TODAY -
Manipur's cinematic journey
- The Statesman -
Ninglun Hanghal / 10 April 2011
MORE than 40 feature and non-feature films packaged the first-of-a-kind Manipuri Film Festival entitled "Nongpokthong – The Eastern Gate" held in Delhi last month. Screened at various colleges like Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia, the presence of Manipuri filmmakers, directors, including the renowned Aribam Syam Sharma, writers and actors added sparkle to the occasion.
Films and filmmaking were not uncommon even before 1947. The last of the Manipuri princes, Maharajkumar Priyobrata, who later became the first chief minister, made about 50 films with his own camera during the 1930s. Most of these were "recordings" of social and cultural events. According to noted film critic, RK Bidur, these camera recordings by Priyobrata were "films of actuality".
From the black-and-white Matamgi Manipur to the contemporary digital Mami Sami, Manipuri films have come a long way. Films of the 1970s, like Matamgi Manipur and later Imagi Ningthem recognised the role of women and their contribution in the family and society at large, but they either did not portray any antagonism, or did not focus on individual characters
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