than all one-note abusive husbands from Hindi films combined. The songs, too, are a banger, especially the wild and swooning ‘Pleaj!’. He’s a baiter and a master manipulator, frighteningly aware of his wife’s hopes and dreams and emotional weak points and using them to his advantage. Badrunissa (Alia Bhatt) rushes to a movie date with her boyfriend, Hamza (Vijay Varma). She waits and waits, missing the show. Going by the trailer of Darlings, you’d expect this twist to come much earlier on in the film. Hamza, a jerk and an alcoholic, routinely hits his wife, triggered by anything from slips in her cooking to a genuine concern for his well-being. “Government job leke aya (I found a government job),” he tells her. Equally fascinating, at least to me, are the supporting players who populate the world of this film. Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Mathew headline this seductive black comedy set in Mumbai. But that’s just the start.

Darlings movie review: Alia Bhatt gives one of her best performances in Darlings, a story about a woman's revenge on her violent husband. | Bollywood.

But when tables turn and Hamza is the supposed victim at the hands of his merciless wife and her mother, violence against men somehow appears to look like a joke. But in parts, the story does bother you when domestic violence is used as a ploy to trigger laughs — a woman sticking by her husband despite being abused, a man showing no sign of regret or for his actions, silent spectators shown as caricatures. He's cruel and unreasonable and his character, I felt, is written in the most realistic manner. From that point, Darlings shows how a middle-class mother-daughter duo (Shah and Bhatt), who is caught in their own circumstantial hang-ups, gradually discovers their inner strength to survive in a city like Mumbai, battling all odds. The husband is an alcoholic who holds no remorse for assaulting his wife every night, the wife is head over heels in love with the man and doesn't mind cooking breakfast — the staple bun omelette — every morning for him with bruises all over — this may be a regular occurrence in many Indian households, but rarely gets talked about the way it should. Badrunissa Shaikh aka Badru (Bhatt) is smitten by roadside romeo Hamza Shaikh (Vijay Varma), and marries him as soon as he secures himself a government job.