Mission Mummy

Mission Mummy (Gujarati: મિશન મમ્મી), is a 2016 Indian children and family drama film, written and directed by Ashish Kakkad and produced by Nigam Shah, Divyesh Mehta & Sugam Shah. It stars Aarti Patel, Raj Vazir, Satyam Sharma, Aashna Mehta & Saumya Shah in lead roles. This is the second film by Ashish Kakkad, after Better Half.^[1] Mission Mummy is produced under the banner of Virtual Entertainment. It is also co-produced by Ashish Kakkad. The story of the film is based on a book by Dhiruben Patel. The screenplay and dialogues are written by Dipak Soliya and Ashish Kakkad. The film celebrates the idea of "being Gujarati" and hence poet and lyricist Tushar Shukla was approached for a song portraying the love for the mother tongue.

Mission Mummy
Directed by	Ashish Kakkad
Screenplay by	Dipal Soliya Ashish Kakkad
Story by	Dhiruben Patel
Produced by	Nigam Shah Divyesh Mehta Sugam Shah
Starring	Aarti Patel Raj Vazir Satyam Sharma Aashna Mehta Saumya
Cinematography	Darshan Dave
Edited by	Anand Diwan Deepak Gupta
Music by	Nishith Mehta
Production company	Virtual Entertainment
Distributed by	Rupam Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)
Running time	114:37 Minutes
Country	India
Languages	Gujarati English

Plot

Aparna (Aarti Patel), a working woman, quits her job to become a full-time mother. She raises her three kids Vyom (Satyam Sharma), Saloni (Aashna Mehta) and Vismay (Saumya Shah), with much love and care, and now that the kids are grownups, she is wondering if she should resume her career. Over the years, she has devoted her time and sacrificed her career for her children. But the kids now find her "old fashioned" and start to visualize a new image of her on their own. They demand their mother to be a modern and trendy lady. When Aparna wants to resume her career, the kids gradually intensify their demand to make mummy a modern woman. Their definition of modern is simple: everything has to be "western" and not "Gujarati". Aparna tries to pacify them but peer pressure makes the kids more resolute in their demand for a modern mummy. They call it "mission mummy". The mission is then implemented and everything changes in that family, forever.

The film beautifully touches on the important issue that in "happy families" of Gujarati community, there is a "set trend" of growing gap between mother and kids. It is not just a schism between the generations, it is a gap between the culture within the house and the culture outside. The strength of this film is that it presents a serious issue in a light-hearted and vibrant manner.^[2]

Cast

• Aarti Patel, Aparna (Mummy)
• Raj Vazir, Shrikant (Papa), Aparna"s husband
• Satyam, Vyom, eldest son
• Aashna, Saloni, daughter
• Saumya, Vismay, younger son
• Megha Bhojak
• Rohan Mistry
• Ved Choksi
• Himja Bhojak
• Viswa Dalal
• Sakshi Simran
• Hardav Shah
• Maharshi Shah
• Bhagyesh Thakkar
• Deep Joshi
• Khushi Joshi

Music

Mission Mummy
Soundtrack album by Nishith Mehta
Released	12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)
Recorded	2016
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	37:36
Label	Virtual Entertainment
Producer	Nigam Shah
Nishith Mehta chronology
Better Half (2010) Mission Mummy (2016) Passport (2016)

Music and background score is composed by Nishith Mehta, with lyrics penned by Narsinh Mehta, Dhiruben Patel, Tushar Shukla and Ashish Kakkad. The music album consists of four "Prabhatiyas" that were written by Narsinh Mehta.

Film"s title track, "Aa Chhe Mission Mummy" is penned by Ashish Kakkad. Another song, "Bhasha Mari Gujarati Chhe" is written by Tushar Shukla. The youngest actor Saumya wrote a song, "Jig Jig Jig Jignesh Bhai" during the shoot of the film, and when the director found it interesting he decided to take it in into the film. Original story writer Dhiruben Patel wrote a song, "Why Do I Have to Miss Her So Much?" for the film that is entirely written in English.

Official music album was released on 12 November 2016 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The music is digitally available through Hungama Digital.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jaag ne Jadva Krishna Govalia"	Narsinh Mehta	Himali Vyas Nayak	5:16
2.	"Jaagi ne Joun to Jagat Dise Nahi"	Narsinh Mehta	Himali Vyas Nayak	8:45
3.	"Jalkamal Chhandi Jaa ne Bala"	Narsinh Mehta	Himali Vyas Nayak	6:06
4.	"Vaishnav Jan to Tene re kahie"	Narsinh Mehta	Himali Vyas Nayak	5:30
5.	"Morpinchchh Shi Kadi Mulayam"	Tushar Shukla	Himali Vyas Nayak	2:52
6.	"Bhasha Mari Gujarati Chhe"	Tushar Shukla	Gaurang Vyas, Shyamal Munshi, Saumil Munshi, Aarti Munshi, Praful Dave, Sanjay Oza, Himali Vyas Nayak, Rasikraj Barot, Punshi Gadhvi, Urmish Mehta, Vaishali Mehta, Hiral Brahmbhatt, Amip Prajapati, Aashita Prajapati, Bhumik Shah, Riya Shah, Abhita Patel, Prahar Vora, Aashna Mehta, Tathya Solanki, Taksh Shah, Manush Prajapati, Prisha Rachh, Yashvi Vyas, Shreya Lal	4:21
7.	"Aa Chhe Mission Mummy"	Ashish Kakkad	Kushal Choksi, Mousam & Malka Mehta, Aashna Mehta	2:42
8.	"Why do I have to miss her so much?"	Dhiruben Patel	Kushal Choksi	1:42
9.	"Jig Jig Jig Jigneshbhai"	Saumya Shah	Nishith Mehta	0:39
10.	"Tarana"		Himali Vyas Nayak

Marketing

The film producers started the marketing and promotional campaigns from 13 October 2016. The producers of the film declared the title and release date on their official social media platforms.

Release

Preview screenings for a selected audience were conducted a few days before the actual release. The film was released in Gujarat, Mumbai, and Pune on 9 December 2016.^[3]