Manipur State Film Festival, India (1999) - Nominations

Manipuri Film Award

Best Actor

R. K. Amarjeet Eraal Oirage For his virial and realistic acting in the role of Rajesh having two parallel lives in varied situations in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Diya Khwairakpam Eigi Punshi For his profound acting in the role of a self-effacing character.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Actress

Huirem Seema Kanaga Hinghouni For portraying her competence vicissitudes of emotional states of mind in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Thongam Romita Zehra For her unassuming acting appropriating a harmonious blend between the Meitei and the Muslim communities.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Art Direction

Ranjit Adhikarimayum Kombeerei For his ability to project aesthetically a well-researched cultural panorama to suit the characters and events in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Maisnam Ramananda Aroiba Bidai For his appropriate selection of visuals to suit the characters and events of present day society.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Audiography

Aribam Shantimo Sharma Yenningtha Amada For making a skillful sound phase and selective use of audibility in the dialogues, musical sequences and events in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Chand Heisnam Amambasu Anganbani For his controlled treatment of sound to make the dialogues and music blend harmoniously with the sequences in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Child Actor

Hamom Archana Eraal Oirage For her superb display of feelings and control under changed circumstances in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Wangkheirakpam Brajakanta Aroiba Bidai For his childlike and natural acting to suit the sequences in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Cinematography

Laimayum Surjakanta Sharma Khamba Thoibi For her ability to focus various characters and scenes artistically with appropriate treatment of light and shade in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Kongbrailatpam Bimol Sharma Zehra For his skill in the selective use of light and shade to reveal pleasing visual compositions in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Cinematography (Non Feature Film)

Phurailatpam Sharatchandra Sharma

Laa

For his ability to portray cinematically a well-researched picture of LAA is an aesthetically pleasing mode with a focus on the relation between culture and environment.

WINNER

3rd Ceremony

Best Costume

Ranjit Adhikarimayum Kombeerei For his well-researched and selective use of the costumes to suit the overall atmosphere in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Leishangthem Hemanta Aroiba Natte For designing costume appropriate for various episodes in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Direction

Gurumayum Narayan Sharma Kombeerei For his ability to blend the nuances of Manipuri cultural aspects in an aesthetic and eloquent cinematic language with a message against social social oppression and exploitation of women.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Laimayum Surjakanta Sharma Meiree For his ability to portray vividly the under-current of a seemingly god society through the medium of film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Editing

Laimayum Surjakanta Sharma Kanaga Hinghouni For his capability to comprehend different segments of the film and effectively blends the end strand for a spontaneous presentation of the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Laimayum Surjakanta Sharma Aroiba Bidai For his ability to edit various events and situations to project a compact wholeness in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Feature Film

Kanaga Hinghouni Chand Heisnam For its eloquent portrayal of the futility of drug abuse - a present day menace in the contemporary Manipuri Society along with a note on sacrificial mission.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Aroiba Bidai Oken Amakcham For its eloquent picturisation of the stringent social set-up in contemporary Manipuri Society through a moving cinematic language.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Female Playback Singer

Pushparani Huidrom Eraal Oirage For her competence to render a heart throbbing and emotionally charged song "Ho Ima Ima ..." in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Sunita Nepram Amambasu Anganbani For rendering a song "Ho Ho Ho, ... Basantagi Mapao Puduna ..." with a cheerfully expectant feeling and musical subtlety.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Lyrics

Thangjam Kora Yenningtha Amada For his ability to render lyrically an acute emotional state of mind in the song "Eiga Nanga Kari Mari Leinei ..." in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Laishram Romola Thawaigi Thawai For her ability to compose a deeply felt romantic imagery in the song "Khoirangba Henmalli Tapthakhone Tammoi Nangbu ..." in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Make-up

Laishram Iboyaima Chinglensana For his creative use of make-up simulating characters of the by-gone days of the Royalty in Manipur and its environs.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Namram Leninkumar Thawaigi Thawai	WINNER 4th Ceremony
Wairokpam Ibohal Thawaigi Thawai	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Male Playback Singer

Khundrakpam Joykumar Meichak Meichak For rendering the title song of the film in an emotionally appealing melodious voice.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Nongmaithem Pahari Eigi Punshi For rendering a deeply moving melodious song "Eshei Sakkhini Leptana Sakkhini ..." with emotional involvement in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Music Direction

Nongmaithem Pahari Meichak Meichak For his superb understanding and harmonic treatment of musical nuances in the film.	WINNER 3rd Ceremony
Yumnam Suren Meiree For his ability to render a well-balanced and harmonic music in the film.	WINNER 4th Ceremony

Best Non-Feature Film

Laa

For its bold attempt to present LAA as an indispensable cultural component of the Manipuris and identify the culture of Manipur with environment in cinematic medium.