Malaika Arora took to Instagram and shared the film’s poster as she praised Darlings. She called Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah and Vijay Varma’s performances in the Netflix film ‘brilliant’.
Alia Bhatt’s film Darlings released on Netflix on August 5. The dark comedy also stars Vijay Varma, Shefali Shah and Roshan Mathew, and is backed by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. On Tuesday, Malaika Arora took to her Instagram Stories and gave the film and its ‘brilliant’ cast a shoutout as she declared her love for the film.
Sharing a poster of Darlings, Malaika tagged Alia, Vijay and Shefali and wrote, “What brilliant performances.” The reality TV judge also wrote, “I totally lovesss….” Alia Bhatt shared Malaika’s message on her own Instagram Stories along with a ‘flying kiss’ sticker.Malaika Arora praised Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah and Vijay Varma’s performance in Darlings.
With Darlings, Alia made her debut as a producer via her Eternal Sunshine Productions, which co-produced the film. It is directed by Jasmeet K Reen and written by her along with Parveez Sheikh and Vijay Maurya. In Darlings, Alia plays Badrunissa Shaikh aka Badru, a survivor of domestic violence. Vijay Varma essays the role of her husband, Hamza, while Shefali plays Alia’s mother Shamshunissa Ansari aka Shamshu.
In a recent interview, Alia spoke about Shah Rukh Khan’s reaction to Darlings. She also said that his wife, interior designer and the film’s co-producer Gauri Khan, as well as their children Suhana Khan and Aryan Khan, had watched Darlings and ‘loved it’. Alia told Bollywood Bubble that Suhana even saw the film twice.Earlier, Alia had shared that Gauri Khan liked the movie and this was no less than a ‘big win’ for her as Gauri rarely likes anything. Talking about Gauri’s reaction to Darlings, Alia told Bollywood Hungama in an interview, “I was very happy that Gauri loved it. I was like when Gauri likes my movies, I feel very grateful. It is a very rare thing. She doesn’t like anything. Even though she is a producer of the movie, the fact that she loved it, I feel so relieved. I said that also when they called me, even Shah Rukh agrees that if Gauri likes something, it’s a big win.”
