Darlings

"Darlings" would have been great 5 years ago. Currently, the trailer was better. The movie gets plenty of things right, and we can't compliment it enough ...

This infuriates Hamza, and he tells her that he will never let her go and see to her end, just the way he saw the end of her child. He is knocked out and taken to the railway tracks. As they are searching for the place, Zulfi tells the pair that he let Hamza go when he promised to return to his village and farm on his land. Badru is heartbroken and is ready to jump out of the hospital window. Badru thinks fast and manipulates the situation enough to take him back home. She asks the doctor for some sleeping pills, and we know from the look on her face that it is not for herself. This is an early reference to what the duo is capable of. Hamza is diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and is told by the doctor to quit drinking. The women are horrified, and Shamshu asks Badru to choose between her and her husband. The next day, Hamza apologises to Badru and talks sweetly to her. The cast was excellent, and they brought a pace to the storyline through their conviction to the roles that the story itself could not bring. The problem is instead, that it over-promises and under-delivers with a linear execution.

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.

Alia Bhatt's dark-comedy film, 'Darlings' is currently streaming on Netflix.

A third user said: "just finished #darlings and i just loved it, it was more darker than i was expected, the story is so gripping and unfortunately too real, so many women still suffer from their husband's violences, the cast was fabulous, bow down to alia who is really a superstar !" Another user said: "I think I cried more than I laughed (and I laughed A LOT) #Darlings." A Twitter user wrote: "#Darlings on #Netflix is an absolute cinematic representation of how normalised patriarchy is in our country, and how subtly this glass is broken by this mother-duo by thrashing patriarchy and abuse. The dark comedy marks Alia’s first release post the success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi. The music for the film is composed by filmmaker-composer Vishal Bhardwaj, and the lyrics are by veteran lyricist Gulzar. As the film has premiered today on Netflix, it has been receiving positive responses from social media users.

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.”

Darlings, starring Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Mathew, has been co-produced by Shah Rukh's Red Chillies Entertainment.

But I feel we have a lovely film and u r the soul and sunshine of all things Darlings.” The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta gave the movie a 2.5-star rating. Ahead of Darlings’ release, Shah Rukh Khan had shared how anxious he is about the film.

Darlings, starring Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Mathew, has been co-produced by Shah Rukh's Red Chillies Entertainment.

But I feel we have a lovely film and u r the soul and sunshine of all things Darlings.” Ahead of Darlings’ release, Shah Rukh Khan had shared how anxious he is about the film. The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta gave the movie a 2.5-star rating.