• Director(s)

    Aswin Raam

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    19/07/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    159m

  • Cast

    Brahmanandam, Nabha Natesh, Priyadarshi Pulikonda

Film

Darling

mental health theme, attempted suicide, child abuse references, violence

A lonely man rushes into marriage with a free-spirited woman but is concerned by her increasingly erratic behaviour. This zany Telugu-language romcom deals with complicated issues in a breezy, light-hearted manner.…

A lonely man rushes into marriage with a free-spirited woman but is concerned by her increasingly erratic behaviour. This zany Telugu-language romcom deals with complicated issues in a breezy, light-hearted manner.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

suicide and self-harm

sexual violence and sexual threat

theme

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Aswin Raam

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    19/07/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    159m

  • Cast

    Brahmanandam, Nabha Natesh, Priyadarshi Pulikonda

mental health theme, attempted suicide, child abuse references, violence
Classified Date:
15/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
TGS ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
violence
A comic fight scene features stylised punches, kicks and slaps, without visible injuries.
language
Bad language includes ‘bloody’, ‘shit’, ‘crap’, ‘damn’, ‘heck’ and ‘oh my God’.
sex
There are infrequent mild sex references.
discrimination
A wedding guest wonders how a ‘dark’ groom married such a beautiful bride; this attitude is not condoned by the film, however. There is also occasional casual use of discriminatory language relating to mental health, such as 'nuts' and 'crazy'.
suicide and self-harm
There are scenes involving suicidal ideation and attempted suicide. Some of these are played for laughs and depict suicidal individuals being persuaded against killing themselves by the intervention of others. However, another such scene is more serious in tone, and features brief mild injury detail.
sexual violence and sexual threat
The film contains discreet verbal references to a man having ‘interfered with’ a woman when she was a child. The woman is briefly shown experiencing brief audio flashbacks of her own voice begging ‘uncle’ to stop.
theme
Scenes throughout the film depict a person with dissociative identity disorder cycling through different ‘personalities’, to comic effect. The film’s depiction of DID, which is referred to as ‘split personality disorder’, is inaccurate and outdated: for example, a psychologist claims that a person with DID will become ‘normal’ if their alternate personality is allowed to complete their ‘unfinished business’. However, the film's ultimate message is one of acceptance and compassion in regard to mental health issues.
alcohol and smoking
Several scenes show adults getting drunk.

  • Classified date

    15/07/2024

  • Language

    Telugu