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Movie Review: MITR - My friend
Starring: Shobhana, Nasir Abdullah, Preeti Vissa
Writer-director: Revathy Menon
Producer: George Pius
Tharayil
Story: V.Priya
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Mitr is the story of a dedicated wife and
mother who, after getting terribly frustrated with her home finds a |
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new perspective to life in an online friend
by the name of 'Mitr'.
The story begins with Prithvi (Nasir
Abdullah), a successful computer engineer getting married to Lakshmi (Shobhana). They are
settled in California. Soon, they have a daughter, Divya (Preeti Vissa). Thereafter,
Lakshmi's world narrows down to her husband and daughter alone who she looks after with
tremendous dedication. Unfortunately, cultural difference and a generation gap sets in |
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between Lakshmi and her daughter as the
latter grows up. Lakshmi is unable to understand Divya's role in having an American
boyfriend. She tries to correct her and Divya is unable to take this. She leaves the |
house. Meanwhile, Prithvi is too busy in his
work and doesn't have time for his wife. This is when Lakshmi realises that she has been
taken for granted all this while by her husband and her daughter. She happens to make an
online friend by the name of 'Mitr' who understands her, shares her joys and sorrows. At
the same time, Lakshmi makes friends with Steve and Paul, her young neighbours.
This makes Prithvi worried and feel insecured. Meanwhile, Divya too gets back after a bad
fallout with her boyfriend. She realises how |
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she has wronged her mother all this while. Things get settled
between them when Lakshmi and Divya decide to meet 'Mitr' who has helped Lakshmi all this
while. Well, the meeting turns out to be a comedy of |
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errors.
Mitr happens to be Revathy's debut film as a director. She has done a pretty good job and
her work is indeed impressive. The characters are simple and straightforward. Shobhana is
at her best here. Nasir Abdullah makes his presence felt. Preeti Vissa does a fair job as
the rebellious daughter. Cinematography in the movie is alright and the U.S. locales are
marvellously shot. Technically, the dubbing isn't all |
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that good. The
movie has been dubbed in five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam and English.
Another major drawback in the film is the slow pace with which it moves. Dialogues by
Sudha Kongara is OK. Bhavatharini scores the music and the lyrics are by Thamarai. Beena
is the editor and Vasundhara Das has sung the songs. Camera is by Fouzia Fathima, who was
the assistant of P.C.Sriram.
Overall, the movie is a cute one but will appeal mostly to women. alone. |
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