Mili: Journey Of A Lonely Kid

Mili is the story of a lonely kid Mili (Amala Paul), who grows up into an introvert girl. She is under-confident to the core. She struggles with the inability to mingle properly with others; thus making the people around her think that she is mentally unstable. But at heart, Mili is a normal girl who thinks like any other girl of her age.

This story will definitely make the audience think that it is their own story, and that is the major point which makes Rajesh Pillai's Mili different from the other movies. Even with a weak script and characterization, Mili manages to find a place in the hearts of the audience, with that element which makes them look back to their own childhoods.

But, at the same time, Mili has a lot of half-baked elements in it. The movie, which starts by making a character sketch of the title character Mili, portrays her as a girl with a highly-complicated heart. But, the rest of the incidents show that Mili has a very normal thought process; and she suddenly changes her behaviour with a small piece of advice given by her friend Naveen (Nivin Pauly).

Another element which makes the movie lag in the first half, is the scenes which show Mili's internal conflicts through her Facebook status. It would be easier for a normal viewer to communicate with the characters, if such factors were portrayed in a more detailed way. The movie knowingly or unknowingly misses out the elements which could have made the narrative more interesting.