BAFTA for 'Boong'
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Sir,
'Boong', 'Boong', 'Boong' is now on the lips of everyone and everybody after LP's debut Manipuri film won the prestigious BAFTA Award 2026. From PM to CM, ex-CM to run of the mill politicians to film makers and actors down to the concerned common men, 'Boong' has caught the attention and, of course, imagination of all and sundry. And Why Not. This Manipuri (read Meeteilon) language film has scripted history as the first ever Indian origin film to have won the British equivalent of the 'Oscar'. A Proud and Historic Moment indeed for Manipuri and Indian cinema.
Four decades after Aribam Syam Sharma's award winning film 'Imagi Ningthem' won the Grand Prix at the Nantes (France) Film Festival in 1982 and puts Manipuri Cinema on the global map, Lakshmipriya's 'Boong' has reinforced the place and status of Manipuri Cinema on the International Hall of Fame for Cinema. 'Boong' may even go on to win the Academi Award, popularly known as the 'Oscar'. You never know.
Amidst this euphoric celebration and congratulations, I can't help doing some loud thinking. While 'Boong', the Manipuri language film from the troubled-torn State of Manipur, has given Bharat, that is India, a Proud and Historic Moment of joy, jubilation, happiness and celebration; India, nay Bharat has given 'Boong's Manipur days, months, years of chaos, confusion, disorder, lawlessness and uncertainty since day one of The Manipur Mayhem of May 3 2023. Bharat has created a situation of 'anomie' in the land of 'Boong'.
Yours sincerely,
Rajendra Kshetrimayum
Imphal.
'Boong', 'Boong', 'Boong' is now on the lips of everyone and everybody after LP's debut Manipuri film won the prestigious BAFTA Award 2026. From PM to CM, ex-CM to run of the mill politicians to film makers and actors down to the concerned common men, 'Boong' has caught the attention and, of course, imagination of all and sundry. And Why Not. This Manipuri (read Meeteilon) language film has scripted history as the first ever Indian origin film to have won the British equivalent of the 'Oscar'. A Proud and Historic Moment indeed for Manipuri and Indian cinema.
Four decades after Aribam Syam Sharma's award winning film 'Imagi Ningthem' won the Grand Prix at the Nantes (France) Film Festival in 1982 and puts Manipuri Cinema on the global map, Lakshmipriya's 'Boong' has reinforced the place and status of Manipuri Cinema on the International Hall of Fame for Cinema. 'Boong' may even go on to win the Academi Award, popularly known as the 'Oscar'. You never know.
Amidst this euphoric celebration and congratulations, I can't help doing some loud thinking. While 'Boong', the Manipuri language film from the troubled-torn State of Manipur, has given Bharat, that is India, a Proud and Historic Moment of joy, jubilation, happiness and celebration; India, nay Bharat has given 'Boong's Manipur days, months, years of chaos, confusion, disorder, lawlessness and uncertainty since day one of The Manipur Mayhem of May 3 2023. Bharat has created a situation of 'anomie' in the land of 'Boong'.
Yours sincerely,
Rajendra Kshetrimayum
Imphal.