Performed well enough to pass the scene without any faults.
Mili has powerful support from the technical team. The background score and cinematography are both superb. Also, the make-up work on Janhvi looks effective. A. R. Rahman does it again. His "Jeena Hoga" hardly appears for 2-3 minutes in the entire film but still leaves an impact on you. The other two songs aren't that good, but they're decent stuff. After so many good things like this, all Mili lacks is soul. I called it a "cold" film for the same reason: the characters don't have an emotional touch. Even if Mili is locked up and is unable to stand tall, you don't feel anything about her. All you do is get frightened sometimes or feel the tension. What about feeling sentimental about the lead character, or, for that matter, all the supporting characters?
Mathukutty Xavier makes so many basic mistakes in the direction, while Ritesh Shah's screenplay makes up for it. I don't know why, but it seems that it has become propaganda to show a bad cop in the film. And at the same time, somebody else from the team would do his work honestly, or some criminal would have more humanity than the cop. Mili has these lame conflicts. Why would Sameer rush away in a hurry on a bike when he could have easily gone up in the room to use a mobile? Why did Mili's father start crying in the freezer room instead of taking her out ASAP? Mr. Xavier couldn't handle these basic details, taking Mili even more than what it deserved. Overall, a good attempt to present a new kind of survival thriller dropped to an average level, saved by Janhvi's dedicated act.
Mili has powerful support from the technical team. The background score and cinematography are both superb. Also, the make-up work on Janhvi looks effective. A. R. Rahman does it again. His "Jeena Hoga" hardly appears for 2-3 minutes in the entire film but still leaves an impact on you. The other two songs aren't that good, but they're decent stuff. After so many good things like this, all Mili lacks is soul. I called it a "cold" film for the same reason: the characters don't have an emotional touch. Even if Mili is locked up and is unable to stand tall, you don't feel anything about her. All you do is get frightened sometimes or feel the tension. What about feeling sentimental about the lead character, or, for that matter, all the supporting characters?
Mathukutty Xavier makes so many basic mistakes in the direction, while Ritesh Shah's screenplay makes up for it. I don't know why, but it seems that it has become propaganda to show a bad cop in the film. And at the same time, somebody else from the team would do his work honestly, or some criminal would have more humanity than the cop. Mili has these lame conflicts. Why would Sameer rush away in a hurry on a bike when he could have easily gone up in the room to use a mobile? Why did Mili's father start crying in the freezer room instead of taking her out ASAP? Mr. Xavier couldn't handle these basic details, taking Mili even more than what it deserved. Overall, a good attempt to present a new kind of survival thriller dropped to an average level, saved by Janhvi's dedicated act.