Monica, O My Darling[2] is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir dark comedy crime thriller film directed by Vasan Bala.

[9] Upon release, Monica, O My Darling received positive reviews from critics and became the most-viewed Indian film on Netflix.

During a night shift at the Unicorn factory, Dev Prakash informs his friend Gaurav that he has proposed marriage to Shalu which she has accepted.

In the hotel, he meets up with Arvind Manivannan, the CFO at Unicorn, and Nishikant Adhikari, the son of Satyanarayan and managing director of the company, both of whom also claim to have been blackmailed by Monica in the same way.

The plan appears to be on track until Arvind and Jayant encounter a leopard while trying to dump the body in the jungle, and have to flee.

ACP Naidu of the police begins to investigate the death at Unicorn office, while both Arvind and Jayant suspect that Monica is the one who killed Nishikant.

But as soon as he finishes burning it, he is surrounded by the snakes which Gaurav had stolen, and the screen turns to black leaving his fate unknown.

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.

[15] The album also features songs like "Suno Janejaan", "Farsh Pe Khade", "Hills Of Malabar" and "I Love You So Much" which are sung by Saud Khan, Sagnik Sen, Vivienne Pocha & Sarita Vaz respectively.

[18] Monica, O My Darling 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.

[21] The Indian Express gave the film a positive response and declared "Relax, Bollywood is doing just fine; you're not looking in the right places".

[22] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and called it "An intriguing, enthralling work that deftly turns pulp into a precious cinematic pearl.

[23] Pratikshya Mishra of The Quint rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "In summary, Monica O My Darling is an intriguing story set in a delicious pulpy universe with a great cast.