Mili (2022)

Original title

मिली

Directed by

Mathukutty Xavier

Genre

thriller

Country

India

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets trapped inside a walk-in freezer. She must use her wits and willpower to survive the freezing temperatures and find a way out.

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What happens

Mili is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language survival thriller film directed by Mathukutty Xavier and produced by Bayview Pictures and Zee Studios. The film stars Janhvi Kapoor in the titular role, alongside Sunny Kaushal and Manoj Pahwa. It is a remake of the director's own 2019 Malayalam-language film Helen. The film follows Mili Naudiyal, who gets stuck in a storage freezer and fights to stay alive. Principal photography took place from August to November 2021 in Mumbai and Dehradun. The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics written by Javed Akhtar. It was distributed by Zee Studios and released theatrically on 4 November 2022. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics but failed at the box office, though Janhvi Kapoor's performance received praise, earning her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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