''Pabung Syam'' is a 2021 Indian

Meitei language Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in pa ...

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directed by

Haobam Paban Kumar Haobam Paban Kumar is an Indian filmmaker from state of Manipur. Kumar's films and documentaries have been screened in several places across the globe. Kumar's debut feature film ''Loktak Lairembee'' (Lady of the Lake) won the National Film Awa ...

. It is produced by

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. The film was selected in the non-feature section of the Indian Panorama at the

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2021. It won the Best Biographical Film award at the

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. It was also screened at the 17th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short Fiction and Animation films (MIFF) 2022. The film was screened at the 8th International Film Festival of Shimla 2022.

Synopsis

The film takes a look at the life and work of Pabung

Aribam Syam Sharma Aribam Syam Sharma is an Indian filmmaker and composer from Manipur. He debuted in the first Manipuri film ''Matamgi Manipur'' as an actor. In 1974, he directed his first movie ''Lamja Parshuram''. It became the first Manipuri film to run for 100 ...

through the eyes of one of his admirers and students.

Accolades

References

{{Reflist Meitei-language films 2021 films Cinema of Manipur Indian documentary films Indian biographical films