Stereotyping remarks made against women in Film 'Khurai Angaobi'
April 23rd 2020
This is to draw the attention of Film Forum Manipur regarding various stereotyping remarks made against the women folks from Khurai, in a dialogue made by a popular film actor Athokpam Gokul in a digital film "Khurai Angaobi", produced by Jugeshori Sairem, Story, screenplay and directed by Sudhir Kangjam.
A video clip of the film has been uploaded in Facebook buy a person named Aruba Mayembam on 18th April, 2020 and went on viral at various social medias. In the short clip, Gokul delivered the following lines:
1) Ngasifao khurai nupi amatana yum thugaidey haiba takhraba ha.
2) khurai nupi Amana hek ongluba emungdu ka ng khong chaidese, Nang takhraba ha.
3) yum thugaigeybu hiraba khurai nupi pishillo hainei.
The lines appear to be sattarical, but it had created a wretched characterisation of the women from Khurai. It had tagged every khurai women as crooked homewreckera of their families.
The viral video has comments where many innocent names of girls of khurai are being tagged and made fun offs by their peers. The film may have a different storyline and positive motive, but the clip have done enough to blacken and maligned the social outlook of the people of khurai.
The film's name "Khurai Angaobi" with the obnoxious dialogue are enough to provoke social discrimination and stigmatization of Khurai women. The worst impact will be suffered by the married off ladies from the locality to other places across the state.
The producer and the director should be held responsible for the untoward incidents. They have been tried to contact and request been made to withdraw the controversial dialogue, but left to deaf ears. They are oblivious of the gravity of the unhealthy remarks.
Even during the promo interviews at Impact TV on September 2019, the director had stated the early part of the film contains certain things which might sought annoyance and displeasure from the public of Khurai locality. It seems the dialogue were put deliberately to malign and defame the khurai women folks.
Many people have put forwarded posts and comments against the viral particular dialogue of the film. And there is possibility of having other harsh lines in the film. There might be questions against the credibility of Film Forum Manipur , for improper screening and scrutiny of the scripts.
Therefore I would like the Chairman of Film Forum Manipur to look into the matter and take necessary action thereof.
Dr. M. Amarjit Meitei
Khurai Thangjam Leikai
* This Press Release was sent to e-pao.net by Dr. M. Amarjit Meitei who can be contacted at amaran1718(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This Press Release was posted on 24 April 2020
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