Haobam Paban Kumar is an Indian filmmaker from state of
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 Myanm ...
. Kumar's films and documentaries have been screened in several places across the globe.
Kumar's debut feature film ''
Loktak Lairembee
Loktak Ima ( mni, , loktaak eemaa, Mother Loktak), also known as Loktak Lairembi ( mni, , loktaak lairembee, Goddess of Loktak) simply means a "goddess".), is the personification of the Loktak lake, who is revered by the Meitei people as the m ...
'' (Lady of the Lake) won the
at the
64th National Film Awards
The 64th National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and the ...
2017. He also won German Star of India at the 14th Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart, Germany for the film in 2017.
Kumar's documentary ''AFSPA 1958'' in 2006 was one of the highly critical and widely appreciated films across the globe for his daredevil attempt to showcase the harsh reality of the ill effects of Armed Forces Special Power Act in Manipur state.
Kumar’s other films ''The First Leap'' (2008), ''Mr India'' (2009) and ''Ruptured Spring'' (2012) have also been appreciated. Kumar's ''Phum Shang'' (Floating Life) on Loktak lake, the largest freshwater lake in northeast India which is characterized by its unique floating biomass, has also brought laurels for the filmmaker.
He was the head of jury for non-feature films in the Indian Panorama section (
51st International Film Festival of India
The 51st International Film Festival of India was held from 16 to 24 January 2021 in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival went hybrid, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. B ...
).
Filmography
Feature & Documentary films
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Film directors from Manipur
Producers who won the Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film Award