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'We got the National Awards to go digital'
Times of India | Utpal Borpujari | Mar 25, 2012, 06.14AM IST
Manipuri cinema will turn 40 early next month. Film-maker Haobam Paban Kumar tells Utpal Borpujari about the movie industry in a state where militants have shut all cinema halls
In an age when cinema is going digital, has Manipur shown the way to other regional cinema?
Yes, indeed. In Manipur today a popular film with four or five songs costs Rs 5 lakh. No wonder we have 60 to 70 releases a year. If cinema is about telling stories then Manipur has shown the way to the rest of India.
As Manipur celebrates four decades of its cinema, what would you like to say to the outside world?
The credit for the inclusion of digital films at the Indian Panorama and National Awards goes to the Manipur film industry. It was their PIL that did it. That sort of collaboration helps small industries likes ours, which is why there should be a platform to allow people to watch cinema from other parts of the country.
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