Alia Bhatt’s Darlings, directed by Jasmeet Ok Reen, presently has the largest opening on Netflix for a non-English language Indian launch. Not solely in India, however the movie can be a success in different international locations as it’s trending within the prime 10 movies class in 16 nations, together with the UAE, Malaysia, Kenya, and Trinidad & Tobago.
According to the streamer, Darlings has gathered 10 million viewership hours in its opening weekend. Carter, a South Korean movie that was launched on August 5, is topping the chart with 27.3 million streaming hours. On the opposite hand, Wedding Season, an American movie centered round Indian characters, has been streamed for about 18.6 million hours since its launch on August 4. The movie is presently among the many prime ten English language movies on Netflix.
Also starring Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew, Darlings revolves across the home violence confronted by Badrunissa (Alia Bhatt) by the hands of her husband, Hamza (Vijay). However, issues take a darkly humorous twist when Hamza begins getting a style of his personal drugs.
The movie is co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Alia Bhatt’s Eternal Sunshine. Talking about turning producer with the undertaking, Alia stated in an announcement, “Darlings holds a very special place in my heart, it’s my first film as a producer that too with Red Chillies. We are very proud and happy how the film has shaped up and we hope it will entertain and engage audiences the world over.”
Darlings marks the debut of director Jasmeet Ok Reen and options music by Vishal Bhardwaj.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
