Maniwood football team flagged off
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 13 2014 :
A team of Manipuri film stars left for Bangalore today to participate in the football tournament being organized jointly by All Manipur Film Makers and Producers Association and Bangalore Manipuri Students' Association on the theme "No to Drugs and Yes to Health" .
Participating in the flag off ceremony, President of Manipur Olympic Association Bijoy Koijam hailed the endeavour of the film fraternity towards development of sports as well as the health of the society.
He expressed hope that the film stars and film makers based in Bangalore would surely imitate the ventures taken up by the Manipuri film fraternity in the field of sports, and added that from the point of view of the film industry, it is worthy of appreciation.
The 42-member team comprising among others Hamom Sadananda, Denny, Rojesh and Amarjit was flagged off at 11.30 am today from the premises of the Association at Wangkhei Angom Leikai Imphal.
Film maker Romi Meitei is the team captain while Kishorekumar and Premjit Naoroibam will be the team managers.
The team will play at Arena Sajapur Road Bangalore on 18 May along with Bangalore Manipuri Students' Association.