Mili is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language survival thriller film directed by Mathukutty Xavier and produced by Bayview Pictures and Zee Studios.

The film stars Janhvi Kapoor in the titular role, alongside Sunny Kaushal and Manoj Pahwa.

[3] Mili Naudiyal is a B.Sc Nursing graduate and attends IELTS coaching classes intended for a job abroad, specifically Canada.

Niranjan gets called into the station as well, and is extremely upset with seeing his daughter with a boy who has committed a crime.

Sameer, who was on his way to Delhi half-heartedly for a job, returns after hearing that Mili is missing and also joins the investigation, much to Niranjan's dismay.

The search party, which seems to grow by the hour, makes multiple attempts to call the police station and garner help, but are instead met with apathetic responses by Sub-inspector Satish Rawat, who tells them that Mili must have just ran away with Sameer and to keep looking on their own.

She starts growing extremely weak, and covers herself in boxes to try and stay warm; the mouse eventually dies from hypothermia.

Cyber Cell, the division that handles technology in cases, informs Rawat that the last tower location from Mili's phone was at the mall she works at.

The search party arrives at the mall to enquire about the auto-drivers, to which the one who harassed Mili denies the allegations, having an alibi.

Simultaneously, one of the inmates at the police station purposely causes a scene after overhearing Rawat and his partner arguing over the Cyber Cell message.

While Rawat is dealing with the inmate, his partner steals his phone, sending the updated news to Prasad.

In August 2020, Boney Kapoor bought the rights to remake the Malayalam film Helen (2019) in Hindi.

[7] Noble Babu Thomas who portrayed a lead character in Helen, served as the remake's creative director.

[10] Janhvi underwent "intense preparation" to portray her character,[16] and said the filming process affected her both "physically and mentally".

[26] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Mili establishes Janhvi Kapoor as an actor striving to be taken seriously".

[30] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated "Mili lacks the nerve-wracking, gripping intensity that is most essential to this genre.

"[31] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "The survival thriller has its moments and Janhvi Kapoor puts in the work.