Monica, O my darling!


Yesterday saw this film on OTT. It is a hilarious murder mystery plot. Rajkumar Rao plays Jayant, the upcoming tech wizard in a private company that manufactures robotic machines. Vijay Kenkre is the director of the company and Monica is his ravishing secretary played by Huma Qureshi. Director's son from first marriage is played by Sikander Kher. Director's daughter Nikki is in love with Jayant. Jayant has an affair with Monica who tells him that she is pregnant. That shocks Jayant. Shalu is Jayant's sister. Sukant, another employee in the company, is in love with Shalu. The movie begins with the murder of a boy who has confessed love for shalu and tells this to Sukant who immediately uses the robot and kills him.

Fun starts when Jayant, Arvind the accountant and the director's son, find that Monica has been playing with all three. They plot to kill and get rid of her. But the director's son gets killed. Enter police inspector played by Radhika Apte and things move fast. Murders galore. Jayant and accountant are shocked when they see Monica in office whose body they thought they had disposed. It was actually the body of director's son, fully covered in a bag. Then Monica dies. Plot thickens. What is happening in the private company?

RR delivers powerful performance. Huma, Vijay Kenkre,  Sikander, Radhika, all do their bit. Full on entertainment. Do watch.

 

Ravindra Shenolikar

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