Monica o my darling story

A stunning star-cast, a gripping story and eye-catching visuals make Monica, O My Darling the neo-noir Bollywood film we've been waiting for. It stars Rajkummar Rao (as Jayant Arkhedkar), Huma Qureshi (as Monica Machado), Radhika Apte (as ACP Naidu), and Sikander Kher, among others. The film is now streaming on Netflix. Tune in to listen to my full review! In life, things happen. And even if nothing happens, that’s something happening. So, on this show, we talk about things that happen. We get an esteemed panel of highly jobless people to answer the million-dollar question: Do I Like It? Now, ‘It’ can be a movie, a song, a gadget, or the latest viral trend. But the question remains the same. So, if you like listening to people talk about things, tune in, and we’ll tell you: Do I Like It?

Mumbai, Oct 31 (PTI) Actor Huma Qureshi on Monday said the new version of the iconic song “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja” in her upcoming feature “Monica, O My Darling” is an ode to the original song. The neo-noir crime comedy film is directed by Vasan Bala from a script by Yogesh Chandekar. For the film, the makers have recreated Asha Bhosle’s popular dance number “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja”, from the 1971 Hindi film “Caravan” and featuring veteran star Helen. The dance number plays in the backdrop in the trailer and Qureshi said the song is a tribute to the original track. “We got the rights to the original song and I don’t think any actor should attempt Helen ji’s number, it is too iconic a song for us to attempt because we would not have been able to do justice to it. “It is a new composition and it is our ode to the music and that kind of song. We didn’t want to touch the original because that would have been wrong (galti ho jati),” Qureshi told reporters here. Bala said the aim was to be “reverent” with the track and “not remix it or spoof it”. “The idea is to showcase love. We needed a retro number. We heard a lot of Shankar-Jaikishan songs to get that kind of song,” he said. “The legacy that (the old songs) have left for all of us, is to listen, enjoy and pass it on to other generations. There is a tight cap by Saregama so that no one else uses it, so they send a huge bill. We have thoughtfully used this song so that it remains in its legal capacity and we donâ...

• • • • Yogesh Chandekar wrote the screenplay for Monica O My Darling, which Sarita Patil and Sanjay Routray are producing under the Matchbox Shots label. Sukesh Vishwanath is operating the camera, Atanu Mukherjee is in charge of the editing, and Achint Thakkar is in charge of the music. In Monica O My Darling, Rajkummar Rao, Radhika Apte, and Huma Qureshi are the main actors. Zayn Marie, Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, and Sukant Goel appear in the film. Monica O My Darling Plot Speaking of Monica, O My Darling is a criminal comedy movie that’s been directed by Vasan Bala, who is also known for the movies Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2018), 83 (2021), and Psycho Raman (2016), among his other notable works. The movie shows the protagonist played by Rajkummar Rao as a man who tries to be successful in life by making allies who turn out to be dangerous and slowly becomes part of a diabolical murder as the film progresses. The film seems to be filled with twists and turns that give the plot opportunity to be comical yet neck-deep in crime. The producers revealed at the Mumbai event that Sriram Raghavan was initially scheduled to helm the movie but was unable to do so because of his demanding schedule. Monica O My Darling Trailer Miss Monica, the movie’s title heroine, is introduced retroactively in the trailer’s opening. Rajkummar Rao approaches her hesitantly as she says the police are waiting for him. It is implied that she is extorting money from him. She is accused of betraying Rao, wh...

There are two types of thrillers. First, wherein some crime occurs at the start of the movie and the rest of the story deals with unraveling it. Second, in which you know the people behind the crime right at the start and then the story progresses. Needless to say, the second is the more difficult one to pull off. ‘Monica, O My Darling’ belongs to this category. Japan is not only known for its anime but also for its mysteries. Recently, ‘Adamas’ on Disney Hotstar had the viewers hooked to it for weeks together. Japanese author Keigo Higashino is a name to reckon with in the world of mystery novels. His most famous ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ is already in the making in Bollywood. Currently, we have his other novel, ‘Burutasu No Shinzou’ as ‘Monica, O My Darling’ on Netflix. Gritty and full of twists and turns, the movie has been directed by Vasan Bala. Teamed with writer Yogesh Chandekar, he successfully adapts the story to unfold it in Pune. The noir genre is not explored much in Bollywood but the director-writer duo has done a fabulous job of it. Monica Machado played by Huma Qureshi is a secretary in a robotic company and thinks that all men are her robots. Hence, she is blackmailing at least three at the start of the movie. Jayant Arkhedkar (Rajkumar Rao), Nishikant Adhikari (Sikandar Kher) and Arvind Manivannan (Bagavathi Permual). Hence, the trio decides to eliminate her and sign a ‘Murderers Agreement’. Accordingly, the plot to kill her is executed. But as fate woul...

Monica O My Darling Plot Synopsis JayantArkhedkar is a robotics genius from IIT who aspires to reign the world of technology with his creations and machines. He is engaged to his girlfriend Nikki and gets a seat on the board of directors at her father’s tech company – Unicorn. He finally gets everything he dreamed of – a loving relationship and a glowing career. But he doesn’t live in a bed of roses, and his secret affair with the CEO’s secretary, Monica, can destroy his life in an instant. When Monica tells Jayant that she is pregnant, he asks her to abort the child as their affair can ruin lives. But determined and fierce Monica refuses to do so and claims that she can raise the child alone, and Jayant can help her monetarily. Later, in the office, Jayant receives a set of his photographs taken with Monica, along with a letter asking him to meet at a hotel. It is later revealed that Nishikant Adhikari, son of the CEO, and Arvind, an accountant from the company, are also being blackmailed by Monica under the same threat. In an attempt to finish the matters once and for all, they hash out a plan to kill Monica. Nishikant, the mastermind behind it all, agrees to kill her if Jayant and Arvind help him dispose of the body and sign an agreement implicating themselves. The plan goes awry as the next day, they get to know that Nishikant has died and Monica is alive. Thus begins a series of complicated events that lead to murders and a conspiracy to keep Monica’s pregnancy a secr...

Monica O My Darling Plot Synopsis JayantArkhedkar is a robotics genius from IIT who aspires to reign the world of technology with his creations and machines. He is engaged to his girlfriend Nikki and gets a seat on the board of directors at her father’s tech company – Unicorn. He finally gets everything he dreamed of – a loving relationship and a glowing career. But he doesn’t live in a bed of roses, and his secret affair with the CEO’s secretary, Monica, can destroy his life in an instant. When Monica tells Jayant that she is pregnant, he asks her to abort the child as their affair can ruin lives. But determined and fierce Monica refuses to do so and claims that she can raise the child alone, and Jayant can help her monetarily. Later, in the office, Jayant receives a set of his photographs taken with Monica, along with a letter asking him to meet at a hotel. It is later revealed that Nishikant Adhikari, son of the CEO, and Arvind, an accountant from the company, are also being blackmailed by Monica under the same threat. In an attempt to finish the matters once and for all, they hash out a plan to kill Monica. Nishikant, the mastermind behind it all, agrees to kill her if Jayant and Arvind help him dispose of the body and sign an agreement implicating themselves. The plan goes awry as the next day, they get to know that Nishikant has died and Monica is alive. Thus begins a series of complicated events that lead to murders and a conspiracy to keep Monica’s pregnancy a secr...

• • • • Yogesh Chandekar wrote the screenplay for Monica O My Darling, which Sarita Patil and Sanjay Routray are producing under the Matchbox Shots label. Sukesh Vishwanath is operating the camera, Atanu Mukherjee is in charge of the editing, and Achint Thakkar is in charge of the music. In Monica O My Darling, Rajkummar Rao, Radhika Apte, and Huma Qureshi are the main actors. Zayn Marie, Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, and Sukant Goel appear in the film. Monica O My Darling Plot Speaking of Monica, O My Darling is a criminal comedy movie that’s been directed by Vasan Bala, who is also known for the movies Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2018), 83 (2021), and Psycho Raman (2016), among his other notable works. The movie shows the protagonist played by Rajkummar Rao as a man who tries to be successful in life by making allies who turn out to be dangerous and slowly becomes part of a diabolical murder as the film progresses. The film seems to be filled with twists and turns that give the plot opportunity to be comical yet neck-deep in crime. The producers revealed at the Mumbai event that Sriram Raghavan was initially scheduled to helm the movie but was unable to do so because of his demanding schedule. Monica O My Darling Trailer Miss Monica, the movie’s title heroine, is introduced retroactively in the trailer’s opening. Rajkummar Rao approaches her hesitantly as she says the police are waiting for him. It is implied that she is extorting money from him. She is accused of betraying Rao, wh...

There are two types of thrillers. First, wherein some crime occurs at the start of the movie and the rest of the story deals with unraveling it. Second, in which you know the people behind the crime right at the start and then the story progresses. Needless to say, the second is the more difficult one to pull off. ‘Monica, O My Darling’ belongs to this category. Japan is not only known for its anime but also for its mysteries. Recently, ‘Adamas’ on Disney Hotstar had the viewers hooked to it for weeks together. Japanese author Keigo Higashino is a name to reckon with in the world of mystery novels. His most famous ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ is already in the making in Bollywood. Currently, we have his other novel, ‘Burutasu No Shinzou’ as ‘Monica, O My Darling’ on Netflix. Gritty and full of twists and turns, the movie has been directed by Vasan Bala. Teamed with writer Yogesh Chandekar, he successfully adapts the story to unfold it in Pune. The noir genre is not explored much in Bollywood but the director-writer duo has done a fabulous job of it. Monica Machado played by Huma Qureshi is a secretary in a robotic company and thinks that all men are her robots. Hence, she is blackmailing at least three at the start of the movie. Jayant Arkhedkar (Rajkumar Rao), Nishikant Adhikari (Sikandar Kher) and Arvind Manivannan (Bagavathi Permual). Hence, the trio decides to eliminate her and sign a ‘Murderers Agreement’. Accordingly, the plot to kill her is executed. But as fate woul...

Mumbai, Oct 31 (PTI) Actor Huma Qureshi on Monday said the new version of the iconic song “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja” in her upcoming feature “Monica, O My Darling” is an ode to the original song. The neo-noir crime comedy film is directed by Vasan Bala from a script by Yogesh Chandekar. For the film, the makers have recreated Asha Bhosle’s popular dance number “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja”, from the 1971 Hindi film “Caravan” and featuring veteran star Helen. The dance number plays in the backdrop in the trailer and Qureshi said the song is a tribute to the original track. “We got the rights to the original song and I don’t think any actor should attempt Helen ji’s number, it is too iconic a song for us to attempt because we would not have been able to do justice to it. “It is a new composition and it is our ode to the music and that kind of song. We didn’t want to touch the original because that would have been wrong (galti ho jati),” Qureshi told reporters here. Bala said the aim was to be “reverent” with the track and “not remix it or spoof it”. “The idea is to showcase love. We needed a retro number. We heard a lot of Shankar-Jaikishan songs to get that kind of song,” he said. “The legacy that (the old songs) have left for all of us, is to listen, enjoy and pass it on to other generations. There is a tight cap by Saregama so that no one else uses it, so they send a huge bill. We have thoughtfully used this song so that it remains in its legal capacity and we donâ...

A stunning star-cast, a gripping story and eye-catching visuals make Monica, O My Darling the neo-noir Bollywood film we've been waiting for. It stars Rajkummar Rao (as Jayant Arkhedkar), Huma Qureshi (as Monica Machado), Radhika Apte (as ACP Naidu), and Sikander Kher, among others. The film is now streaming on Netflix. Tune in to listen to my full review! In life, things happen. And even if nothing happens, that’s something happening. So, on this show, we talk about things that happen. We get an esteemed panel of highly jobless people to answer the million-dollar question: Do I Like It? Now, ‘It’ can be a movie, a song, a gadget, or the latest viral trend. But the question remains the same. So, if you like listening to people talk about things, tune in, and we’ll tell you: Do I Like It?