Alia Bhatt's Darlings has a trailer and release date. On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled the teaser trailer for its next India movie — produced by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies, and Bhatt's Eternal Sunshine — that also stars Shefali Shah (Delhi Crime), Vijay Verma (Gully Boy), and Roshan Mathew (Choked). Alongside, the world's biggest subscription-based streaming service announced that Darlings would premiere August 5 on its platform worldwide. Darlings marks the feature film debut for director Jasmeet K. Reen, who has previously contributed to screenplays for Force 2, Fanney Khan, and Pati Patni Aur Woh.
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Driven by a Bhatt voiceover, the first Darlings trailer finds her character setting the stage for the movie, that's billed as a dark comedy drama which “explores the lives of a mother-daughter duo trying to find their place in Mumbai, seeking courage and love in exceptional circumstances while fighting against all odds.” Bhatt and Shah are the aforementioned mother-daughter duo, with Verma and Mathew playing their respective love interests. As you can tell, the lovers of the two women are roughly of the same age. The Darlings trailer doesn't explicitly call it out, but the signs of mistrust are clear.
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In addition to Bhatt, Shah, Verma and Mathew, the Darlings cast also includes Rajesh Sharma (The Tashkent Files), Vijay Maurya (Red Chillies Entertainment's Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma.
Behind the scenes, Reen directs the Sadak 2) does the original score. The legendary Gulzar delivers the lyrics for the Darlings songs.
Anil Mehta (Escaype Live) is the Darlings sound designer.
Darlings runtime, release date 68582m
The 134-minute-long Darlings is out August 5 on Netflix in India and around the world. Before that, Jaadugar on July 15.
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Here's the official poster for Darlings via Netflix:

The official Darlings poster
Photo Credit: Netflix