Darling (2007/III)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Ram Gopal Varma

Writers:

Prawal Raman (screenplay)
Kusum Punjabi (dialogue) ...

Release Date:

7 September 2007 (India)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

A Killer Love Story...

Plot:

Wealthy executive Aditya Soman, married to Ashwini for several years, and the parent of Akhil, has an affair with his Secretary...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Supernatural | Adultery | Ghost | Back From The Dead

Cast

Fardeen Khan	...	Aditya 'Adit' Soman
Esha Deol	...	Geeta A. Menon
Isha Koppikar	...	Ashwini A. Soman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mukesh Bhatt
Zakir Hussain	...	Sameer Naghani
Srinivasa Rao Kota
Nisha Kothari	...	Dancer / Singer
Upendra Limaye	...	Inspector Bhaskar Reddy
Pramodini	...	S.I. Malti Pandey
Ritwik
Pubali Sanyal	...	Gayetri
Raghvendra Sharda	...	Anjun Menon
Shishir Sharma

Also Known As:

Baby (India: Hindi title) (original script title)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

Soundtrack:

Ishq Bedardi Mujko Patta Hai

Something new to Bollywood and OK to watch

Before I saw this movie I was having a faint idea about what to expect. I watched the movie with my fingers crossed after reading the reviews in news paper. Especially after Nishabd, Aag and Shiva I was expecting this movie to be another thrash by RGV. But at the end I like the overall movie and here I am giving 6 rating to it. What I like about the movie is it finds comedy in horror. I don't remember happening this before in Bollywood movies. (Chamtkar may be ..) With the humor in it the movie makes the audience tickle. Better not to watch it by keeping any expectations in mind.

It has very simple story line as of other RGV movies. A well settled married man (Fardeen Khan) accidentally kills his secretary come girlfriend (Esha Deol). The girlfriend then comes as a ghost to haunt her killer. And in all this the wife (Isha Kopikar) is confused because of her husband's weird behavior.

The simple story line is no doubt has stretched by Director and script writer. Especially at the beginning, before Esha dies and then she comes as a ghost, the movie goes with a low pace. But after that I think it gets the grip.

The movie is rather funny because of some unique characters. Specially the character played by Zakir Hussaina and Inspector Reddy. Also the lady inspector character is unique and the way it has been used it is funny.

Othre than this, I also like the things Fardeen tries to get rid of ghost, but fails. It is the overall presentation of scenes and their arrangements makes the entire movie fun riding horror experience.

In all, it was a good try to give something new to Bollywood audience, and I as one will accept it. May be some time later, we see more of such experiments done, and getting success at box office.