Mimi (2021) on Netflix
Mimi, a stage dancer in Rajasthan, hopes to become a Bollywood actress. A taxi driver named Bhanu brings her an offer from John and Summer, an American couple seeking a surrogate mother.
- Netflix2.6/5
- IMDb7.8/1046,664 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes25%
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Plot summary
Mimi dances on stage in a small town in Rajasthan, hoping to make it as a film actress. After one of her performances, Bhanu, a taxi driver, approaches her with an offer. He takes her to meet John and Summer, an American couple who cannot conceive and are searching for a surrogate mother. They are willing to pay Mimi a sum of money, and she agrees, thinking it will help her toward her Bollywood dream. The IVF procedure succeeds and she becomes pregnant. Telling her family she is leaving for an outdoor film shoot that will last nine months, she stays at her friend Shama's home, where Bhanu is asked by John and Summer to look after her.
Cast
- Ishaque Mohammad Shaikhas Aatif
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- Kiyanshuas Raj Rathod (New born)
- Jacqueline Taalomias Raj Rathod (1 month old)
- Atmaja Pandeyas Rekha Pandey (Bhanu's Wife)
- Nutan Suryaas Kainkayi Pandey (Bhanu's Mother)
- Sheikh Ishaque Mohammadas Aatif Alam (Maan Singh's student)
- Narottam Bainas Tailor Farookh Shaikh
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mimi (2021)
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- Four days before its scheduled 30 July 2021 release, the platform JioCinema put Mimi out early for a few minutes on 26 July, sending it to torrent sites and illegal streaming platforms; Netflix and JioCinema then premiered the film together on the same day to counter the piracy.
- Kriti Sanon gained fifteen kilograms of body weight to play a pregnant woman in Mimi; director Laxman Utekar insisted on the gain for the pregnancy scenes because he did not want the character to have a chiseled face.
- Sai Tamhankar was cast in a pivotal role in Mimi and, to play a Muslim woman from Rajasthan, learnt Urdu as well as the Rajasthani dialect for her part.
- In June 2020 five days of shooting were still pending, including an introductory song featuring artists from the United Kingdom, later deciphered as "Param Sundari"; the international cast was called to Mumbai because travel back to Rajasthan was not feasible during the pandemic.
