Manipur State Film Festival, India 2014

9th Ceremony | Overview

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

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
Year Ceremony Award Category Name Title Winner
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Actor Somendro Rajkumar Nongmatang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Actress Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Nangna Kappa Pakchade
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Art Direction Chanamthabam Premananda Roy Ayekpa Lai
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Audiography Romi Lamabam VDF Thasana
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Biographical/Art/Culture Film Haobam Paban Kumar Phum Shang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Child Artist Reny Naoroibam Eidee Kadaida
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Children's Film Suvas E. Nongmatang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Cinematography Imo Yumnam Ayekpa Lai
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Cinematography (Non Feature Film) Irom Maipak Phum Shang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Costume Design Kshetrimayum Gyanandra Thabal
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Direction Makhonmani Mongsaba Nangna Kappa Pakchade
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Editing Hodam Tommy VDF Thasana
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Editing (Non Feature Film) Sankhajit Biswas Phum Shang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Feature Film Makhonmani Mongsaba Nangna Kappa Pakchade
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Female Playback Singer RK. Nandeshwori VDF Thasana
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Film Critic Herojit Naoroibam
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Film of a Debut Director Thabal
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Film of a Debut Director (Non-Feature) Akee Sorokhaibam Alternative Dancer
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Film on Sports/Social Issues Bobby Wahengbam Soft Target
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Lyrics Homendro Waikhom VDF Thasana
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Make-up L Bhogen Nangna Kappa Pakchade
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Male Playback Singer Gurumayum Bonny VDF Thasana
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Music Direction Nameirakpam Tiken Nangna Kappa Pakchade
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Music Direction (Non Feature Film) Mayanglambam Mangangsana Phum Shang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Non-Feature Film Haobam Paban Kumar Phum Shang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Screenplay Ajit Yumnam Nongmatang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Short Film Mayanglambam Romi Meitei Karfew
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Special Effect Lairenlakpam Mohendro Thabal
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Story M. K. Binodini Devi Nangna Kappa Pakchade
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Supporting Actor Chakpram Rameshchandra Sanagi Tangbal
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Supporting Actress RK Sorojini Nangna Kappa Pakchade
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Best Voice Over/Narration Elangbam Natasha
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Lifetime Achievement Award Laishram Pishak
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Special Jury Award Prity Maibam Nongmatang
2014 9 Manipuri Film Award Special Jury Award (Non Feature Film) Bobby Wahengbam Soft Target
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