Kriti
Sanon's
surrogacy
drama
Mimi
was
scheduled
to
premiere
on
July
30,
2021
on
Netflix
and
Jio
Cinema.
However,
the
makers
were
in
for
a
rude
shock
when
the
film
leaked
on
piracy
platforms
four
days
before
its
scheduled
release.
Reportedly,
the
film's
bootlegged
versions
were
making
the
rounds
on
illegal
streaming
platforms
on
Monday
(July
26).
Within
hours
of
the
leak,
having
left
with
no
other
choice,
the
makers
decided
to
prepone
the
film's
release
and
made
Mimi
available
for
streaming
on
Netflix
and
Jio
Cinema
on
the
same
day.
Recently
in
an
interaction
with
a
leading
tabloid,
the
film's
director
Laxman
Utekar
reacted
to
his
film
leaking
online
four
days
before
its
release
and
said
that
he
was
hurt
as
he
and
his
team
had
worked
hard
on
Mimi.
Utekar
told
Mid-day,
"I
feel
hurt
because
we
worked
hard
on
the
film.
It
took
us
two
years
to
make
Mimi.
We
waited
long
for
the
theatres
to
open,
but
the
situation
compelled
us
to
release
it
on
OTT.
We
were
satisfied
with
the
fact
that
it
will
be
watched
by
the
audience,
[no
matter
the
medium]."
The
filmmaker
added
that
he
was
stunned
when
he
came
to
know
about
the
film's
leak
and
wondered
if
they
could
have
been
more
careful.
"After
what
happened
on
Monday,
we
were
stunned.
It
makes
us
wonder
if
we
could
have
been
more
careful," Utekar
told
the
tabloid.
However,
he
also
added
that
the
leak
didn't
affect
the
film
commercially
and
was
quoted
as
saying,
"We
weren't
impacted
by
piracy
[commercially]
because
the
film
was
released
officially
after
all."
On
Monday,
Kriti
Sanon
had
announced
that
Mimi
would
release
early
during
an
Instagram
live
while
producer
Dinesh
Vijan
had
called
the
film's
early
gift
for
Kriti
who
turned
a
year
older
on
July
27.
Directed
by
Laxman
Utekar,
Mimi
is
an
official
remake
of
the
2011
National
Award
winning
film
Mala
Aai
Vhaychay
and
stars
Kriti
Sanon,
Pankaj
Tripathi
and
Sai
Tamhankar
in
pivotal
roles.
The
film
revolves
around
Mimi,
a
dancer
and
an
aspiring
actress
who
is
approached
to
be
an
American
couple's
surrogate,
only
to
be
abandoned
by
them
midway
during
her
pregnancy.