We watched Monica O My Darling last night and we simply had to come over and tell you why you need to absolutely watch it! Here's why:
1. After a long, long time, a Bollywood movie has hit all the right notes! Monica O My Darling is a neo-noir thriller, a sort of a whodunnit, a comic caper, a massive misadventure saga and all of this with a wild 70s ka tadka! We have the iconic Monica O My Darling song being played in the background during some insane moments of the movie and everything just works so well together! Watch it for the amazing storytelling, the treatment and sheer fun!
2. The performances were pitch perfect! Every single actor was SO GOOD and perfectly cast! Huma S. Qureshi as the eponymous wily, chalu, grifter/ hustler Monica was perfection! Her dialogue delivery, body language and just everything was perfection. Rajkumar Rao, as always, was insanely good! Radhika Apte in a sort of comic role was also very good. Sikander Kher was hilarious! Every single cast member was so, so, so good!
3. The characters were all super sketchy and that's what made the movie work! You'll perhaps wonder who to root for cos sabke sab tedhe hain.. but you can't stop rooting for several of them and hoping that they get away with it somehow! Hat-tip to Sriram Raghavan multiverse and various actors from movies past and Easter Eggs that were present all through the movie!
4. Vasan Bala, as a director, is phenomenal. We watched and loved his Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota and even that was a very different and interesting movie! In this movie, he has given us a total kook-fest meets a full stylised murder mystery which is so engrossing and fun!
5. There is not a dull moment in this movie. The narrative moves at breakneck pace, the dialogues are on fire and just everything just works so well together! This is a movie that you will fully enjoy! Watch it for the fun of watching a good movie! There are also some nice little red herrings and twists, which I am sure, crime thriller lovers will enjoy. So, Monica O My Darling is the perfect package, really!
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