Actor
Kriti
Sanon
says
one
of
the
factors
that
compelled
her
to
board
the
upcoming
feature
film
Mimi,
in
which
she
plays
the
titular
surrogate
mother,
was
how
it
defied
the
notion
that
a
female-led
project
on
a
sensitive
topic
will
be
"intense".
Billed
as
a
comedy
drama,
Mimi
features
Sanon
as
an
aspiring
actor
from
a
Rajasthan
small-town
who
ends
up
being
a
surrogate
mother
for
a
foreigner
couple
in
exchange
for
money.
"Female-led
films
are
usually
expected
to
be
serious,
I
don't
know
why,
I
don't
understand
it.
When
the
team
was
coming
up
with
the
tagline,
'It's
nothing
like
what
you
are
expecting,'
it
came
from
the
fact
that
we
were
hearing
a
lot
of
things
people
felt
'Mimi'
was," the
30-year-old
actor
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
Based
on
the
Samruddhi
Porey-directed
2011
Marathi
feature
Mala
Aai
Vhaaychya,
the
movie
reunites
Sanon
with
her
Luka
Chuppi
director
Laxman
Utekar
who
has
adapted
the
original
with
writer
Rohan
Shankar.
Mimi
is
scheduled
to
be
released
on
Jio
Cinema
and
Netflix
on
July
30.
"Someone
told
me
OTT
platform
is
good
for
this
kind
of
a
film.
I
figured
later
that
they
thought
it's
a
female-led
film
so
it
will
be
an
art
(house)
film,
that
it
will
be
an
intense
movie
because
it
is
based
on
surrogacy," she
added.
The
actor
said
right
from
the
first
idea
narration
given
to
her
by
producer
Dinesh
Vijan
after
their
hit
Luka
Chuppi,
she
knew
Mimi
had
the
potential
to
be
a
film
with
a
"lot
of
heart
in
it".
"The
film
happened
at
a
time
when
I
was
craving
to
do
a
meaty
part.
I
felt
I
was
ready
to
take
on
a
project
and
lead
it,
have
it
on
my
shoulders
and
take
that
responsibility.
I
love
how
such
a
sensitive,
emotional
subject
became
an
extremely
entertaining
script
with
lots
of
humour
in
it.
I
like
when
we
say
something
sensitive
while
making
the
audience
laugh," the
actress
said.
Sanon
said
she
is
fortunate
to
be
in
a
space
where
the
projects
that
are
coming
her
way
are
not
only
pushing
her
to
take
more
risks
as
an
artiste
but
also
are
closer
to
what
she
has
always
wanted
to
do.
The
Delhi-born
actor
made
her
Hindi
film
debut
in
2014
with
Heropanti
and
said
since
then,
her
journey
has
been
a
series
of
baby
steps.
"I
didn't
have
any
film
school,
theatre
training,
I
was
raw
when
I
entered
the
industry.
My
workshops
have
been
on
film
sets
where
I
have
learnt.
I
am
constantly
trying
to
evolve,
get
better,
and
think
harder
in
terms
of
what
more
I
can
do.
You
have
to
take
risks
in
your
career
otherwise
your
trajectory
is
going
to
be
boring,"
she
said.
Post
her
debut,
Sanon
featured
in
Shah
Rukh
Khan-Kajol
starrer
Diwale
and
2017
romantic-drama
Raabta,
co-starring
Sushant
Singh
Rajput.
But
it
was
filmmaker
Ashwiny
Iyer
Tiwari's
comedy
Bareilly
Ki
Barfi,
which
earned
her
acclaim.
The
actress
said
Bareilly
Ki
Barfi
was
the
first
time
she
tried
something
new
and
when
it
worked,
it
gave
her
the
confidence
to
take
more
risks.
PTI
quoted
her
as
saying,
"It
was
something
which
was
away
from
my
world.
People
loved
me
in
that
and
that
gave
me
more
confidence
to
take
more
risks.
Then
'Luka
Chuppi'
ended
up
doing
well
too.
So
you
do
start
feeling
that
there
is
a
validation,
that
the
audiences
are
liking
the
work
you
are
doing."
Sanon
said
consecutive
success
with
films
like
Luka
Chuppi
(2019),
in
which
she
co-starred
with
Kartik
Aryan
and
the
blockbuster
comedy
Housefull
4
has
only
given
her
the
opportunity
to
choose
better.
Even
Ashutosh
Gowariker's
2019
period
war
drama
Panipat
which
didn't
work
at
the
box
office,
was
rewarding
as
people
appreciated
her
performance
as
Parvati
Bai.
She
said.
"I
am
right
now
in
that
space
where
I
have
always
craved
to
be
in.
When
you
start
and
don't
come
from
a
film
background,
it
takes
a
while
for
your
career
to
get
a
kickstart.
Even
after
getting
a
great
debut,
it
takes
a
while
for
your
second
film
to
come.
You
are
being
judged
from
your
first
film.
It
takes
time
for
people
to
notice
you
as
an
actor.
I
have
been
fortunate
that
I
always
had
projects
on
my
table
to
choose
from.
Today,
the
projects
are
closer
to
what
I
had
always
craved
to
do.
Now
there
are
better
options."