Love stories have been a tried and tested formula. Kajal is quite chirpy in most of her scenes and breezes through them with elan. Amidst all of them, it’s the heroine of the film Kajal Agarwal who dazzles with her exuberance so much that it’s almost contagious! Take that scene where Kajal meets Prabhas’ music band in Switzerland where she pleads for a chance to sing for them. Prabhu, Ahuti Prasad, Dharmavarapu Subramaniam, M S Narayana, Srinivas Reddy, Shraddha Das and Mukesh Rishi are effective in their roles. His style statement especially the costumes and dances are noteworthy. His body language especially in the second half of the film is effective although he looks dazed in most of his scenes. Of the star cast, Prabhas seems to have had a good time while shooting for the film. Moments like these don’t go futile and the film is filled with such incidents. Or even the scene where Kajal realizes how nice a person Prabhas is when the later solves a huge predicament of his family friend. Take that scene shot in Switzerland for example, where Kajal realizes that Prabhas is in love with her.
Although it’s not subtle, the love story has its share of fine moments.
Almost everyone is good at heart which inturn forces us to concentrate on the budding love story. If you have closely observed Karunakaran’s films then you will realize that there are hardly any villains or grey shades in the character. It’s the little moments of joy which drive the story forward. There are a bunch of actors goofing around to have a jolly good time be it in Switzerland or Araku. ‘Darling’, as a film never takes itself too seriously. The rest of the story is about how Prabhas and Nandini meet and how they fall in love with each other. He forces Prabhas to accept his daughter’s proposal but before Prabhas accepts, he narrates the story of how he met Nandini. Dejected with this decision, Shraddha Das attempts suicide which irks his father (Mukesh Rishi). When his friend (Shraddha Das) proposes her love to him, Prabhas turns it down. Prabhas starts as Prabhas, a Generation Y punk who’s waiting for his childhood sweetheart Nandini (Kajal) to walk into his life once again. It narrates the love story of how Prabhas meets his childhood sweetheart Nandini.
The film starring Prabhas and Kajal is set in a world where everyone is good by nature. His latest film ‘Darling’ is yet another love story which has all the essential ingredients of what you expect from a Karunakaran’s film. However, Karunakaran stuck to when he knew best and continued to make more love stories. Quite a few others continued to ape his style and technique and succeeded. In 1998 when A.Karunakaran, made ‘Tholi Prema’, he was described as a pioneer of a new wave in the genre of romance. Starring : Prabhas, Kajal Agarwal, Prabhu, Shraddha Das, M.S.Narayana, Ahuti Prasad and others.
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