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Darling! Dare-ling

Coming from a director, who has basically had only one huge hit in the last 12 years, it being Tholi Prema, the expectations on the movie- which was really huge- is surprising

Darling, one of the big ticket releases this years falls flat on its face because of the lack of a convincing script and a non-moving screenplay. In fact, the first refuses to come to an end. In the past films like Vamsi, Tulasi were rejected at the turnstiles because of the exact reason of them being predictable and had a feeling of deja vu attached to it. Like Gunasekhar, who has made it a specialised craft of inserting a kidnapping sequence, Karunakaran, has made it a speciality to weave the story line around a lie by one of the protagonists

Coming to the actors, Prabhas looks jaded and disinterested. Kajal reminds one of bollywood themes, where she is constantly running. The elder tribe of the actors acquitted themselves well

Scenes to lookout for

The thread between the hero and the heroine's brother worked out well

The scene where Prabhas tells Chandramohan's daughter "That is your dad"

All in all, a movie that could have been better considering the star cast and the producers name

Note: Chemistry between the hero and the heroine is non-existent. Whatever happened to the concept of screen testing

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