What Is the Story About?
Erotic thrillers seem to be the order of the day in the digital space. Doesn’t matter if a series has a recognisable plot or not, it isn’t complete without a dose of sex, expletives and thrills, if we are to go by the current-day filmmaking standards on streaming platforms. Hello Mini, the latest offering from MX Player, revolves around the travails of a corporate employee Rivanah Bannerjee. Rivanah’s perennially problematic love life is compounded with the issue of a creepy stalker, who harasses her virtually while hiding his/her identity. Her roommate Ishita, love interest Danny, inspector Kamble help Rivanah get past a brutally affecting series of events in the process.
Hello Mini, adapted from a novel ‘Marry me, Stranger’, written by Novoneel Chakraborty, despite its audacious treatment, has a decent plot on paper. A story surrounding a virtual stalker and harasser couldn’t have been more well-timed than the current era where online trolls, hatred, harassment are a daily reality for many. Here, the writer adds another layer to the issue with the protagonist also being a woman who’s grappling with a mental illness. She wakes upto strange dreams and premonitions that affect her daily life. Couple that with a series of commitment issues with her boyfriends, an over-enthusiastic roommate and Hello Mini seems an interesting series on the cards, but just that it isn’t.