Are Indian films made only in Hindi or Bollywood, asks Aribam Syam
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Goa, November 25 2015:
Celebrated Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma, who is also the Chairman of the Feature Jury of the Indian Panorama section at the International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) 2015, received a red carpet welcome while coming to attend the screening of his "Imagi Ningthem" at the Maquinez Palace theatre, INOX, Goa on Monday last.
Accordign to a press note, "Imagi Ningthem" was being screened as a part of Focus on North East Cinema at the ongoing IFFI 2015 in Panjim, Goa.
Sharma was accompanied by renowned veteran actors of Manipur Yengkhom Roma, Ksh Rashi and T Leikhendra Singh, who acted as a child artiste in "Imagi Ningthem" .
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"I am delighted and feel honoured.
It is a long journey from 1972 onwards to this stage," said Syam Sharma while addressing the audience.
Earlier on Monday, during the interactive session of the Open Forum organised by the Federation of Film Societies of India, Syam Sharma spoke on being a director.
"Are Indian film only the films made in Hindi or Bollywood? What is after all an Indian Film?", asked Syam Sharma.
He said, "When I represent the country in many international film festivals, I am called an Indian filmmaker, but here in India I am called a Regional filmmaker.
Sometimes, we get offended" .
The ace Manipuri filmmaker asserted, "We are small but seriously and honestly filmmakers." IFFI's Focus on North East cinema includes fourteen of Syam Sharma's retrospective films and other films by seven new directors from the Northeast region.