Mitr, My Friend
Mitr, My Friend is a 2002 Indian English-language drama film directed by Revathi in her directorial debut, and written by V. Priya and Sudha Kongara. The film stars Shobana, Nasir Abdullah and Preeti Vissa. Set partly in India and the US, the film was also noted for having an all-woman crew. The movie won the Best English Film of the year award at the 49th National Film Awards. The movie also won Best Actress and Best Editor awards for Shobhana and Beena Paul respectively at the same function. Revathi received the "Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock" at the 33rd International Film Festival of India. The film also contains Tamil dialogues while some of the songs are in Hindi.
Plot
"Mitr, My Friend" is a film about the plight of women who sacrifice their life for the betterment of their family. It also describes the cultural differences experienced by a small town girl on moving to a transposed environment living.
Cast
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author | Sudha Kongara Prasad |
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contentLocation | United States of America |
director | Revathi |
editor | Beena Paul |
genre | drama |
keywords | arrange arranged marriage chat room chidambaram cultural difference even grow up indian girl internet chat kid brother laugh move naseer abdullah new identity new life new neighbor party return home school play shobhana small town girl software engineer south india tamil nadu wed |
musicBy | Ilaiyaraaja |
producer | Suresh Chandra Menon |
productionCompany | Telephoto Entertainments Limited |
publisher | Tele Photo Films |