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Maya Choudhury
Maya Choudhury (born 3 March) is an Indian actress who appears in Manipuri films. Some of her famous films are ''Basantagee Nongallamdai'' trilogy, ''Momon Meenok'', ''21st Century's Kunti'', ''Nungshibee Takhellei'' and ''Tomthin Shija''. In 2019 movie '' Pandam Amada'', she was cast as the main protagonist's mother. The film was selected for 18th International Dhaka Film Festival 2019, 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival 2019, Mumbai and Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2020. Career Maya Choudhury first appeared on screen in the celluloid film ''Aroiba Bidaai'' (1999). She won the Miss Manipur 2nd runners up Title along with five subtitles in 1998. Before she got married, she did three films, ''Aroiba Bidaai'' (1999), ''Meichak'' (2000) & ''Piranglakta Manglan Ama'' (lately released in 2011). After marriage, she is supported by her husband and family to continue acting. Her role as Sarla in the 2006 film ''Basantagee Nongallamdai'' garnered positive response from the audience. With h ...
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Imphal
Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a moat. Spread over parts of the districts of Imphal West and Imphal East, the former contains the majority of the city's area and population. Imphal is part of the Smart Cities Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. History Initially ruled by King Khaba, Imphal was later ruled by the Pakhangba leaders. The clan of the Ningthouja tribe originated then. The Ningthouja tribe quickly expanded and dominated the region in politics and war. Kangla Palace was built by King Khagemba and his son Khunjaoba. The palace was later destroyed by the British during the Anglo-Manipur War. During the reign of Maharaja Bhagyachandra, there were a number of Burmese invasions. However, the kingd ...
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Fried Fish, Chicken Soup And A Premiere Show
''Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show'' is a 2011 documentary, bilingual (English and Manipuri) film directed by Mamta Murthy and produced by Madhusree Dutta. It is presented by Majlis. The movie won the National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film at the 59th National Film Awards. It had participated in many international film festivals like ''South Asian International Film Festival, New York''; ''CPH:DOX Copenhagen'' and ''Asiatica Film Mediale, Rome''. The movie got selection in the Bandra Film Festival 2021. Synopsis Set in Manipur, a conflict region on the remote India-Burma border, the film journeys across a century to paint a portrait of a cinema and its citizens. The film centers around shooting, production and release of the 2010 Manipuri movie ''21st Century's Kunti''. Cast * Manaobi MM * H. Neki * Y. Gandhi * Muhindro * Gokul Athokpam * Maya Choudhury * Denny Likmabam * Bala Hijam Bala Hijam is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in M ...
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Actresses In Meitei Cinema
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ...
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Actresses From Manipur
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ...
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Indian Film Actresses
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People From Imphal
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ...
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Meitei People
The Meitei people, also known as the Manipuri people,P.20: "historically, academically and conventionally Manipuri prominently refers to the Meetei people."P.24: "For the Meeteis, Manipuris comprise Meeteis, Lois, Kukis, Nagas and Pangal." is the predominant ethnic group of Manipur in Northeast India. They speak Meitei language (officially called Manipuri), one of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic and the sole official language of Manipur. The Meiteis primarily settled in the Imphal Valley region in modern-day Manipur, though a sizable population has settled in the other Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Mizoram. There is also a notable presence of Meitei in the neighboring countries of Myanmar and Bangladesh. The Meitei ethnic group represents about 53% of Manipur's population.Khomdan Singh Lisam, ''Encyclopaedia Of Manipur'', , pp. 322–347 Endonyms and exonyms The Meitei are known by a number of endonyms, ''Meitei'', ''Meetei'', ''Me ...
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Living People
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Aronba Wari
''Aronba Wari'' (English: ''Secret Story'') is a 2020 Manipuri film directed by OC Meira and produced by Rajkumari Nalini Devi, under the banner of Seuti Films. It stars Shilheiba Ningthoujam, Suraj Ngashepam, Bala Hijam and Sushmita Mangsatabam in the lead roles. The movie is based on Sarungbam Binodini Devi's novel ''Minoktugi Marumda''. It was initially slated to be released on 21 March 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was premiered on 11 October 2020 at Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS), Imphal. ''Aronba Wari'' had its regular theatrical run at Friends Talkies, Paona Bazar in March 2021. Cast * Shilheiba Ningthoujam as Henthoi * Suraj Ngashepam * Bala Hijam as Mainoubi * Sushmita Mangsatabam Sushmita Mangsatabam is an Indian actress and singer who predominantly appears in Manipuri films. She completed her schooling from North Point Higher Secondary School. She is well known for her titular role in the movie ''Thabaton''. Career S ...
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Oinam Gautam Singh
Oinam Gautam Singh (popularly known as ''O. Gautam'') is an Indian film director and editor who works in cinema of Manipur, Manipuri films. He started his career in Manipuri cinema as an editor and later took up direction since more than a decade. One of the successful filmmakers in Cinema of Manipur, Manipuri Cinema, he is the recipient of many awards, including a National Film Award for his 2011 movie ''Phijigee Mani''. Gautam has worked under eminent film personalities like Aribam Syam Sharma and Oken Amakcham. He had been a Jury Member of Indian Panorama for 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2014. Career ''Gautam'' started working as a chief assistant director under Oken Amakcham in the 2002 ''Lammei'', the first video film to have a commercial screening at a theatre, and in the 2003 movie ''Cheina'', a celluloid film. He set out to work independently as a director in films like ''Leichildagee Urok'' and ''Nangi Shaktam''. His film ''Naoshum'' was among the feat ...
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Romi Meitei
Romi Meitei (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian film director and lyricist who works in Manipuri films. He is a recipient of several awards at several film festivals organised in India and abroad and has directed movies for around two decades. ''Thoiba Thoibi'', ''Inga Nonglakta'', ''Manithoiba'', ''Natephamda Tero'', ''Chumthang Makhong'', ''Mikithi'' and ''Dharmagi Mingda Imagidamak'' are some of the well-known movies he directed. He has also made films which are adaptations of famous radio plays and ''Shumang Kumheis''. ''Imagi Laman Singamdre'', ''Yotpi'', ''Sanagi Nga'', ''Sangbrei Managi Chenghi Manam'', ''Hiktharaba Samji: Pizza'' are among such films. In 2017, he directed a music video titled ''Nura Pakhang''. It is a Portuguese and Meitei language collaboration music video on present situation of Manipuri pony. As of 2022, his feature film '' Eikhoigi Yum'' got official selection at the 22nd Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Accolades ''Romi Meitei'' has won many awa ...
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Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanmar, Sagaing Region to the east and Chin State to the south. The state covers an area of . Manipur has been at the crossroads of Asian economic and cultural exchange for more than 2,500 years. It connects the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia to Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, regions in the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia enabling migration of people, cultures and religions. During the days of the British Indian Empire, the Kingdom of Manipur was one of the princely states. Between 1917 and 1939, some people of Manipur pressed the princely rulers for democracy. By the late 1930s, the princely state of Manipur negotiated with the British administration its preference to continue to be part of the Indian Empire, rather than ...
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