Darling (2010 film)
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Darling is an India
n, Telugu-language
film, directed by A. Karunakaran
. The film stars Prabhas(as Prabha) and Kajal Aggarwal
in the lead roles while tamil
actor Prabhu
plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from both critics and the audience. The film was a commercial success at the box office.
) who has a son named Prabha, and Vishwanath (Ahuthi Prasad) who has daughter Nandini. To reach their professional goals Vishwanath and his daughter travel to Switzerland, while Hanumantha Rao becomes a criminal lawyer and settles in India. Thus, Prabha and Nandini gets separated in their childhood.
Years later, these old friends call for a reunion where a grown-up Prabha (Prabhas) is eager to see his love Nandini (Kajal Agarwal). But, another girl Nisha (Shraddha Das
) daughter of local don (Mukesh Rishi
) attempts suicide when Prabha doesn’t accept her love. Her father tries to kill Prabha but is convinced by a fake story narrated by Prabha that his one and only love is Nandini.
During the reunion at the farm house of Buchchaiah (Chandra Mohan
), Prabha happens to see Nandini. We are introduced to Rishi (Santhosh) as Appala Raju's (M. S. Narayana
) son. As usual competition arises between Rishi and Prabha for Nandini. During this time Rishi's friends try to remove Prabha out of the picture by misconnecting the iron wire where unfortunately Hanumantha Rao gets shocked leading Prabha to beat Rishi and his friends. The fight results in Hanumantha Rao kicking Prabha out the house. Later Prabha finds out who Rishi really is. After hearing this Prabha decides to sacrifice his everlasting love towards Nandini. As Prabha leaves, Nandini reveals that she too loves him and the only reason she came to India was to see him but had only acted like she didn't like to see if Prabha also loved her, but remebering what his father had said Prabha leaves and Nandhini is heartbroken, meanwhile Rishi and Nandini's engagement is waiting to take place. Nisha's father finds out the truth that the story that Prabha had said was a lie, forcing him to come look for Prabha.
Who is this Rishi? What is his relation with Vishwanath? How did Hanumantha Rao help Vishwanath in his love marriage(flash back)? Will Prabha win his darling Nandini? What does Nisha’s father finally decide? These are the questions the film answers in the end.
noted "Prabhas looked very handsome and his performance is can be termed as the major highlight of the film". Local review site GreatAndhra and Idlebrain both gave a three star rating and praised the actors performance and technical works of the film.
Rediff movies gave a two and half star rating says "Darling is a family entertainer. Prabhas is refreshingly different in this film. No flexing of muscles and no heavy dialogues. He appears down to earth and is quite endearing too".
Music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar
with lyrics by Anantha Sreeram>
Song
Singer
"Hey Bulle"
Mallikarjun, Priya Himesh
"Pranama Pranama"
Rahul Nambiar
"Inka Yedo"
Suraj, Prashanthini
"Neeve Neeve"
G. V. Prakash Kumar
"Hoshahore"
KK, Leslie Lewis
"Gumm Gum Yeyo"
Benny Dayal
, Chorus
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n, Telugu-language
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
film, directed by A. Karunakaran
A. Karunakaran
A. Karunakaran is a Telugu film director.-Background:Before entering Telugu Film Industry, his parents forced him to join polytechnics. After finishing polytechnics in 1989, he went to Madras. He became an assistant director to a few successful directors like Shankar.-Career:Karunakaran's first...
. The film stars Prabhas(as Prabha) and Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She has also appeared in Tamil and Hindi films.Kajal made her film debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and entered the Telugu film industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam...
in the lead roles while tamil
Tamil people
Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
actor Prabhu
Prabhu Ganesan
Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from both critics and the audience. The film was a commercial success at the box office.
Story
The movie starts in the late 1980s when a group of friends celebrate their farewell party. They promise each other to keep in touch. Among them are Hanumantha Rao (Tamil actor Prabhu GanesanPrabhu Ganesan
Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
) who has a son named Prabha, and Vishwanath (Ahuthi Prasad) who has daughter Nandini. To reach their professional goals Vishwanath and his daughter travel to Switzerland, while Hanumantha Rao becomes a criminal lawyer and settles in India. Thus, Prabha and Nandini gets separated in their childhood.
Years later, these old friends call for a reunion where a grown-up Prabha (Prabhas) is eager to see his love Nandini (Kajal Agarwal). But, another girl Nisha (Shraddha Das
Shraddha Das
Shraddha Das is an Indian film actress who has mainly appeared in Telugu films.-Early life:Shraddha Das was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Bengali parents. Her father is a businessman, who hails from Purulia, while her mother is a housewife. She was brought up in Mumbai, where she completed her...
) daughter of local don (Mukesh Rishi
Mukesh Rishi
Mukesh Rishi is an Indian film actor who works in Bollywood and Tollywood and Canada. Coming from a brahmin family in Jammu, Mukesh was the first person in his family to try his luck in the world of cinema...
) attempts suicide when Prabha doesn’t accept her love. Her father tries to kill Prabha but is convinced by a fake story narrated by Prabha that his one and only love is Nandini.
During the reunion at the farm house of Buchchaiah (Chandra Mohan
Chandra Mohan (actor)
Chandra Mohan or Chandramohan is a Telugu film actor. He acted as Hero, comedy, support character roles in many Telugu films.-Early life:...
), Prabha happens to see Nandini. We are introduced to Rishi (Santhosh) as Appala Raju's (M. S. Narayana
M. S. Narayana
M. S. Narayana is a comedian and director in Tollywood, the Telugu film industry, in south India. He has acted in more than 500 films.-Actor:-External links:* at **...
) son. As usual competition arises between Rishi and Prabha for Nandini. During this time Rishi's friends try to remove Prabha out of the picture by misconnecting the iron wire where unfortunately Hanumantha Rao gets shocked leading Prabha to beat Rishi and his friends. The fight results in Hanumantha Rao kicking Prabha out the house. Later Prabha finds out who Rishi really is. After hearing this Prabha decides to sacrifice his everlasting love towards Nandini. As Prabha leaves, Nandini reveals that she too loves him and the only reason she came to India was to see him but had only acted like she didn't like to see if Prabha also loved her, but remebering what his father had said Prabha leaves and Nandhini is heartbroken, meanwhile Rishi and Nandini's engagement is waiting to take place. Nisha's father finds out the truth that the story that Prabha had said was a lie, forcing him to come look for Prabha.
Who is this Rishi? What is his relation with Vishwanath? How did Hanumantha Rao help Vishwanath in his love marriage(flash back)? Will Prabha win his darling Nandini? What does Nisha’s father finally decide? These are the questions the film answers in the end.
Cast
- PrabhasPrabhas Raju UppalapatiPrabhas Raju Uppalapati , popularly known as Prabhas, is an Indian film actor in Telugu cinema.-Personal life:Prabhas was born to Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. His family is from Moghalthur. Born October 23, 1979. He is the second of three children. Born October 23, 1979. He has one brother,...
as Prabhas(Nickname:Prabha) - Kajal AggarwalKajal AggarwalKajal Aggarwal is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She has also appeared in Tamil and Hindi films.Kajal made her film debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and entered the Telugu film industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam...
as Nandini - Shraddha DasShraddha DasShraddha Das is an Indian film actress who has mainly appeared in Telugu films.-Early life:Shraddha Das was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Bengali parents. Her father is a businessman, who hails from Purulia, while her mother is a housewife. She was brought up in Mumbai, where she completed her...
as Nisha - PrabhuPrabhu GanesanPrabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
as Prabhas Dad - M. S. NarayanaM. S. NarayanaM. S. Narayana is a comedian and director in Tollywood, the Telugu film industry, in south India. He has acted in more than 500 films.-Actor:-External links:* at **...
- Mukesh RishiMukesh RishiMukesh Rishi is an Indian film actor who works in Bollywood and Tollywood and Canada. Coming from a brahmin family in Jammu, Mukesh was the first person in his family to try his luck in the world of cinema...
Reception
The film opened to positive reviews. The Times Of India gave a two and half star rating explaining "Director Karunakaran extracts good performances from his actors, but can't come up with a refreshing plot. It looks like the director hasn't really come out of his "Tholiprema" hangover as he dishes out yet another one-sided love saga but fails to come up with a valid and logical reason to make a Gen Z lad to hold back his feelings for his lover until the last moment. However, he compensates it all, by adding loads of fun moments in the film and the screenplay does have its share of some touching moments". SifySify
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noted "Prabhas looked very handsome and his performance is can be termed as the major highlight of the film". Local review site GreatAndhra and Idlebrain both gave a three star rating and praised the actors performance and technical works of the film.
Rediff movies gave a two and half star rating says "Darling is a family entertainer. Prabhas is refreshingly different in this film. No flexing of muscles and no heavy dialogues. He appears down to earth and is quite endearing too".
Soundtrack
G. V. Prakash Kumar
G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...
with lyrics by Anantha Sreeram>
Priya Himesh
Priya Himesh is an Indian multilingual Playback Singer for the feature films. She sings predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language movies. She is also the recipient of Filmfare Awards South for her Telugu song Ringa Ringa in the film Aarya 2...
Rahul Nambiar
Rahul Nambiar is an Indian playback singer and live performer. A MBA and M.Com-graduate, he won the Swapthaswarangal show in 2001 and began singing live...
Prashanthini
Prashanthini is a playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. She is the daughter of famous veteran playback singer Malaysia Vasudevan and sister of Yugendran.-Career:...
G. V. Prakash Kumar
G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...
Leslie Lewis
Leslie Lewis is an Indian composer, perhaps best known for his work in Colonial Cousins, a duo composed of Lewis and Hariharan.In 2003 Lewis stated that he felt the public associated him too much with remixes and for that reason he had begun to avoid remixes and instead concentrate on his original...
Benny Dayal
Benny Dayal is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.-Biography:Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala...
, Chorus