Name: Mitr: My Friend
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-02-21
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Shobana, Nassar Abdulla, Preeti Vissa

'Mitr' attempts to portray the conflicts experienced by a traditional Indian mother living in the USA.  She devotes her life to her family while her teenage daughter and ambitious husband grow increasingly independent.

Far from being a Bollywood production, I felt Mitr is closer to being a a high-school drama caught on film, based on its production quality.  The lighting was flat and strange (candlelight dinner on a sunny afternoon?). Every line of dialogue was forced and overdone (clearly the director's decision).  The audio was plagued by echo (too distant microphones?).  The soundtrack was nonstop georgewinston-ey, with cricket chirps dubbed into the nighttime scenes.  Mitr boasts "an all female crew," but the the quality of their work does not reflect well on female professionals in the film industry.

Mitr is partly redeemed by its strong character development, but it's poor production quality is so distracting that I did not enjoy watching it.

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