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Directed by | A. Karunakaran |
Produced by | B. V. S. N. Prasad |
Written by | Darling Swamy (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | A. Karunakaran |
Story by | A. Karunakaran |
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Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Cinematography | Andrew |
Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
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153 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹210 million (US$3.1 million) |
Box office | ₹250 million (US$3.7 million) |
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Soundtrack album by G. V. Prakash Kumar | ||||
Released | 8 April 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 25:56 | |||
Language | Telugu | |||
Label | Supreme Music | |||
Producer | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |||
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Darling is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language family drama film, directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while Tamil actor Prabhu Ganesan plays a key role. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film was released on 23 April 2010 and has received positive reviews from both critics and the audience. The film was a blockbuster at box office. It was later dubbed in Hindi under the title Sabse Badhkar Hum It was remade into Kannada as Bulbul. and in Bengali as Darling.later this film dubbed into Tamil under same title.
The movie starts in the late 1980s when a group of friends celebrate their farewell party. They promise each other to keep in touch. Among them are Hanumantha Rao (Prabhu Ganesan), who has a son named Prabha (Prabhas), and Vishwanath (Ahuti Prasad) who has a daughter Nandini (Kajal Agarwal). To reach their professional goals, Vishwanath and Nandini travel to Switzerland, while Hanumantha Rao becomes a criminal lawyer and settles in India. Thus, Prabha and Nandini get separated in their childhood.
Years later, these old friends call for a reunion where a grown-up Prabha is eager to see his lover Nandini, but Nisha (Shraddha Das), the daughter of a local don (Mukesh Rishi), attempts suicide when Prabha doesn't accept her love. Her father tries to kill Prabha and his friends, but Prabha gets out of trouble by faking a story about his childhood love Nandini.
During the reunion at Bhadram's (Chandra Mohan) farmhouse, Prabha happens to see Nandini. He tries various tantrums to impress her, but in vain. His attempts are always thwarted by her brother. One day, he knowingly gives a lead about his sister's favorite game of basketball, forcing Prabha and his team to create a basketball court. As they play basketball, in comes Rishi (Vamsi Krishna), as Appala Raju's (M. S. Narayana) son, who gatecrashes into the game as he is cheered by Nandini. Both Rishi and Prabha vie with each other to impress Nandini, leading to a cold war between them.