A kind of a run of the mill psycho thriller directed by Vasan Bala, “Monica, O my Darling” (2022), starring Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte among others.
The story is slightly different and refreshing as it encompasses some element of robotic horror. Jayant (Rajkummar Rao) is working in a robot making firm in which he is dating the daughter of the owner.
There is some tension in the firm as one employee got crushed in a robotic accident. The owner’s step son Nishant (Sikander Kher) is annoyed with Jayant being made the Director. Meanwhile Monica (Huma Qureshi) has gone around sleeping with almost everybody.
She gets pregnant and threatens blackmail. Jayant’s sister Shalu (Zayn Marie Khan) is wooed by another employee Gaurav (Sukant Goel). Soon Nishant ends up dead and accountant Arvind (Bhagavati Perumal) is killed by a snake bite.
ACP Naidu (Radhika Apte) gets into the act and begins her shallow investigation. Things get into a tangle from then on and it all ends up in a tumultuous climax. Director Vasan Bala has kept it neat with a tight script. Interesting from the point of view of a robot being used to murder someone. First time i am seeing that in Indian cinema.
Of the cast, Rajkummar Rao and Radhika Apte are passable but they are getting slotted into their normal acts which after a point of time gets pointed out. They need to do more genre defying roles. Others are just about mediocre. IMDB 4/10
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