Darlings (film)

Darlings
Official release poster
Directed byJasmeet K. Reen
Written byParveez Sheikh
Jasmeet K. Reen
Produced byAlia Bhatt
Gauri Khan
Gaurav Verma
Starring
CinematographyAnil Mehta
Edited byNitin Baid
Music bySongs:
Vishal Bhardwaj
Mellow D
Ajay Lobo
Score:
Prashant Pillai
Production
companies
Red Chillies Entertainment
Eternal Sunshine Productions
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Darlings is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film co-written and directed by Jasmeet K. Reen, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Parveez Sheikh, and produced by Alia Bhatt (in her debut production), Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma under the banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Eternal Sunshine Productions.[1][2][3] The film stars Bhatt herself, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Mathew in the lead roles.[4][5]

Darlings was released on Netflix on 5 August 2022.[6][7][8] It received positive reviews from the critics. The film received more than 10 million watching hours globally in its opening weekend, the highest for any non-English language original Indian film.[9][10]

At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Darlings received 11 nominations, including Best Web Original Film, Best Director in a Web Original Film (Reen) and Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Varma), and won five awards, including Best Actress in a Web Original Film (Bhatt) and Best Supporting Actress in a Web Original Film (Shah).[11][12]

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  2. ^ "Darlings: Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan collaborate for dark comedy, warn 'offending women can be dangerous'". The Indian Express. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Alia Bhatt begins shoot for debut production venture 'Darlings'". The Hindu. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Alia Bhatt's starrer Darlings sold to Netflix for Rs 80 Crore". Dubai Bliss. 7 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies backs Alia Bhatt's debut production Darlings". India Today. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Alia Bhatt's maiden production 'Darlings' to premiere on Netflix in August". The Economic Times. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Shah Rukh Khan produced Alia Bhatt starrer Darlings to release on Netflix". Bollywood Hungama. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Alia Bhatt's maiden production 'Darlings' to release on Netflix". ThePrint. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Alia Bhatt's Darlings amasses over 10 million viewing hours in three days". Firstpost. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. The film has the highest global opening ever for a non-English original Indian film with more than 10 million viewing hours.
  10. ^ "Alia Bhatt's Darlings clocks 10 million viewing hours in three days". The Indian Express. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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