| Staring:
Shobana, Nasir Abdullah, Preeti Vissa, Matthew Phillips and Blake Ormsby
Director: Asha
Menon and Revathy
Producer: George
Pius Tharayil
Music: Bhavatharini
Iliayaraaja
Running time:
104 minutes
Year: 2001 (cinema),
2002 (DVD)
DVD: Single sided
dual layered
Release
by: Cinebella
Alternate versions: None
Extras: Making of Mitr (15 mins)
Video:
Aspect ratio:
2.25:1
Anamorphic enhanced:
Yes
Format: NTSC
Source:
7/10 Artifacts:
7/10 Sharpness:
7/10 Colour:
8/10 Contrast:
8/10
Comment: generally
good video transfer; mostly clean sourced, vibrant colours and remarkable
detail even on dark lit scenes. Bit rate is fairly high ~8Mb/sec. Few
flaws, video/interlaced sourced transfer instead of film/progressive
which shows aliasing and motion artefacts. Sharpness is good but could
have been better. Comparable to Ayngaran
and Lal
Salaam DVDs.
Language/Formats:
original English Dolby Digital 5.1 with dubbed separate audio tracks
for Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu all in Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English
Source:
9/10 Clarity:
8/10
Comment:
first Indian DVD I’ve seen with five separate audio tracks, all
done very well in Dolby Digital 5.1 – all in all excellent audio
selection and mastering
Overall DVD rating:
7/10
- a very good DVD, let down only by video transfer which could
have been much better
Links:
- Mitr
homepage
- Forum threads;
- Mitr
DVD screen shots
- Mitr - My Friend!
Anyone seen the DVD yet?
- Mitr - My Friend
An Engilsh-Tamil Production by Ayngaran
Screen shots:
DVD main menu
DVD chapter
'versions' menu - audio options
all bliss at the wedding
mommy daughter conflicts
talking to flowers
forced views?
daddy to the rescue
mommy the witch!
happier times
outburst from the brat
mail follow-up
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