Aribam Syam Sharma

Little Paari and his friend live near a national park and love watching the animals, especially the sangai, an endangered species of deer. But when the friend moves away Paari becomes depressed and loses interest in nature.

Lamja Parshuram is a 1974 Manipuri film directed by Aribam Syam Sharma and produced by G. Narayan Sharma for N.S. Films. The script of the film was written by Elangbam Dinamani Singh and story by G.C. Tongbra. The movie features Kangabam Tomba in the titular role, and Wahengbam Bedamani as the lead female protagonist. It was released on 24 April 1974 at Pratap Talkies, Paona Bazar. The film ran for more than 100 days and became the first Manipuri hit feature film.

The film is based on M. K. Binodini Devi's 1966 play of the same title which draws on the playwright’s interactions with Ramkinkar Baij, the eminent sculptor and her colleague. Gautam, an artist, determined to uphold his freedom, is torn between his two loves and their outlooks towards his passion.

The film on Manipuri animal of character and strength, is inextricably linked with the culture, history and civilization of the land, was once treated as a family member. According to Meitei myths, it was the first animal created. Today Manipuri Pony is endangered species, but all hope for its survival is not yet lost.

Yelhou Jagoi, also known as Lai Haraoba, is a ritual dance from Manipur that re-enacts the myth of creation and celebrates the harmony between humans and nature. Through 364 hand gestures (Khutheks) in Laibou sequences, it portrays creation, flora and fauna, and human endeavor. The documentation features Nungnao Jagoi, depicting a child's birth and growth; Yumsarol, showing traditional house construction; and Panthoibi Jagoi, celebrating the love story of Nongpok Ningthou and Panthoibi. The film explores the deeper, often overlooked aspects of this sacred dance tradition within its natural and cultural context.

This Manipuri drama opens as a happy young couple are preparing for an ear-piercing ceremony for their first child, a daughter. This is an important custom in their region of India, signifying the beginning of a responsible stage in life. Things go awry when the wife begins talking to flowers, singing odd songs, and having fits. In fact, the fits get so violent that she has to be physically restrained and tied down to prevent her from hurting herself. It eventually emerges that she has been chosen by a spirit which is special to a particular religious cult, the Meibis. Things proceed swiftly with her new, unsought, allegiance as she makes contact with the cult and its leader and prepares to leave her heartsick husband and child behind.

In this award-winning blockbuster film Olangthagee Wangmadasoo (meaning " Even Beyond the Summer Horizon" in Manipuri) by Aribam Syam Sharma, a singer Bijoy and a medical student Thadoi fall in love and decide to marry each other. But differences between their respective families bring a sequence of twists to the tale including attack on Bijoy, his grandfather's death, a pilgrimage and a kidnapping. Will their love be able to defy all these?

The film Leipaklei tells the story of Leipaklei, a woman named after a Manipuri flower. Like the flower whose habitat is the hard ground, she is surrounded by hard trials and ironies of fate: separation from the one who loved and is still loved by her, abandonment by her husband, the trials of being a single parent, the violence of the gaze of men who sees her as fair game. Not unlike the flower Leipaklei, which hibernates beneath parched grounds - dreaming for a spring past, the protagonist dreams of the return of her beloved. He returns.