Monica, O My Darling Movie Details:
| Based on | Burutasu No Shinzouブルータスの心臓 by Keigo Higashino |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Comedy Crime Drama Film Noir |
| Release date | 11 November 2022 |
| Running time | 2hr 10min |
| Starring | Rajkummar Rao Radhika Apte Huma Qureshi |
| Directed by | Vasan Bala |
| Screenplay by | Yogesh Chandekar |
| Story by | Keigo Higashino |
| Produced by | Sarita Patil Sanjay Routray Dikssha Jyote Routray Vishal Bajaj Kewal Garg Anish Vikramaditya |
| Cinematography by | Swapnil S. Sonawane |
| Edited by | Atanu Mukherjee |
| Music by | Achint Thakkar Mikey McCleary |
| Production Company | Matchbox Shots |
| Distributor | Netflix |
Monica, O My Darling Movie Cast & Characters:
- Rajkummar Rao as Jayant “Jay” Arkhedkar aka Johnny
- Huma Qureshi as Monica Machado
- Radhika Apte as ACP V. Naidu[11]
- Sikandar Kher as Nishikant Adhikari[12]
- Akansha Ranjan Kapoor as Nikki Adhikari
- Bagavathi Perumal as Arvind Manivannan
- Vijay Kenkare as Satyanarayan Adhikari
- Sukant Goel as Gaurav More
- Zayn Marie Khan as Shalu Vartak
- Shiva Rindani as Tamang Rana
- Shiv Chauhan as Dev Prakash
- Faisal Rashid as Faridi Baig
- Radhika Madan as Supri (Guest appearance)
- Abhimanyu Dassani as Surya (Guest appearance)
Storyline:
A slick robotics expert joins a murderous plot after a passionate affair takes a sudden turn, but nothing — not even death — is what it seems to be.
About Monica, O My Darling Movie:
Monica, O My Darling is a Hindi neo-noir dark comedy crime thriller film directed by Vasan Bala. The film stars Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, and Radhika Apte.
It was adapted from the 1989 Japanese novel Burutasu No Shinzou (Eng: Heart of Brutus) by Keigo Higashino.
The film’s title is taken from the 1971 film Caravan’s song “Piya Tu Ab To Aja”.
The first song in this film is titled “Yeh Ek Zindagi” sung by Anupama Chakraborty Shrivastava, composed by Achint Thakkar and Mikey McCleary, and lyrics by Varun Grover.
Production began in July 2021.
Shiva Rindani appears in a main stream Hindi film after 14 years since Karzzz 2008.
Monica, O My Darling was released on 11 November 2022 on Netflix. Upon release, it received positive reviews from critics and became the most-viewed Indian film on Netflix.
The film received positive reviews from critics who praised the direction, writing, cast performances (particularly Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, and Radhika Apte), cinematography, humour, background score, and homages to the vintage crime films in Hindi cinema. However, some critics were critical of the film’s latter half.
Upon release, the film became the most-viewed Indian film on Netflix.
