Theatre personality Oinam Baldeva remembered
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 19 2021:
78th Birth Anniversary of Oinam Baldeva Singh was held today and Oinam Baldeva Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 and 2021 were also presented today at Keishamthong Elangbam Leikai.
The programme was inaugurated with people paying floral tribute to the portrait of late Oinam Baldeva Singh.
Lifetime achievement awards for 2020 and 2021 were presented to Kshetrimayum Randhani Devi and Ngangbam Swarnajit Singh respectively.
The award carries a shawl, a citation and a cash prize.
The event was attended by L Kishworjit Singh, secretary, Manipur State Kala Akademi; Dr L Gojendra, president, Critic's Forum Manipur and Padmashree Wareppa Naba as presidium members while K Tarunkumar, president of the trust presented the keynote address.
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L Kishworjit Singh said late Oinam Baldeva was trained in modern of stage lighting from National School of Drama and brought about a change in the way stages were illuminated in Manipuri drama.
He changed the traditional method of lightings with newer and better lighting techniques and his contribution in the field of theatre will never be forgotten, he added.
With a view to immortalise his contribution to Theatre, his family had formed a trust and the lifetime achievement award was presented to theatre artists, added L Kishworjit.
L Kishworjit also talked about the hardship face by artists due to the Covid-19 pandemic.