Alia Bhatt on Darlings song La Ilaaj: My 'soul' reacted to the track, it gave me 'goosebumps'

Alia Bhatt starrer Darlings is all set to premiere on Netflix soon. Ahead of the film's release, the makers have unveiled the first track from the movie. The song titled La Ilaaj is crooned in the melodious voice of Arijit Singh, while Vishal Bhardwaj and Gulzar have composed and penned the lyrics respectively.

During the song launch conference, Alia explains how connected she felt to the song. Darlings marks Alia's first film as a producer. When asked how she reacted as an actor as well as a producer when she heard the song for the first time. The diva didn't think much and replied that her soul reacted to the song. 

She mentioned, "I think my reaction was just as an audience and not as an actor or a producer. I think when you listen to a song, your soul should react to it, and immediately my soul reacted to the song. It was so beautiful. It gave me goosebumps. And I just loved the lyrics, the music, the way Arijit has sung it. The whole combination and also the point at which it comes in the movie. It is very very important point. So it was the perfect, perfect song for that moment."

Alia announced the song on her Instagram handle by sharing a small clip featuring her with Vijay Varma and Shefali Shah. She posted it with an emotional caption that reads, "from our heart to yours! La Ilaaj out now (sic)."

Watch the full song here:

The forthcoming dark comedy film marks Alia's debut as a producer under the banner named Eternal Sunshine Productions. Meanwhile, the forthcoming flick is also backed by Gaurav Verma as well as Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and 

Darlings, which also stars Roshan Mathew in a pivotal role, to start streaming on Netflix on August 5.