{"id":126713,"date":"2015-04-09T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/?guid=b7633095748ea89635549fefc50ec3d5"},"modified":"2015-04-09T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:10:33","slug":"film-makers-honoured-on-day-to-celebrate-birth-of-manipuri-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2015\/04\/09\/film-makers-honoured-on-day-to-celebrate-birth-of-manipuri-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Film makers honoured on day to celebrate birth of Manipuri cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IMPHAL, April 9: `Film is a medium to denounce social evils and propagate our social values,`\u009d Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam said, speaking as the chief guest at the 9th Mami Numit Celebration cum 3rd Nong-in Music Video Festival at MFDC today. `Perhaps it is the fastest means for social transformation. Certain social messages underline the entertainment, definitely that`\u2122s the crux we should absorb.`\u009d He added.<\/p>\n<p>The function was jointly organized by the Film Forum Manipur and Manipur State Film Development Society.<\/p>\n<p>He further said State Artists have sacrificed for our society and the Government would consider appropriate policy and budget for supporting this avenue.<\/p>\n<p>K. Radhakumar Singh, IAS, Secretary Arts &#038; Culture who graced the function as the guest of honour said that a film policy, a film institute and a film city are definitely a requisite to tap the digital explosion that we have experienced in the film industry. `We should focus on the quality aspect of our productions so that it can aim at worldwide market,`\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Padmashri Awardee Aribam Shyam Sharma was honoured with Jewel of Manipuri Cinema-2015 on the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Five Cine Activist were also felicitated namely Aphang Ahum, Producer and Director (Tangkhul); Dee Abonmei, Producer and Director (Liangmei); Moirangthem Nilamani Singh, Pioneer and Director; (Late) R.Leirenjao Kabui, Producer, Actor and Director (Kabui) and (Late) Lamgin Doungel, Producer and Director (Thadou).<\/p>\n<p>Best Film Journalist Award 2015 was received by Narendra Ningombam.<\/p>\n<p>April 9 is the launching anniversary of first Manipuri Feature Film `Matamgi Manipur`\u009d at Usha Hall in 1972. On the occasion, silent observation and floral tributes were paid to 37 departed souls including Lt. W. Lalitkumar.<\/p>\n<p>Another silent observation was held later after receiving the sad news of B Jayentakumar Sharma`\u2122s demise.<\/p>\n<p>Nong-in Music Video Festival 2015 followed with the screening of 16 songs out of the 65 entries.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/04\/film-makers-honoured-on-day-to-celebrate-birth-of-manipuri-cinema\/\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/04\/film-makers-honoured-on-day-to-celebrate-birth-of-manipuri-cinema\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPHAL, April 9: `Film is a medium to denounce social evils and propagate our social values,`&#157; Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam said, speaking as the chief guest at the 9th Mami<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[40,330],"class_list":["post-126713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanglaonline","category-news","tag-headlines","tag-kanglaonline-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126714,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126713\/revisions\/126714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}