Alia Bhatt’s Darlings has a trailer and a release date. On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled the trailer for its upcoming Indian film – produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies and Bhatt’s Eternal Sunshine – which also stars Shefali Shah (Delhi Crime), Vijay Verma (Gully Boy) and Roshan Mathew (Choked) . Meanwhile, the world’s largest subscription streaming service has announced that Darlings will premiere on August 5 on its platform worldwide. Darlings marks the directorial debut of Jasmeet K. Reen, who previously contributed screenplays to Force 2, Fanney Khan and Pati Patni Aur Woh.

Trailer Darlings

Driven by a voiceover by Bhatt, the first Darlings trailer finds her character setting the stage for the film, which is billed as a dark comedy-drama that “explores the lives of a mother-daughter duo trying to find their place. in Mumbai, searching for courage and love in exceptional circumstances while struggling through thick and thin. Bhatt and Shah are the aforementioned mother-daughter duo, with Verma and Mathew playing their respective love interests. As you can see, the The two women’s lovers are around the same age.The Darlings trailer doesn’t explicitly name it, but the signs of mistrust are clear.

Cast of the Darlings

In addition to Bhatt, Shah, Verma and Mathew, the cast of Darlings also includes Rajesh Sharma (The Tashkent Files), Vijay Maurya (Gully Boy), Kiran Karmarkar (Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii), Pooja Swaroop (That Girl in Yellow Boots) , and Santosh Juvekar (Ek Thi Begum). Bhatt is producing the film through her Eternal Sunshine Productions banner, alongside Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma of Red Chillies Entertainment.

Behind the scenes, Reen is directing the Netflix movie from a script she co-wrote with Parveez Sheikh (Queen, BellBottom). Maurya, Reen and Sheikh are responsible for the Darlings dialogues. Vishal Bhardwaj is the musical director, while Prashant Pillai (Wazir, Sadak 2) is doing the original score. The legendary Gulzar delivers the lyrics to the Darlings’ songs.

Anil Mehta (Jersey, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar) is the cinematographer. Nitin Baid (Masaan, Gully Boy) is the editor. Garima Mathur (Attack, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar) is production designer, Veera Kapur Ee (Pink, Sardar Udham) did the costumes, and Anirban Sengupta (Badla, Escaype Live) is the Darlings’ sound designer.

Darlings runtime, release date

The 134-minute Darlings will be released on August 5 on Netflix in India and globally. Before that, Netflix India will give us the movie directed by Jitendra Kumar Jaadugar the 15th of July.

poster darlings

Here is the official poster of Darlings via Netflix:

The official Darlings poster
Photo credit: Netflix