Alia Bhatt on Netflix Film ‘Darlings,’ Producing With Shah Rukh Khan and Hollywood Debut Alongside Gal Gadot (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Bollywood A-lister Alia Bhatt is enjoying a roaring 2022.“Gangubai Kathiawadi,” in which she played the central, title role, had its world premiere as a Berlinale gala screening, was a box office success and was the #1 non-english film and the #1 film in 25 countries on Netflix globally. “RRR,” in which she’s one of the leads, is one of the biggest Indian hits of the year.And now, “Darlings,” Bhatt’s debut as producer, via her Eternal Sunshine Productions, is set for a worldwide debut on Netflix on Aug.
5. The film, where Bhatt also stars as a victim of domestic abuse who decides to take matters into her own hands, manages the feat of treating a serious subject with a dark comedy filter, without it being insensitive.
It is directed by feature debutant Jasmeet K. Reen and written by Reen, Parveez Sheikh (“Queen”) and Vijay Maurya (“Gully Boy”). “The minute you’re aware that you’re walking a very thin line, it’s a very tight rope into being insensitive.
We’re not ever making fun of the subject — and anything around the subject of domestic violence, or domestic abuse, is not taken lightly,” Bhatt told Variety. “It’s the characters that are very light and quirky who think that they have everything in control, but actually have nothing in control.
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