Karigee Kiruni Nungshiradee :: Film Premier at Delhi
Date : 21st March, 2015 at JNU, Delhi

Synopsis of the film

Decades of multilayered conflicts, wherein the violence has become increasingly grotesque, unpredictable and murkier, and shrinking opportunity in Manipur compel many to leave their homestead in search of better education and livelihood elsewhere. Ashang, a young 'tribal' boy from Tangkhul community, and his love, Thoibi, a 'non-tribal' girl from Meitei community are amongst those people. Ashang has just begun working in an MNC in one of the satellite towns of Delhi after submitting his Ph.D. dissertation at JNU, New Delhi, and Thoibi is pursuing her doctoral programme in Chandigarh.

One evening, the story of their troubled 'home' (Manipur) unfolds once again with a bomb blast and shoot out in Imphal. Thoibi arrives unexpectedly in Delhi the same evening and decides to spend the night with Ashang to unwind herself from the sense of despondency that she feels about her native place Manipur.

As the events get unfolded that evening, Imo, Thoibi's cousin brother, who is on a 'home' visit to his native state, witnesses the glimpses of the life and times of contemporary Manipur. And amidst the hustle and bustle of the alien metropolitan city and a dream of a life together despite the inter-community estrangement, Ashang and Thoibi are also haunted by the situation in their home state.

The next morning, Ashang is woken up by a call from Kanta, his friend at JNU, leaving an eerie prospect that fuses the personal with the political.

Story, Screenplay & Direction: A. Bimol Akoijam
Producers: Olivia Thounaojam, Bapin Akoijam, Roshan Akoijam
Cinematography: Ratan Saikhom
Editor: Tamcha
Lyrics: Senate (Bobo) Khuraijam, A. Bimol Akoijam
Music: Mangangsana (Pathou) Mayanglambam (Laihui)
Playbacks: Rewben Mashangva, Premlata, Bimol (Abbey)
Casts: Luncky Awungshi, Anushree Kshetrimayum, Boris Akoijam, Tammi Keishing, Aribam Dhananjoy (Paojel Chaoba), Th. Samson, Tarcia Thounaojam, Mehzabeen Hussain, Th. Satish (Tona) and others

Running time: 1 hour, 39 minutes
CBFC Certificate: V/U

What others have said on the film...
'It is a new kind of film in Manipur, an addition to the prevailing genres of (Manipuri) films... we feel the charm of its newness'
— Aribam Shyam Sarma, internationally acclaimed film-maker and doyen of Manipuri Cinema

'This film comes as a wave of fresh air...it deals with the day-to-day reality which we could not speak of'
— R.K. Nimai, IAS (Red.), Former Commissioner, Arts and Culture, Govt. Of Manipur

'It bears the imprints of hitherto absent political cinema... speaks of our realities of conflict...a vignette, of a simple romance'
— Prof. Arambam Lokendro, noted scholar and theatre personality