Darling (2007 Hindi film)

Darling
Theatrical release poster
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.

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.

All's fine until Geeta shocks Aditya with her pregnancy news. Worried Aditya tells Geeta that he cannot accept her kid. This enrages Geeta. There is a great fight between Aditya and Geeta where he pushes her on a hard substance and she passes away. 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.

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

Music

Darling
Studio album by Pritam Himesh Reshammiya Prasanna Shekhar Cover =
Released	15 June 2007 (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	T-Series
Producer	Ram Gopal Verma
Pritam Himesh Reshammiya Prasanna Shekhar Cover = chronology
Naqaab (2007) Darling (2007) Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)

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
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

References

1. ^ "Darling box-office results". http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Darling. 
2. ^ "indiafm.com". Music review of Darling. http://www.indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/12941/index.html. Retrieved 11 September 2007. 
3. ^ "second music review". Another music review. http://www.smashits.com/news/bollywood/music-review/6345/music-review-of-darling.html. Retrieved 11 September 2007. 
4. ^ "chart performance". No. 5 on the charts. http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/09/10/3016/index.html. Retrieved 11 September 2007. 

External links

• Darling at the Internet Movie Database
• Official movie site