The film depicts a middle-class family torn between traditional and modern values. Tonsna, the retired patriarch, watches as his sons, Ibohal and Ibotombi, and daughter, Tondonbi, navigate conflicting ideals. Ibohal's old-school ways clash with his wife Tampak's desires for domesticity, while Ibotombi rebels against outdated norms. Tondonbi seeks liberation amid societal pressures. As the family faces fragmentation, they ultimately find empathy and unity, choosing to embrace their differences for a happier future together.
Parshuram who grows up on his own. His maternal uncle sells his mother to a cruel rich man. He perceives that all these happenings are caused by his father who neglects them. And he takes a vow to kill his estranged father when he finds him.
A teacher comes to a village and an old man asks her to tutor his grand son who is sickly all the time. The teacher becomes curious to know about the old man and the boy. She finds out from a colleague that the boy's mother had been seduced by a man and dies in child birth. It turns out that the father is husband of her cousin who is promptly apprised of the fact. Her cousin is attracted to the unfortunate boy and adopts him while her husband is absent. Subsequently the husband returns home and objects to the boy being adopted for he does not know it is his own son. The grand father wants to take the boy back but the step mother does not listen to it and ultimately keeps the boy.
The film explores the different life styles of modern India. In urban society corruption is rife, careers advanced by bribes and influence. But there is an alternative: life in the hills, where the people face life silently and accept nature's gifts. In this ultimately optimistic film, a Manipuri youth lives through personal pain and disappointment to face with new hope and energy the struggle of his family for a different way of life.
Melodrama featuring criminal violence in Imphal, the (for most Indians) exotic capital of Manipur. It addresses issues like unemployment, drugs and the nexus between an oppressive state power and an entrenched feudal elite through the story of a widow, Nungshi (Memi), and her son Ibungobi (Master Tony). When the independent-minded Nungshi is gang-raped and becomes a crazed beggar, her son joins a group of criminals operating in Imphal’s ‘Golden Market’. Ibungobi eventually realises that the beggar is his mother, but is too late to help her even though one of his criminal friends is a local politician.
The harmony in a family in the Manipur Valley, is disrupted by the sudden transformation of a gentle, young wife into a violent woman prone to fits of wild visions. She then goes in search of the Meibi Guru, whom she thinks has chosen her to be initiated into the sect. Her pleasure then lies in the devotion and love through dances and music. She finds total solace in the vivid and colorful performing arts.
This film is dedicated to the handicapped persons on the occasion of " World Disabled day" is about a blind boy and his elder sister facing the cruel hand a fate in a middle class family. As befits the dedication, the blind boy is played by a actually blind boy who is a student of the government Blind School, Manipur.
The film ends with Robi (The blind boy) lamenting on his sister Nandini's graveyard for the loss of his sister who has been guide as well as his mother. Bories, the young son of Nandini's elder brother, Ibohal, comes and takes Robi away home guiding him through the bushes and thorny shrubs of life.
A fine illustration of the Manipuri legend which asserts that a lily from the hills of Seroy can only survive in its natural original setting. The story of Joy and Ibeni is beyond the permissible limits, for their love marriage was considered as immoral because they were cousins. One day Joy sees the despairing Ibeni who tries to hang himself from a tree. She saves him in the nick of time but then they have to confront the scorn of the village and are forced to settle down elsewhere where they are considered foreigners. They return to their native village on the occasion of the death of Ibeni`s father. Their son, who has grown into a handsome young man repeats the fault of his parents and elopes with his beloved. When Joy dies the villagers prevent the funeral rights from being carried out.
Melodrama about three women from the Tangkhul community in the Manipuri hills. The story is told in flashback after a young girl, the daughter of Mayophy raised by her widowed grandmother, writes to the narrator having been selected to represent India in the Asian Games. The three women evoke the pristine, mountainous landscape even as they encounter modernity and urbanisation.
Sakhi is a divorced woman who is a dancer at the State Dance Academy. One day, a thief falls in love with her after seeing her performance and in order to gain her attention he steals her horse.
Khamba Khamnu is a folk film depicting the childhood period of the legendary hero of Khamba Thoibi epic of Moirang Kangleirol, who is brought up by her sister Khamnu against all odds.
The destructive effects of drug abuse collide with the resilience of human relationships. As characters navigate treacherous machinations, an unexpected twist reveals a poignant irony of fate. Mamata, denied time with her HIV-infected child, discovers a newfound purpose: serving humanity.
