Rajkummar Rao displays on how 2022 has been for him professionally: ‘Plan to do films my heart says yes to, not for any other reason’

Actor Rajkummar Rao feels grateful that inside a yr, he might be part of three various movies— from comedy drama Badhaai Do, thriller Hit – The First Case and his upcoming Netflix mission Monica O My Darling.

Rao started the yr with Badhaai Do, the place he performed a homosexual police officer which acquired him immense love and adopted it up with Hit – The First Case the place he was tasked with investigating a lacking particular person case. His newest, filmmaker Vasan Bala’s Monica O My Darling, is billed as a neo-noir crime comedy.

During the trailer launch of the movie, when requested how does he look again on the yr up to now, Rajkummar Rao hoped he continues to decide on movies purely from his coronary heart and never for “any other reason”.

“I really feel very lucky to begin my yr with such a particular movie like Badhaai Do. Then in Hit, it was the primary time I used to be doing an motion thriller. Monica in itself is such a fantastic movie the place I acquired the possibility to work with Vasan, Sriram (Raghavan) and Netflix.

“I am very happy with the way it’s going. That’s the plan now. I’m just going to do films I believe in, that my heart says yes to and not for any other reason. Hopefully that streak will continue and I’ll be a part of films that you all will enjoy and I’ll be very proud of,” Rajkummar stated.

Monica O My Darling additionally stars Radhika Apte, Huma Qureshi and Sikander Kher within the lead roles. The movie marks Vasan Bala’s third characteristic directorial after the unreleased Peddlers, the 2018 action-comedy Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota and the brief Spotlight within the Ray anthology from Netflix.

Monica O My Darling can also be the filmmaker’s first ensemble mission however Vasan stated filming it wasn’t “maddening”. “Thankfully it wasn’t that because there’s enough madness that we already deal with while making a film. So what we expect is sanity, support and a very healthy collaboration and that’s what I got. It was thrilling to get all of them every day on set and work with them.”

Written by Yogesh Chandekar, Monica O My Darling is ready to launch on November 11.