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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Darling Darling<br />
| image = Darling Darling (2001 film).jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = DVD cover<br />
| director = [[V. Samudra]]<br />
| producer = Medikonda Murali Krishna<br />
| writer = V. Samudra<br />Diwakar Babu (dialogues)<br />
| based_on = ''[[Darling Darling (2000 film)|Darling Darling]]'' (Malayalam)<br />
| starring = {{Plainlist|<br />
*[[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]] <br />
*[[Shaheen Khan (Indian actress)|Shaheen Khan]]<br />
*[[Sai Kiran]]<br />
}}<br />
| cinematography = Navakanth<br />
| editing = <br />
| music = [[Koti (composer)|Koti]]<br />
| studio = Sri Venkata Ramana Productions<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2001|12|30}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Darling.. Darling...''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu-language]] romantic drama film directed by [[V. Samudra]]. A remake of the 2000 [[Malayalam]] film [[Darling Darling (2000 film)|of the same name]], the film stars [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]], [[Shaheen Khan (Indian actress)|Shaheen Khan]] and [[Sai Kiran]].<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]] as Chinni Krishna<br />
*[[Shaheen Khan (Indian actress)|Shaheen Khan]] as Hema / Latha <br />
*[[Sai Kiran]] as Kiran<br />
*[[Giri Babu]] as P.K. Rao<br />
*[[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as Pedarayudu<br />
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Srinivasa Rao<br />
*[[M. S. Narayana]] as Swamy<br />
*[[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] as Hema's uncle<br />
*[[Annapoorna (actress)| Annapoorna]] as Rajyalakshmi<br />
*[[Varsha (Telugu actress)|Varsha]] as Saraswathi<br />
*[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]] as STD/ISD Booth Owner<br />
*[[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]] as Sudhakar aka Sudha<br />
*[[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Doctor<br />
*Delhi Rajeswari as Savithri<br />
*Vinod as Ravi<br />
*Prasanna Kumar as Prathap<br />
}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
Medikonda Murali Krishna, who produced ''[[Suryudu]]'' and ''[[Narasimha Naidu]]'' (both remakes), produced this film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news145.html|title=Narasimha Naidu producer into remake|date=10 July 2001|work=Idlebrain|access-date=6 May 2022|archive-date=6 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506095404/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news145.html|url-status=live}}</ref> <br />
After a string of failures, Srikanth changed his hairstyle for the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news159.html|title=Srikanth changes his hairstyle|work=Idlebrain|date=20 September 2001|access-date=6 May 2022|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423041553/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news159.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The climax was shot at Rajahmundry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two friends and a girl |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/movies/news/onseta.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011105082816/http://www.telugucinema.com/movies/news/onseta.html |archive-date=5 November 2001 |access-date=15 September 2025 |website=Telugu Cinema}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Koti (composer)|Koti]]. The song "Nari Nari" is loosely based on "Nari Narain" by Egyptian singer [[Hisham Abbas]].<br />
{{track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = F Chanallo<br />
| length1 = 4:00<br />
| lyrics1 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]<br />
| extra1 = Raghu<br />
| title2 = Kila Kila Kila Kokila<br />
| length2 = 4:31<br />
| lyrics2 = Sri Harsha<br />
| extra2 = Sriram Prabhu, [[Mallikarjun]], [[Gopika Poornima]]<br />
| title3 = Naa Prema Nuvvani<br />
| length3 = 4:18<br />
| lyrics3 = Ravi Mohan<br />
| extra3 = Sriram Prabhu, [[Sunitha Upadrashta]]<br />
| title4 = Nari Nari<br />
| length4 = 4:22<br />
| lyrics4 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]<br />
| extra4 = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
| title5 = Titanic<br />
| length5 = 4:01<br />
| lyrics5 = Chirravuri Vijaykumar<br />
| extra5 = Tippu, Sunitha Upadrashta<br />
| title6 = Vandamandi Brahmalanta<br />
| length6 = 4:59<br />
| lyrics6 = Chirravuri Vijaykumar<br />
| extra6 = [[S. P. B. Charan]], Ganga<br />
| total_length = 26:11<br />
}}<br />
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==Release and reception==<br />
The film was scheduled to release on Diwali.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news173.html|title=Abhay auctioned|work=Idlebrain|date=5 November 2001}}</ref> <br />
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Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' opined that "The film is one of the worst films that are made in the recent past. There is no imagination in screenplay or direction".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-darling.html|title=Movie review - Darling Darling|work=Idlebrain|last=Jeevi|date=30 December 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011202100950/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-darling.html|archive-date=2 December 2001}}</ref> Gudipoodi Srihari of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "Saikiran's character looks foolish. Srikant, playing a sadist role, is unimpressive, particularly in closeup shots" and that "Shaheen is a mere doll".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-darling.html|title=All about villainous ways|last=Srihari|first=Gudipoodi|work=The Hindu|date=30 December 2001|access-date=6 May 2022|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202085817/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-darling.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "''Darling Darling'' has a plot so complicated that only two persons in the cast finally understand what has happened, and those two do not include the heroine or the hero".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/darling-darling/telugu/darling-darling-movie-reviews-176-2.html|title=Darling Darling Review|work=Full Hyderabad|access-date=6 May 2022|archive-date=6 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506095403/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/darling-darling/telugu/darling-darling-movie-reviews-176-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
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{{V. Samudra}}<br />
[[Category:2001 films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Malayalam films]]<br />
[[Category:2001 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2001 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]<br />
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