Darling (2014 film)

2014 Indian film

Darling

Release poster

Directed by| Santhosh
Written by| Manju Mandavya
Screenplay by| Santhosh
Produced by| Santhosh
Arjun Janya
Yogesh
M. Manjunath Naik
Starring|

* Yogesh
* Muktha

Cinematography| Manjunath B. Nayak
Edited by| K. M. Prakash
Music by| Arjun Janya

Production
companies

Samy Associates
S Team Productions

Release date

* 31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)

Country| India
Language| Kannada

Darling is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language romantic action comedy film directed by Santhosh and starring Yogesh and Muktha.

## Plot summary

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## Cast

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* Yogesh as Sathya
* Muktha George as Poorni
* Ninasam Ashwath as Bhavani, the don
* Adi Lokesh as Gubbi
* Chikkanna
* Rajendra Karanth as MLA

## Production

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Much of the crew from except the producer and actress were retained from Alemari (2012).[1] Yogesh plays a tattoo artist in the film.[2] Bhanu made her Kannada debut with this film.[3]

## Soundtrack

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The songs are composed by Arjun Janya. Santhu wrote the lyrics for all of the songs. In a music review of the film, a critic wrote that "The album of Darling — said to highlight a local love story — is as local and in your face as you can expect it to be".[4]

* "Dabba Song" - Kailash Kher, Shamita Malnad
* "Darling Darling" - Mika Singh
* "Kaichachu" - Karthik, Archana Ravi
* "Kanna Neeru" - Nakul, Anuradha Bhat
* "Nannu Swalpa Loose" - Arjun Janya

## Reception

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A critic from Bangalore Mirror called the film Yogesh's "best film in the last couple of years".[5] A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Though the story is not so strong, Santhu, with a good script, has made it interesting with some curious turns and lively moments".[6] A critic from Chitraloka wrote that "Darling is not a great film in many respects. But if you have enjoyed the best of Yogish's films you will find that there is more to this extremely thin actor you will want to see".[7]

## Box office

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The film had a moderate box office run.[8] Darling was made with a production budget of Rs 6 crore, and the movie collected Rs 2 crore at the box office. The movie’s Times of India rating is 2.9/5.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Yogi's next is Darling". The Times of India. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
2. ^ Lokesh, Vinay (18 October 2013). "Yogi to play a tattoo artist". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
3. ^ Desai, Dhwani (17 October 2013). "Yogi sizzles with Darling co-star Bhanu". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
4. ^ Christopher, Kavya (7 February 2014). "Darling Music Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
5. ^ S., Shyam Prasad (1 February 2014). "Movie review: Darling". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
6. ^ "Darling Movie Review". The Times of India. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
7. ^ "Darling Movie Review". Chitraloka. 31 January 2014.
8. ^ "Darling television premiere on May 24". The Times of India. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
9. ^ Service, Postal (19 December 2023). "Darling Kannada Movie Cast, Box Office Collection & Review". Retrieved 20 December 2023.

## External links

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* Darling at IMDb