Manipur State Film Festival, India 2014

Manipuri Film Award

Best Actor

Somendro Rajkumar Nongmatang For his outstanding performance while building up the morale of the male protagonist by immersing himself into the character.

WINNER

Best Actress

Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Nangna Kappa Pakchade For her excellent and subtle portrayal of the character of a woman consistently struggles between conflicting feelings and her own determination resolved by the spirit of a never dying womanhood of the land.

WINNER

Best Art Direction

Chanamthabam Premananda Roy Ayekpa Lai For his sensitive designing of locales, figures and costumes crafted with shapes, tonalities and motifs responding to the emotions and feelings as demanded by the dramatic settings of the film.

WINNER

Best Audiography

Romi Lamabam VDF Thasana For his perfect art on designing and creating an aesthetic auditory presentation enhancing and integrating the cinematic features.

WINNER

Best Biographical/Art/Culture Film

Phum Shang Haobam Paban Kumar its passionate visual narrative of the impoverished life of the fishing community of Loktak Lake in which the visuals and the life characters in it speak for themselves.

WINNER

Best Child Artist

Reny Naoroibam Eidee Kadaida For her truthful and honest portrayal of an innocent child victimized bycircumstances and surroundings.

WINNER

Best Children's Film

Nongmatang Suvas E. For being a responsive cinema on the life and endeavour of a girl child, having the potent of humanizing the youths and children in bringing up a new sensibility

WINNER

Best Cinematography

Imo Yumnam Ayekpa Lai For his précised optical representationof the artistic contents of the storyline through cinematic imageries and metaphors.

WINNER

Best Cinematography (Non Feature Film)

Irom Maipak Phum Shang for his sensitive camerawork underlined with pleasing aesthetics while portraying a traumatic human crisis in the film Phum Shang.

WINNER

Best Costume Design

Kshetrimayum Gyanandra Thabal For his stylized concept of designing an array of wardrobes harmonizing with the cinematic elements sketchedin the fabled description.

WINNER

Best Direction

Makhonmani Mongsaba Nangna Kappa Pakchade For his creative efficiency on enacting the humane contents of the story into a cinematic presentation per excellence

WINNER

Best Editing

Hodam Tommy VDF Thasana For his excellence in organizing rhythmic graphic relations among segments of the narrative, creating the coherent consistency of the film.

WINNER

Best Editing (Non Feature Film)

Sankhajit Biswas Phum Shang for his wonderfully seamless editing flowing in harmony with the music and dexterous enfoldment of the power packed visuals one after another which elevates the quality of the film.

WINNER

Best Feature Film

Nangna Kappa Pakchade Makhonmani Mongsaba For the responsive portrayal of contemporary life and challenges of women in Manipur reflecting the deep conflict of emotions through a lyrical cinematic representation of the subtle and undying spirit of femininity of the land.

WINNER

Best Female Playback Singer

RK. Nandeshwori VDF Thasana For her tuneful recital of the comic verse in a charming tone harmonizing with the character and mood portrayed.

WINNER

Best Film Critic

Herojit Naoroibam

WINNER

Best Film of a Debut Director

Thabal For being an honest endeavour to present fantasized characters within the frame of an imaginary landscape designed with mythical props, costumes and settings.

WINNER

Best Film of a Debut Director (Non-Feature)

Akee Sorokhaibam Alternative Dancer for his exemplary statement showing how dance could be creatively used as an alternative means for a progressive change in the life of the youth.

WINNER

Best Film on Sports/Social Issues

Soft Target Bobby Wahengbam for its investigative and courageous approach to laying bare a cruel hidden network of human trafficking done against the poor and helpless young women of Manipur.

WINNER

Best Lyrics

Homendro Waikhom VDF Thasana For his fineness in the art of satirist versification of a dramatic situation with the lyrics as a stylistic component of the film.

WINNER

Best Make-up

L Bhogen Nangna Kappa Pakchade For his precision in the art of making up the actors to match the characters with a conception of realism corresponding to spatial and temporal demands of the narrative.

WINNER

Best Male Playback Singer

Gurumayum Bonny VDF Thasana For his successful rendition of a satirist verse in a stylized and humorous tone of voice gratifying the character of the film.

WINNER

Best Music Direction

Nameirakpam Tiken Nangna Kappa Pakchade For his perfection in blending varied forms and styles of native tunes and instruments, creating a pulsating musical commentary of the conflict emotions cited by the story.

WINNER

Best Music Direction (Non Feature Film)

Mayanglambam Mangangsana Phum Shang for his folk based creative music which not only adds a lyrical beauty to the film but also foregrounds the theme of collective resistance.

WINNER

Best Non-Feature Film

Phum Shang Haobam Paban Kumar for its bold and fearless approach and the classic visual narrative of a crime lawfully executed with impunity against the poor phum dwellers of the Loktak Lake.

WINNER

Best Screenplay

Ajit Yumnam Nongmatang For his sensitive creation of a flawless narrative pattern to reveal the beliefs and actions of a society towards the unappreciated actors, creating a space for transforming the dominant sensibility of the viewers.

WINNER

Best Short Film

Karfew Mayanglambam Romi Meitei a lovely and artistically structured short film which dramatically project aspirations of an innocent boy for a better future in the crisis ridden state of Manipur.

WINNER

Best Special Effect

Lairenlakpam Mohendro Thabal For the flawless integration of live images with generated imageries enhancing the fabled sketches of the film.

WINNER

Best Story

M. K. Binodini Devi Nangna Kappa Pakchade For her poetic response to the contemporary life and challenges of women, sketching the deep conflict between emotion and spirit of femininity in Manipur.

WINNER

Best Supporting Actor

Chakpram Rameshchandra Sanagi Tangbal For his versatility on presenting a range of expression on responding to varied senses and emotions of a father overly concerned with material possessions and power rather than valuing humane essence.

WINNER

Best Supporting Actress

RK Sorojini Nangna Kappa Pakchade For her sensational performance in constructing the distinctive nature and features of an indomitable aunt who strives to defend the pride of womanhood of the land.

WINNER

Best Voice Over/Narration

Elangbam Natasha her clarity of narration and the affable voice which succinctly strengthens the film Vriksha Ropona. As a narrator, she not only catches the attention of the viewers but also bridges the cultural distance.

WINNER

Lifetime Achievement Award

Laishram Pishak for her singular contribution to the growth and development of Manipuri Cinema.

WINNER

Special Jury Award

Prity Maibam Nongmatang The Special Jury Award is conferred to M. Prity Devi for her exceptional true to life presentation of a real life character in a subtle and realistic nature.

WINNER

Special Jury Award (Non Feature Film)

Bobby Wahengbam Soft Target for his passionate involvement in the cause of fighting the dehumanizing crisis of trafficking ignorant women from Manipur.

WINNER