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Synopsis
Badru hopes her volatile husband will reform if he stops drinking. But when his rage goes too far, she and her mom boldly, albeit clumsily, seek revenge.
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Dark comedy is high on ambition, low on ideas
The problem with films made on social issues in the Hindi film industry (more popularly called Bollywood), is their lack of sincerity. Not in tackling the issue, but integrating it with an interesting narrative. More often than not, the story fails to hold you beyond the mechanics of its social significance.
Another characteristic is the lack of discomfort you feel as a viewer. The representation of the suffering and pain cannot escape the “filmy” melodrama and often suffers from generational pitfalls.
‘Darlings’, for most parts, rises above those filmmaking traditions. It shows courage in trying to carve out a place not just for exposing domestic violence but also for Alia Bhatt’s protagonist, Badru. But somewhere along the way, the descent “down the flight of stairs” begins. And from there, Darlings can’t quite salvage itself.
Badru (Bhatt) and Hamza (Vijay Verma) marry after the latter lands a government job. It is a huge plus for a prospective groom in India to have one. The love marriage, almost three years hence, still suffers from Hamza’s alcohol-induced rage and physical abuse of Badru. It is the same story every day. Hamza gets drunk at night, repulsed by the work he is made to do, comes home, lashes out at Badru, and in the morning, tries to act apologetic and woo her. A police complaint almost sends Hamza to his doom but he sweet talks his way out of it. Shamshu (Shefali Shah), Badru’s mother, tells her to be cautious around a vengeful Hamza, who tries to figure out who made the complaint.
At work, Hamza discovers the drinking has damaged his liver and he’ll die soon if he doesn’t stop. He does, and things are looking up, for a while, as Badru bears a child. As fate would have it, Hamza’s paranoia gets the better of him and he suspects infidelity on Badru’s part when he gets to know it was Zulfi (Roshan Matthew), a family friend, who had made the complaint. From there, Badru turns on Hamza and conjures her darker, primal side to deal with him.
Domestic violence has pestered the Indian household for a long time. The practice of abuse and entitlement comes from the idea that the female is a “possession” of the male. This mindset is a generational legacy that we have, as a nation, carried on into the 21st century. It is not necessarily representative of our identity or our philosophical musings on the position of women in society but is certainly reflective of an ongoing problem destroying people’s lives. ‘Darlings’ has some stark moments of action that do evoke resentment. They are confronting not only on the surface but beyond it as well, forcing you to introspect.