''Phijigee Mani'' (

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: ''My Only Jem''; also written as '' Phijigi Mani'') is a 2011

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directed by O. Gautam, co-written and produced by Takhelchangbam Ongbi Medha Sharmi, under the banner of Radha Govind Films. It stars an ensemble cast including

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, Abenao Elangbam and

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. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri and Best Supporting Actress (

) awards at the 59th National Film Awards. ''Phijigee Mani'' was also selected for Indian Panorama of

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2011. ''Phijigee Mani'' was screened at Habitat Film Festival 2012, New Delhi. It was also screened in the North-East Film Festival 2014 held at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.

Synopsis

When job, time and situation snatches her only son away from her lap, Sanajaoba's mother longed for her gem to come back. Yaiphabee, Sanajaoba's younger sister, acts as a catalyst to bridge the strained relationship between Sanajaoba and his mother. A slice of the evolving socio-political scenario of Manipur (and the northeast at large) is captured through the lens of Sanajaoba's family.

Cast

as Sanajaoba *

as Yaiphabee, Sanajaoba's younger sister * Abenao Elangbam as Bicha * Y. Kumarjit as Sanajaoba's father * Hijam Shyamdhani as Yaiphabi's uncle * Ayekpam Shanti as Sanajaoba's mother * R.K. Sorojini Devi as Yaiphabi's aunty * Venus as Yaiphabi's love interest * Momita as Jessica, Sanajaoba's wife * ''Baby'' Rainy as Langlen, Sanajaoba's daughter

Accolades

won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 59th National Film Awards. The movie also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri. The citation for the National Award reads, "For a sensitive depiction of the complex displacements that are occurring today in the North Eastern states. The director shows in the most graceful manner the consequences of displaced socio-political priorities which dislodge the young and disturb traditional family moorings and the even more ancient tribal societal systems".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8914356 2010s Meitei-language films Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress National Film Award-winning performance 2011 films Cinema of Manipur