Darling (2007 Hindi film)
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Produced by | Bhushan Kumar Kishan Kumar |
| Written by | Kusum Punjabi Prawal Raman |
| Starring | Fardeen Khan Esha Deol Isha Koppikar |
| Music by | Pritam & Himesh Reshammiya |
| Cinematography | Amit Roy |
| Distributed by | Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 7 September 2007 |
| Country | India United Kingdom |
| Language | Hindi |
Darling (Devanagari: डार्लिंग), is a Bollywood thriller, released in India and United Kingdom on 7 September 2007. The movie, starring Esha Deol, Fardeen Khan and Isha Koppikar in the lead roles, is directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The movie was filmed in Mumbai, India. The music of the film is given by Pritam. The movie reportedly grossed Rs. 22 million in the first week.[1]The film is being remade in Tamil as Uchakattam with Gemini in the role of Fardeen Khan.Flora(Asha Saini) in the role of Isha Koppikar and Miss Karnataka Swathi in the role of Esha Deol.
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[edit] Synopsis
Aditya is living every man's dream. He's married to a stunning, traditional wife, Ashwini and has a kid. But he even has a relationship going on with his secretary, Geeta Menon who is as wild as a cat. He balances both the ladies perfectly with clever lies. He promises Geeta to marry her after divorcing Ashwini.
On one such of their excurse, Aditya takes Geeta to his friend's bunglow at Mudisland. All's fine until Geeta shocks Aditya with her pregnancy news. Worried Aditya tells Geeta that he cannot accept her kid. This enrages Geeta. Aditya and Geeta get in fight where he pushes her and she accidently hits her head against a hard object, killing her instantly. He disposes of her body and returns home, behaving as if everything is normal.
His wild girl friend returns as a ghost. She will stop at nothing till she gets her revenge. She appears anytime and anywhere to frighten Aditya. Ashwini notices Aditya's fear of a ghost whom she can not see. To get relieved, guilty Aditya recites his entire story to Ashwini about his affair with Geeta- her death- she emerges as a ghost for revenge. Ashwini's reaction was that she left the house, shared with Aditya. She gets admitted in the hospital due to a major accident.
Geeta too comes into the picture and gives forgiveness to Aditya. Ashwini recovers when Geeta forgives Aditya but Geeta's soul then resides in her.
[edit] Cast
- Fardeen Khan ... Aditya Soman
- Esha Deol ... Geeta Menon
- Isha Koppikar ... Ashwini Soman
- Zakir Hussain ... Aditya's friend
- Upendra Limaye ... Inspector
- Pramodini ... Malati, Sub-Inspector
- Kota Srinivasa Rao ... Psychiatrist
- Nisha Kothari ... Special appearance in a song
[edit] Music
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15 June 2007 (India)
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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T-Series
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| Producer | Ram Gopal Verma | |||
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The soundtrack of the film was released on 1 August 2007 in various formats including music cassette, MP3 files, audio CD, and the DVD-Audio. The music is composes by Pritam and Himesh Reshammiya in a guest song. The first reviews of the film has been positive with indiafm.com rating the music at 3.5 out of 5. Joginder Tuteja of indiafm.com said Darling is a good album that thoroughly entertains while it is on.[2] SmasHits.com said 'Darling is the biggest musical bonanza from Ramu's factory after series of miserable musical releases from bunch of his reliable protégés in last few years.[3]
On 10 September 2007 the film was at number 5 on the charts.[4]
| Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Picturised on |
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| Tadap Tadap | Himesh Reshammiya & Tulsi Kumar | Fardeen Khan & Esha Deol | |
| Aa Khushi Se Khudkushi | Shaan & Sunidhi Chauhan | Fardeen Khan & Nisha Kothari | |
| Saathiya | Adnan Sami & Tulsi Kumar | Fardeen Khan & Isha Koppikar | |
| Hasaye Bhi | Shaan & Tulsi Kumar | ||
| Akele Tanha Jiya Na Jaye | Tulsi Kumar | ||
| Awaaz Koi | Priyadarshini | ||
| Aa Khushi Se Khudkushi(Remix) | Shaan & Sunidhi Chauhan | ||
| Hasaye Bhi (Remix) | Shaan & Tulsi Kumar | ||
| Saathiya (Remix) | Adnan Sami & Tulsi Kumar |
[edit] References
- ^ "Darling box-office results". http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Darling.
- ^ "indiafm.com". Music review of Darling. http://www.indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/12941/index.html. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
- ^ "second music review". Another music review. http://www.smashits.com/news/bollywood/music-review/6345/music-review-of-darling.html. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
- ^ "chart performance". No. 5 on the charts. http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/09/10/3016/index.html. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
