Plot Summary

Mimi, is a movie about a Dancer who has dreams of becoming a Bollywood star but lacks financial support, which forces her to deliberately look for alternate incomes to make her dream come true. That’s when she meets an American couple John and Summer, who are unable to bear a child and have arrived in India to find a surrogate mother. Through Bhanu, the American couple’s Taxi Driver, they stumble upon Mimi in a restaurant and immediately like her and wishes that someone like her should be bearing their child.

At which moment, Bhanu agrees to bring Mimi herself in lieu of finding someone like her. Bhanu takes responsibility for a decent amount of money and tells Mimi about it. At first, she refuses to do so without a clear understanding of what Surrogacy is. But as the couple enlightens her, she starts to think about doing it as she is in desperate need of money. She agrees to it after taking her own time to think about it, with the support of her friend Shama, portrayed by Sai Tamhankar.. The procedures are done successfully, and she gets pregnant without any issues.

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But Mimi’s parents are yet to be taken care of as they are an orthodox family who won’t accept or expect this from Mimi. They’d be unable to bear it. As a result, she lies and tells them she is heading to Mumbai for work. But she is just going to Shama’s house where she is living alone and wearing a disguise as a Muslim because Shama is a Muslim. Bhanu comes along, too, as he is responsible for taking care of Mimi while she is pregnant. Bhanu pretends to be Mimi’s Husband in which he gets to plenty of trouble trying to maintain. After a few months of being pregnant, Mimi gets a test and receives terrible news from the Doctor’s end.

Mimi’s womb has down syndrome

The Doctor reveals that the child in Mimi’s womb has down syndrome. Upon this discovery, the couple leaves abruptly without informing Mimi. But Bhanu gets to know this and opens up with Mimi. After the enlightenment, Mimi gets heartbroken and decides not to abort the child but to bear it. Not being able to resist anymore, Mimi goes back to her own house, where she lies and tells her parents that Bhanu is the child’s father. With no other option, Bhanu decides to go along with Mimi on the lie. Her parents feel disheartened but decide to take care of her, and the baby as Mimi is still their lovely daughter. A few months later, Mimi gives birth to a fair boy named Raj. However, he does not possess Down syndrome.

Meanwhile, Bhanu has been gone for months, and his real wife and his mother decide to search for him. When they show up at Mimi’s house, hell breaks loose as much confusion flows around. Mimi, not being able to lie anymore, comes out clean and reveals the truth about her pregnancy. Everyone accepts her and goes along with the truth as nothing could be done now. The whole family treats Raj as their child and showers him with love and affection. When everything was going well, John and Summer showed up. They say that they need Raj now, or they will be filing a case against Mimi. But Mimi resists. From then on the movie goes about how she fights for her son and what the American couple decide to do.

The Emotional Aspects

The movie starts off in a funny and an upbeat tone, but as the movie progresses, it gets very emotional as the audience witness the struggles of a pregnant mother. The moment she gets to know that the American couple has abandoned her, the emotional bar goes to a whole new level.

Cast Performance

Kriti Sanon proves her versatility and worth by putting up an excellent performance as Mimi. Her acting was so good that we, as the audience, could feel the baby’s weight as if we were carrying them. Pankaj Tripathi was good as usual. We’ve never witnessed a bad performance from him. He perfectly executes the role he was given. He supports the movie both in a Funny way and in an Emotional way. Sai Tamhankar, on the other hand supports Mimi in a significant manner and stands beside her always.

Other Pros and Cons

Pros: Ar. Rahaman set the expectation bar really high up before the movie was released through his song ‘Parama Sundari’. It became an instant hit for the beauty of the music and the dazzling dance by Kriti Sanon.

Cons: Mimi had a huge ambition of becoming a Bollywood star, but we didn’t get to see the end of it. It was a shame that all of her hopes had come to naught. We, as the audience would have liked to have seen how it would have turned out..

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Overall Verdict (3.75/5 Stars)

Mimi is a funny and highly emotional movie that must be watched for the message it conveys!