New Delhi: Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah-starrer Darlings premiered on Netflix today. The movie also stars Vijay Verma and Roshan Mathew in pivotal roles. The dark comedy is a perfect blending of an incredible story and a powerful cast. The movie also marks Alia Bhatt’s debut as the producer.
Darlings revolve around the problem of domestic violence. Badrunissa (played by Alia Bhatt) falls in love and marries Hamza (played by Vijay Varma) who turns out to be an alcoholic and beats her. Badrunissa’s mother, Shamshunnisa (played by Shefali Shah) stayed under the same roof as them, and witness the daily altercations. The movie depicts how these individuals turn out to be in the end.
Since morning, Twitter has seen #DarlingsOnNetflix and #AliaBhatt trending. The audience is showering several positive reviews. Several have called the movie to be one of the hits of the year 2022. However, some are sending out mixed reviews on the film and questioning the balance between crime and comedy.
One of the users wrote, “Manifest a pertinent message on domestic violence by fusing humor & thrill in the narrative but screenplay gets stretched towards last 40 mins with unconvincing series of events. Absence of Smart writing & powerful climax makes darlings an average watch,” while another one wrote, “AN AVERAGE SATIRE” and further wrote, “Highlights- Strong Lead performances, Some humour, Relatability and Realistic structure, Dialogues, Underlying themes. Score – 65%. Watch it for the performance.”
Take a look at some of the reviews:
#Darlings ⭐️⭐️? ( 2.5)
Manifest a pertinent message on domestic violence by fusing humor & thrill in the narrative but screenplay gets stretched towards last 40 mins with unconvincing series of events. Absence of Smart writing & powerful climax makes darlings an average watch. pic.twitter.com/6k0DcdDS4m
— Sumit Kadel (@SumitkadeI) August 5, 2022
DARLINGS review
“AN AVERAGE SATIRE”
Highlights- Strong Lead performances, Some humour, Relatability and Realistic structure, Dialogues, Underlying themes.
Score – 65%
Watch it for the performances.#Netflix #Darlings #AliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/HdQgiULeKh
— Serial Binger (@SerialBinger365) August 5, 2022
#DarlingsOnNetflix #Darlings Raws. Reals. Relevants. ‘Darlings’ wins your heart from the first frame to the last. Alia-Shefali-Vijay-Roshan all deliver superlative performances. ‘Darlings’ is easily the best OTT product to have come out in recent times! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 stars) pic.twitter.com/2989jDQNtJ
— Bhavikk Sangghvi (@bhavikksangghvi) August 5, 2022
#Darlings would be one of the few films that I would have loved in cinemas. Thoroughly entertaining and what a script. Alia just keeps on proving she is on top of her game. Films like these getting dumped on OTT is just sad. This would have surely done well in cinemas.
— Ayush (@987_jain) August 5, 2022
And sending some ❤️back to yous too #Darlings . (I saw it tonight …. whatttay film. Still getting over this kadak entertainer … apun ke type ki fillum ) . Kal aur bataoonga. .@NetflixIndia .@RedChilliesEnt thanks yous. https://t.co/FanooMY5Fm
— Eijaz Khan (@KhanEijaz) August 1, 2022
Congratulations @aliaa08 for a FANTASTIC debut as a producer, and congrats to #ShahRukhKhan? for backing her & the film #Darlings. You’ve made a nice entertainer. A film which will be watched by so many people. A profitable venture. #AliaBhatt #DarlingsReview #DarlingsOnNetflix
— Aavishkar (@aavishhkar) August 5, 2022
#DarlingsReview
Story revolves around an alcoholic husband, his treatment towards his wife n mother in law, perfect setting, casting n performance. Story looses grip in some place but dialogs save it. Climax can appeal some,some not.Women will like it more#AliaBhatt #Darlings pic.twitter.com/bEluTthN1O— Bollywood Premee (@BollywoodPremee) August 4, 2022
#Darlings (2022) :
Movie Review –A perfect blend of Dark Comedy & Modern-Day Feminine Revenge Drama with power packed performances by the cast.
RATING – 6/10*#JasmeetKReen #ShefaliShah #VijayVarma #Netflix #moviereview #filmreview #roahanmathew #vijaymaurya #rajeshasharma pic.twitter.com/HABwTkmRc0
— $@M (@SAMTHEBESTEST_) August 5, 2022
DARLINGS review
“AN AVERAGE SATIRE”
Highlights- Strong Lead performances, Some humour, Relatability and Realistic structure, Dialogues, Underlying themes.
Score – 65%
Watch it for the performances.#Netflix #Darlings #AliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/HdQgiULeKh
— Serial Binger (@SerialBinger365) August 5, 2022
#Darlings with the harsh truth ? pic.twitter.com/cUDrv9HQDW
— ANMOL JAMWAL (@jammypants4) August 5, 2022
#Darlings is subtle in its comedy & layered in its messaging!
No it does not mock victims of domestic abuse!
The mother daughter duo of #AliaBhatt & #ShefaliShah are exceptional but the standout is the sadistic & evil #VijayVarma ?
Parveez Sheikh & Jasmeet K. Reen WRITING ? pic.twitter.com/J0HciK8mNC
— ANMOL JAMWAL (@jammypants4) August 5, 2022
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 ! ?#aliabhatt pic.twitter.com/wndedUkp2S
— Ashh-Loove ♡♡♡ (@AishRanliaLoove) August 5, 2022
#Darlings is a movie with layered messages and comedy to engage not forcefully.
Shows the pain of Victims of Domestic ViolenceThe duo of #AliaBhatt and #ShefaliShah was
jabardast.#RoshanMathew ko lekar twist jo tha majedar.
Writing was exceptional not Bollywood Type ?— Abhijeet:FBI (@FilmyBuff_India) August 5, 2022
Sure, @aliaa08 is incredibly privileged and born with a silver spoon, but look at her craft man. She’s talented, versatile, hard working, and just keeps upping her game with each of her films. #Darlings
— moja cat (@cat_moja) August 3, 2022
