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{{Infobox film
| name = Darling
| image = Darling 2014 poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Release poster
| native_name = 
| director = Santhu
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| producer = Santhosh<br />[[Arjun Janya]]<br />[[Yogesh (actor)|Yogesh]]<br />M. Manjunath Naik
| starring = {{plainlist|
*Yogesh
*[[Muktha (actress)|Muktha]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = Manjunath B. Nayak
| editing = K. M. Prakash
| music = Arjun Janya
| studio = Samy Associates<br /> S Team Productions
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|1|31}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Darling''''' is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language romantic action comedy film directed by Santhu and starring [[Yogesh (actor)|Yogesh]] and [[Muktha (actress)|Muktha]].

== Cast ==
*[[Yogesh (actor)|Yogesh]] as Sathya
*[[Muktha (actress)|Muktha]] as Poorni
*Ninasam Ashwath as Bhavani
*Adi Lokesh as Gubbi
*[[Chikkanna]]
*Rajendra Karanth as MLA

== Production ==
Much of the crew from except the producer and actress were retained from ''[[Alemari]]'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/yogis-next-is-darling/articleshow/23631104.cms|title=Yogi's next is Darling|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 December 2022|archive-date=11 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211061203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/yogis-next-is-darling/articleshow/23631104.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Yogesh plays a tattoo artist in the film.<ref name="TOI">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/yogi-to-play-a-tattoo-artist/articleshow/24342597.cms|title=Yogi to play a tattoo artist|last=Lokesh|first=Vinay|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 December 2022|archive-date=11 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211061203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/yogi-to-play-a-tattoo-artist/articleshow/24342597.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Muktha (actress)|Bhanu]] made her Kannada debut with this film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/yogisizzles-with-darling-co-star-bhanu/articleshow/24297283.cms|title=Yogi sizzles with Darling co-star Bhanu|first=Dhwani|last=Desai|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 December 2022|archive-date=11 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211061204/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/yogisizzles-with-darling-co-star-bhanu/articleshow/24297283.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/darling-music-review/articleshow/29954286.cms|title=Darling Music Review|work=[[The Times of India]]|last=Christopher|first=Kavya|access-date=11 December 2022|archive-date=11 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211061202/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/darling-music-review/articleshow/29954286.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
*"Dabba Song" - [[Kailash Kher]], [[Shamita Malnad]]
*"Darling Darling" - [[Mika Singh]]
*"Kaichachu" - [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Archana Ravi
*"Kanna Neeru" - [[Nakul Abhyankar|Nakul]], [[Anuradha Bhat]]
*"Nannu Swalpa Loose" - Arjun Janya

== Reception ==
A critic from ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'' called the film Yogesh's "best film in the last couple of years".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/darling-yogish-kannada-movie-review/articleshow/29672912.cms|title=Movie review: Darling|work=[[Bangalore Mirror]]|last=S.|first=Shyam Prasad|access-date=11 December 2022|archive-date=11 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211061146/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/darling-yogish-kannada-movie-review/articleshow/29672912.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/darling/movie-review/29725946.cms|title=Darling Movie Review|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=6 March 2023|archive-date=20 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220230729/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/darling/movie-review/29725946.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/4510-darling-review.html|title=Darling Movie Review|work=Chitraloka}}</ref>

== Box office ==
The film had a moderate box office run.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/darling-television-premiere-on-may-24/articleshow/47368182.cms|title=Darling television premiere on May 24|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=6 March 2023|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723143656/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/Darling-television-premiere-on-May-24/articleshow/47368182.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.chitraloka.com/movie-reviews/4510-darling-review.html ''Chitraloka'' review]
[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:2010s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:2014 comedy films]]

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