Film
Mimi
Mimi is a Hindi-language comedy-drama about surrogacy, bodily autonomy, and small-town prejudice. Kriti Sanon plays an aspiring actress who agrees to carry a child for an American couple, only to be abandoned when they change their minds. It balances sharp humour with genuine moral weight, asking uncomfortable questions while remaining warm and human.
Should you watch it?
Watch it if you like comedy that treats small ambitions with real affection, and that lets social pressure land as a gentle sting rather than a lecture.
Skip it if you need the story to move briskly, because it takes its time with domestic detail and the middle can feel stretched at over two hours.
What it asks of you: Settle in for just over two hours of gentle pacing, with light comedy that gives way to quieter, more pensive stretches.
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Badhaai Ho2018
A family comedy about an older couple's unexpected pregnancy that similarly finds humour and heart in bodily autonomy and social judgment. Warm, funny, and genuinely touching without losing its edge.
But The tone can feel slight if you're looking for something weightier, and the second half resolves too neatly for some tastes.
Tumhari Sulu2017
Vidya Balan as a housewife pursuing her own ambitions while her family doubts her. It shares Mimi's warmth, its celebration of female agency, and the specific comedy of small-town propriety colliding with personal dreams.
But Occasionally too earnest in its messaging, and the climax feels slightly contrived.
Kahaani2012
A pregnant woman navigating Kolkata's streets while pregnant, pursued by mysteries and lies. It proves Hindi cinema can make pregnancy and female resilience into genuine thriller material, not decoration.
But Darker in tone than Mimi, and the twist divides people sharply on whether it works or feels cheap.
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always2020
Both centre women's reproductive choices and refuse to let society's judgment be the story. Both ask: who owns a woman's body, and what happens when she reclaims it?
An American teenager travels from Pennsylvania to New York for an abortion. Like Mimi, it's about bodily autonomy and the specific loneliness of having your body become a contested political space. But it's quietly devastating where Mimi is warm, and entirely unadorned in form.
But Extremely slow, deliberately stripped of music or emotional manipulation. Some find its minimalism moving; others find it punishing.
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Article 152019
Ayushmann Khurrana investigating caste violence in rural India. Like Mimi, it wraps serious social commentary in an accessible narrative and refuses easy answers.
But The comedy undercuts the horror sometimes, which some find inappropriate for the subject matter.
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan2020
A same-sex couple facing family and social resistance. It shares Mimi's warmth, its willingness to be funny without diminishing real stakes, and its refusal to let prejudice have the final word.
But The resolution feels a bit too optimistic for the actual legal landscape in India, which may feel false.
Newton2017
Rajkummar Rao as a young election officer in a Maoist conflict zone, learning that systems don't care about individuals. Darkly funny, beautifully shot, with real moral complexity.
But Much bleaker than Mimi in its worldview, and slower-paced if you want something snappier.
Andhadhun2018
A blind pianist trapped in a web of deception and murder. Keeps you guessing, technically brilliant, and Hindi cinema at its most clever and controlled.
But The tone shifts drastically, and some find the ending morally unmoored in a way that feels gimmicky.
Piku2015
Deepika Padukone as a woman navigating her elderly father, her love life, and her career in Delhi. Similar warmth and specificity about how personal and family life actually feel.
But Very character-driven with minimal plot, so if you want momentum you might find it slow.
Trapped2016
Rajkummar Rao alone in an apartment, trying to survive starvation and despair. An experimental film that trusts its central performance and concept entirely.
But Gruelling, claustrophobic, and deliberately repetitive—this isn't entertainment so much as endurance and philosophical exercise.
Moonlight2016
Both are about people whom society tells have no right to want things for themselves. Both refuse that verdict and insist on the character's full humanity.
Three chapters of a Black man's life in Miami, shot in long, patient takes that feel like prayer. It's formally unlike anything mainstream, and it finds absolute tenderness in places society abandons people.
But Very slow, almost entirely dialogue-free in places, with a register so quiet it can feel like nothing's happening if you're not meeting it halfway.
A Fantastic Woman2017
Both feature women whose bodies are contested territory, whose right to exist as they are must be fought for. Both use stylistic boldness to refuse society's framing of shame.
A Chilean trans woman navigates her partner's death and a family that despises her. It's a genre film about surviving grief and social cruelty. Beautiful, strange, deliberately artificial in a way that feels honest about emotional truth.
But Wilfully strange in tone and form—surreal sequences that some find pretentious or distracting from the real story.
People
Cast
Kriti SanonMimi Rathore
Pankaj TripathiBhanupratap Pandey
Sai TamhankarShama
Evelyn EdwardsSummer
Supriya PathakShobha Rathore (Mimi's Mother)
Manoj PahwaMaansingh Rathore (Mimi's Father)
Aidan WhytockJohn
Amardeep JhaVasudha Mausi- Jacob SmithRaj
Jaya BhattacharyaDr. Asha Desai
Jeet Raiduttactor
Directing
- Sneha RajguruContinuity
- Laxman UtekarDirector
Writing
- Rohan ShankarDialogue
- Amitabh BhattacharyaLyricist
- Samruddhi PoreyOriginal Story
- Laxman UtekarScreenplay
- Rohan ShankarWriter
Production
- Vishal BajajExecutive Producer
- Sanjay SoniLocation Manager
- Dinesh VijanProducer