Two Manipuri filmmakers shine at nat’l film awards

Imphal: Amid the crisis in Manipur, two filmmakers from the state — Mayanglangbam Romi Meitei and Saikhom Ratan — on Tuesday bagged awards at the 69th edition of the National Film Awards in New Delhi.Besides the two, young filmmaker Borun Thokchom, also from the state, was a proud spectator at the glittering awards ceremony as he was among a few film personalities of the nation who were jury members of non-feature film category of the awards.President Droupadi Murmu conferred the awards at the ceremony attended by a constellation of great Indian cinema stars and promoters.Romi received the award for his iconic feature film “Eikhoigi Yum” (My House), while Ratan went home with the award for his flick “Beyond Blast”. This year, the prestigious “Dada Saheb Phalke Award” (lifetime achievement award) went to yesteryear’s Bollywood icon Waheeda Rehman. Romi was honoured in the best Manipuri feature film category, while Ratan bagged the best biographical non-feature film award.Before switching over to parallel cinema with “Eikhoigi Yum”, Romi was an ardent mainstream commercial filmmaker as he has made over 100 such movies most of which were box-office hits.Just after receiving his first-ever national film award, Romi said Tuesday’s event was great and jovial, but the current crisis gripping the state has dampened his celebratory mood. “I’m very happy with the recognition given to Eikhoigi Yum which is my first non-commercial project. As much as I wished, I’m unable to enjoy the moment considering the conflict going on in our home state,” said Romi.

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