Mimi
On: Netflix and Jio Cinema
Dir: Laxman Utekar
Cast: Kriti Sanon, Pankaj Tripathi
Rating: *

Yes there’s such a thing as a surefire concoction of a middle-class or small-town setting, dealing with big issues, topped up with humour, item songs, and a top-shelf cast — giving all of it the feel of a relatively low-budget, top-notch, full-on Bollywood entertainer still. 

To quote examples from Dinesh Vijan’s own productions: Stree (a horror-comedy, on women’s emancipation), Made in China (on jugaad entrepreneurship), Hindi Medium (on Right to Education Act), Luka Chuppi (on live-in relationships)… As you can tell, many work. Few don’t.