Mili
U/A: Mystery
Dir: Mathukutty Xavier
Cast: Janhvi Kapoor, Manoj Pahwa
Rating: 3.5/5

Satisfying survival thrillers befriend the sadist and empath in us. We want to see the protagonist engulfed in a nightmare only to enjoy the pay-off of him/her breaking free. This is what Janhvi Kapoor’s Mili does. The Mathukutty Xavier-directorial, an official remake of the 2019 acclaimed Malayalam thriller Helen, transports you from the cozy theatre to a cold-storage facility where your chances of survival reduces with every drop in the temperature.

Mili Naudiyal is a nursing graduate student from Dehradun, set to move to Canada with her father (Manoj Pahwa), who is also her best friend. Due to lack of opportunities in the nursing field, she opts to work at a restaurant to tackle expenses. Mili’s present is not dreary, but she aspires for a better lifestyle. However, an accident puts her survival skills to test making her future look rather non-existent.