Manipur State Film Festival, India 2016

Manipuri Film Award

Best Actor

Thounaojam Khelemba Meetei Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For his perfection in revealing the inner strength of the character prevailing over the conflicting ambience in a realistic nature.

WINNER

Best Actress

Jasmine Elangbam Khujinda Yotpi For her excellent portrayal of the morale of a woman consistently moving towards her never dying longing for offering herself to the eternal love.

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Best Art Direction

Brahmacharimayum Vala Sharma Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For his judgment in designing the figures and settings in an artistic manner corresponding to the contents and style of the narrative.

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Best Audiography

Hodam Tommy Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For his perfection in the art of designing an integrated audio presentation reflecting the total ambience and feelings of the narrative.

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Best Biographical/Art/Culture Film (Non-Feature)

Ima Sabitri for its vivid portrayal of the chequered life of the renowned actress Heisnam Sabitri and her dedication in the art of theatre.

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Best Book on Manipuri Cinema

Bobby Wahengbam Bobby Wahengbam's book titled as “Manipuri Cinema: A World of Its Own” presents a comprehensive account of the history of Manipuri Cinema, incorporating tribal languages such as Kuki and Tangkhul, recounting the shift from celluloid to digital video and the special place occupied by documentaries and shorts, reports on intellectual discourse on various aspects of Manipuri Cinema, review of a couple of outstanding feature films, apart from a discussion on the role of Manipuri Cinema in the socio-political context of present day Manipur. The hallmark of Bobby's book lies in its sincere appeal to qualitatively boost Manipuri films through academically backed healthy and disciplined criticism, whereby these could be brought up to a higher level of standard, proving itself as a powerful medium for projecting Manipuri culture and overall Manipuriness in tune with the changing world.

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Best Child Artist

Leishangthem Debika Cheikhei For her honest performance as an innocent child who endures the sufferings of a separated family.

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Best Children's Film

Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For being an insightful cinematic presentation on the dreams and challenges of a village lad, having the potent to elucidate the youths and children in bringing forth a new humanized sensibility.

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Best Cinematography

Aribam Bikeshwor Sharma Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For his coherent visual representation of the inner depth of the content through subtle and simple frames and compositions.

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Best Cinematography (Non-Feature Film)

Oinam Doren Auto Driver for his intelligently placed camera angles to contribute to the visual narrative in the film Auto Driver.

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Best Costume Design

Galipa N Imoinu For designing a range of attires, traditional and contemporary, in tune with the content and style of the film.

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Best Direction

Maipaksana Haorongbam Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For his original cinematic sense and control in organizing and creating an excellent artwork of humanized sensibility.

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Best Editing

Kongbrailatpam Bimol Sharma Eidi Thamoi Pikhre For his artistic skill in creating a flawless progression of shots in the rhythm of the dramatic actions of the narrative.

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Best Editing (Non-Feature Film)

Takhellambam Helendro Auto Driver for his video editing of the film Auto Driver which goes beyond the normative tradition while keeping it simple. He manages to skillfully weave the sequences in the film with a seamless technical wizardry.

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Best Female Playback Singer

Pushparani Huidrom Echeton For her tuneful recital of a romantic verse in a characterized tone corresponding to the portrayed emotions of the film.

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Best Film Critic

Bobby Wahengbam

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Best Film of a Debut Director (Non-Feature)

Auto Driver Meena Longjam her film Auto Driver for its clarity of visual narrative and wise theme music which candidly dish out a sensuous representation of a woman auto driver's struggle for survival.

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Best Film on Sports/Social Issues (Non-Feature)

Eisu Hingli Nakhoigum Laimayum Amarendra for the success it has made to focus on the inner drive of every disabled person, his or her struggle to become equally independent like any other.

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Best Lyrics

Ranjit Ningthouja Echeton For his lyrical depiction of the romantic allegories through different manifestations of nature in tune with the stylistic component of the film.

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Best Make-up

Khangembam Jiten Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For the perfect making up of the actors responding to the features of the characters as portrayed in diverse spatial and temporal segments of the narrative.

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Best Male Playback Singer

Huidrom Naoboy Echeton For his excellence in presenting a euphonic rendition of a poetic verse enhancing the cinematic representation of the character.

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Best Music Direction

Haorongbam Missaile Khumancha Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For the perfection on creating a conscious musical rendition connecting the psychological landscape of the film with integrated compositions of native and modern scores.	WINNER
Kshetrimayum Surjit Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For the perfection on creating a conscious musical rendition connecting the psychological landscape of the film with integrated compositions of native and modern scores.	WINNER

Best Music Direction (Non-Feature Film)

Heisnam Tomba Ima Sabitri for his creative music which captures the spirit of the film with its unique sound and its rhythmic notes truthfully drawing the attention of the audience in the film Ima Sabitri.

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Best Non-Feature Film

Ima Sabitri for its honest and passionate retelling of the life of Srimati Heisnam ongbi Sabitri, a renowned stage actress and her ailing husband Heisnam Kanhailal and their family's lifetime dedication to the cause of theatre.

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Best Screenplay

L Sanahal Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For his perfection on presenting a realistic pattern of narrative about the spirited strength of a real life character unfolding through varied facets of a village.

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Best Short Film

Ima Leibakkidamakta for its courageous experimental cinematography which accompanies a delightfully structured visual narrative.

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Best Story

Sudhir Naoroibam Loktak Lairembee For his subtle depiction of a responsive metaphor on the life and conflict in Loktak reflecting the enduring fortitude of the lake.

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Best Supporting Actor

Ningthouja Jaybidya Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For his conscious and lifelike representation of the sanity, sentiments and inner conflicts of a compassionate father within the ambit of the sketched character.

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Best Supporting Actress

Angom Shanti Eibusu Yaohanbiyu For her précised performance in constructing the life and character of a sensible mother who nurtures her child's inner strength to prevail over the conflicting ambience.

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Best Voice Over/Narration (Non-Feature Film)

Ratankumar Leitanthem Eisu Hingli Nakhoigum for successfully evoking the conscience of the audience with his vocal narrative in the film Eishu Hingli Nakhoigum.

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Governor’s Award for Best Feature Film

Loktak Lairembee Haobam Paban Kumar For the artistic presentation of pragmatic experiences of the life and conflicts in the Loktak into a cinematic parable using of the enduring fortitude of the lake.

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Oinam Biramangol

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Special Jury Award

Pankhei Oinam Gautam For the dramatic enactment of shattered love and hopes of the contemporary actors offended by the present conflicting space of the society in a realistic style.

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