Mitr, My Friend

Mitr, My Friend
Directed byRevathi
Screenplay byV. Priya
Sudha Kongara
Story byV. Priya
Produced bySuresh Chandra Menon
StarringShobhana
Nasir Abdullah
Preeti Vissa
CinematographyFowzia Fathima
Edited byBeena Paul
Music bySongs:
Bhavatharini Ilayaraaja
Production
company
Telephoto Entertainments Limited
Distributed byTele Photo Films
Release date
  • 21 February 2002 (2002-02-21)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Tamil
Hindi

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[1] the film was also noted for having an all-woman crew.[2] 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.[3] Revathi received the "Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock" at the 33rd International Film Festival of India.[4] The film also contains Tamil dialogues, while most of the songs are in Hindi.[5]

  1. ^ "Mitr-My Friend". The Hindu. 15 February 2002. Archived from the original on 26 December 2002. Retrieved 13 August 2006.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Changing gears successfully". The Hindu. 3 September 2002. Archived from the original on 7 May 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2006.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Mitr-My Friend". Film Review. nilacharal.com. Retrieved 13 August 2006.
  4. ^ "Tame fare at the festival". www.frontline.in.
  5. ^ "Mitr:My Friend". Outlook. 5 February 2022.