While actress Kriti Sanon will soon be seen as Parvati Bai in her next upcoming film Panipat, details about her role from her another upcoming film Mimi have been revealed today. She will be seen playing the role of an ambitious dancer in Mimi which is based on the practice of surrogacy in India. The film went on the floors earlier this month and also stars Sanon’s co-star from Bareily Ki Barfi and Luka Chuppi Pankaj Tripathi.
Talking about her role in the film, she told news agency PTI, “It’s a very special role for me because surrogacy is a topic that hasn’t been explored so much here. There is a beautiful graph of the woman ‘Mimi’ which I am playing in the film. She is a dancer who is also very ambitious and wants to be an actress. The script is beautiful and shows her journey about how she ends up becoming a surrogate mother and what all happens, how her life changes and with that she changes.”
The actress also clarified that while the subject of the film is a serious one but the film will be lighthearted. “It’s not preachy or serious. It’s not like you are going to watch a film on surrogacy and it’s going to be a documentary film. It’s a very entertaining film, filled with humour, and a lot of ups and downs,” she said.
Mimi is based on the 2010 Marathi movie Mala Aai Vhhaychy that dealt with growing surrogacy practices in India where women are used as surrogates by foreigners. The film featured Samruddhi Porey, Urmila Kanitkar, Sulabha Deshpande and Stacy Bee in pivotal roles and went on to win the National Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi in the year 2011.
Directed by Laxman Utekar, who has previously worked with Kriti Sanon in Luka Chhupi, Mimi will be produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films and Jio Studios. Kriti and Dinesh have collaborated on multiple projects previously such as Arjun Patiala, Raabta and Luka Chuppi.
The film is expected to hit the screens sometime in 2020.