Mr. India

In the floating islands in Manipur, a man gets a gun.

This documentary covers civil disobedience in Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958. It highlights the protests that followed the 2004 murder of Thangjam Manorama, where residents protested the broad powers given to security forces under AFSPA. One famous photograph from this time shows 30 middle-aged women marching naked through Imphal, the state capital, to the Assam Rifles headquarters.

Ngaihak Lambida (English: Along The Way) is a 2006 non-feature Manipuri film directed by Haobam Paban Kumar and based on a story by MK Binodini. It is bproduced by Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute. The film was selected in the non-feature section of the Indian Panorama at the 38th International Film Festival of India 2007. It also participated in the competition section of Short Fiction Films in the Third Eye 6th Asian Film Festival, Mumbai, 2007.

The film takes a look at the life and work of Pabung Syam through the eyes of one of his admirers and student.

The non-feature film is a tribute to the sports personalities of the country who have contributed immensely to the development of women in sports. The film follows the inspiring stories of the pioneers of women weightlifters from N. Kunjarani Devi, Padmashri Awardee 2011 and Anita Chanu, Dhyanchand Awardee to the present-day weightlifting sensation of India Mirabai Chanu, Padmashri Awardee 2018

In this bilingual Manipuri film the desire for ethnic supremacy and emergence of politics of identity had put the people of Manipur to an unceasing violence, amplifying further mistrust and animosity amongst its population. Yet, in the face of distressed memories, hope thrives.

A young teen has not returned home in Manipur, an area amidst the ethnic conflicts and insurgency. His father Joseph sets out on a journey in search of his football enthusiast son. As Joseph travels, his fear grows deeper: a fear of constant uncertainty- past and present – to which a personal vacuum is added when he is asked to verify the unidentified body in the morgue by the police. It is a journey that no parent would like to take, ever.