Imagine a young girl who wants to make it big in Bollywood but is short of money that she thinks is needed to get in.
Mimi, a girl who is beautiful, talented, and young is in a dilemma because she needs a lot of money to build a portfolio. She is approached by a taxi driver who brings a young western couple in search of a surrogate. The taxi driver convinces her that they would pay handsomely and also leave after she gives birth and she would be free to pursue her dreams.
Things go wrong when the couple leaves without saying a word after they learn that the child has complications and they do not want anything to do with it. Mimi, is left to deal with the situation and heavily pregnant, she returns to her house where her parents although devastated welcome her along with the taxi driver whom they think is her husband. She is taken care of by all of them. Things take a comic turn when the driver's wife and mother turn up and accuse him but Mimi ends up telling the truth that she is a surrogate.
She delivers a healthy baby boy and the whole village is jubilant. Time passes by but one day the couple turns up and demands that they return the child. Mimi and her family are destroyed but she agrees to return the child. They leave to meet the couple but they turn up with a baby girl whom they adopted and ask Mimi to look after their child and leave.
The movie is a family entertainer with a song that became a trendy one. This is a remake of the Marathi version but because Hindi is more accessible to the masses, this version is more popular.
Mimi is a movie on surrogacy and has a message about it. Many people come over to the villages and expect to take home healthy babies and if and when the baby is reported to be not healthy, they just take off. There are cases when the couple separate and this also causes an issue.
Mimi is played by Kriti Sanon who is a very versatile actor and along with Pankaj Tripathi who is a crowd puller. The dialogues by Pankaj are what make many people watch the movie. I hope he gets to play many more roles and get the deserved fame.
Parenting has nothing to do with blood and a good parent is one who is able to raise a socially responsible adult. Of course, there can be counterarguments to that and not everyone must have had a good parent/parents. The general idea is that parenting is a huge responsibility and disciplining children alone cannot make sure that he or she is raised well.
Mimi is also a warning to all people out there to be wary of taking on such huge responsibilities as surrogacy especially without consulting one's near and dear.
I am sure the movie will be a good watch and now that there are subtitles that help you to watch other language movies, language will not be a barrier.
