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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Darling<br />
| image=Darling_poster.jpg<br />
| caption= Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]<br />
| producer = [[Bhushan Kumar]]<br>[[Krishan Kumar Dua]]<br />
| starring = [[Fardeen Khan]]<br>[[Esha Deol]]<br>[[Isha Koppikar]]<br />
| writer = [[Prawaal Raman]]<br>[[Kona Venkat]]<br />
| music = [[Pritam]]<br>[[Himesh Reshammiya]]<br />
| distributor =[[Balaji Motion Pictures]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|09|07}}<br />
| runtime = 128 minutes<br />
| cinematography = Amit Roy<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Darling''''' is a 2007 Indian [[Hindi language|Hindi]]-language [[horror film|horror]] [[romantic thriller]] film released on 7 September 2007. The film, which stars [[Esha Deol]], [[Fardeen Khan]] and [[Isha Koppikar]] in the lead roles, was directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Review: Darling |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/review-darling/story-qo7u38hPkKqOturht0IijN.html |access-date=7 February 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=7 September 2007 |language=en}}</ref> It was shot in [[Bombay|Mumbai]], [[India]]. The soundtrack was composed by [[Himesh Reshammiya]] and [[Pritam]]. The film was average grosser grossed Rs. 22 million in the first week.<ref>{{cite web|title=Darling box-office results |url=http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Darling |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120709203355/http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Darling |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 }}</ref><br />
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== Synopsis ==<br />
Aditya is married to a traditional wife, Ashwini, and has a young boy. But he is having an [[Extramarital sex|affair]] with his secretary, Geeta Menon who has a wild personality. He manages to balance the women with clever lies. He promises Geeta he will marry her, after divorcing Ashwini. He seems to display fetish behaviours with the two women.<br />
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On one of their romantic excursions, Aditya takes Geeta to his friend's bungalow at [[Madh Island]]. All seems fine until Geeta shocks Aditya with news that she is pregnant. Worried, he insists that they cannot have a child together and suggests an [[abortion]]. This attitude enrages Geeta and they engage in a fight in which he pushes her. She accidentally hits her head against a hard object, the force of which kills her instantly. He disposes of her body and returns home, behaving as if everything is normal.<br />
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His former lover returns as a [[vengeful ghost]] who will stop at nothing till she gets her [[revenge]]. She appears often to frighten Aditya. Ashwini notices her husband's fear of a ghost whom she cannot see. To relieve his guilt, Aditya admits his affair with Geeta and her death to Ashwini. His wife's reaction is to leave but she is then admitted to hospital due to a major accident. Geeta returns to the frame and gives her forgiveness to Aditya. Ashwini recovers but Geeta's revengeful soul has transferred into her body.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Fardeen Khan]] as Aditya “Adit” Soman<br />
* [[Esha Deol]] as Geeta Menon <br />
* [[Isha Koppikar]] as Ashwini A. Soman<br />
* [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] as Sameer Naghani, Aditya's friend<br />
* [[Upendra Limaye]] as Inspector Bhaskar Reddy<br />
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Psychiatrist<br />
* [[Nisha Kothari]] in a special appearance in the song "Aa Khushi Se Khudkushi"<br />
* [[Shishir Sharma]] as Anjan Menon, Geeta's father<br />
* [[Kiku Sharda]] as Doctor<br />
* [[Rasika Joshi]] as Mrs. Shah Rukh Khan, psychiatric patient<br />
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== Music ==<br />
{{Infobox album|<br />
| name = Darling<br />
| type = [[Album]]<br />
| artist = [[Pritam]], [[Himesh Reshammiya]], Prasanna Shekhar<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">15 June 2007 (India)</div><br />
| recorded =<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length =<br />
| label = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]</div><br />
| producer = [[Ram Gopal Verma]]<br />
| prev_title = [[Naqaab]]<br />
| prev_year = 2007<br />
| next_title = [[Bhool Bhulaiyaa]]<br />
| next_year = 2007<br />
}}<br />
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The soundtrack was released on 1 August 2007 in many formats including [[music cassette]], [[MP3|MP3 files]], [[Compact Disc|audio CD]], and [[DVD-Audio]]. The music was composed by [[Pritam]] and [[Himesh Reshammiya]] in a guest song. The first reviews of the soundtrack have been positive with indiafm.com rating the music at 3.5 out of 5. Joginder Tuteja of indiafm.com said "''Darling'' is a good album that thoroughly entertains while it is on." SmasHits.com said "Darling is the biggest musical bonanza from Ramu's factory after series of miserable musical releases from bunch of his reliable protégés in last few years."<br />
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On 10 September 2007 the film was at number 5 on the charts.<br />
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The song "Aa Khushi Se Khudkushi" from this film is a cover of [[Namie Amuro]]'s song "[[Want Me, Want Me]]", which was released on 6 April 2005.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Music !! Duration !! Picturised on<br />
|-<br />
|"Tadap Tadap"<br />
| [[Himesh Reshammiya]] & [[Tulsi Kumar]]<br />
| Himesh Reshammiya<br />
| <br />
|[[Fardeen Khan]] & [[Esha Deol]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Aa Khushi Se Khudkushi"<br />
| [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] & [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
| Fardeen Khan & [[Nisha Kothari]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Saathiya"<br />
| [[Adnan Sami]] & Tulsi Kumar<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
| Fardeen Khan & [[Isha Koppikar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Hasaye Bhi"<br />
| Shaan & Tulsi Kumar<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| "Akele Tanha Jiya Na Jaye"<br />
| Tulsi Kumar<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| "Awaaz Koi"<br />
| Priyadarshini<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
|"Aa Khushi Se Khudkushi" (Remix)<br />
| Shaan & Sunidhi Chauhan<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Hasaye Bhi" (Remix)<br />
| Shaan & Tulsi Kumar<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|"Saathiya" (Remix)<br />
| Adnan Sami & Tulsi Kumar<br />
| Pritam<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=1085806|title=Darling}}<br />
* [http://www.darlingthefilm.com/ Official movie site]<br />
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{{Ram Gopal Varma}}<br />
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