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The first Manipuri-language film, Matamgi Manipur, was released on 9 April 1972. [57] Paokhum Ama (1983) is the first full-length colour feature film (according to the Academy's definition of a feature film) [58] of Manipur and was directed by Aribam Syam Sharma. Lammei (2002) is the first Manipuri Video film to have a commercial screening at a ...
The origins of Meitei cinema date back to Matamgi Manipur (Meitei for 'Today's Manipur'), released in 1972 as the first full-length Meitei-language film and the first film made in Manipur. [4] [5] The film won the President's Medal at the 20th National Film Awards, establishing a milestone in Manipuri cinema. [6]
The Bishnupriyas, also known as the Bishnupriya Manipuris or Bishnupriya Meiteis, [4] [5] is an ethnic group found in the parts of Northeast Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Manipur and in northeastern Bangladesh.
The Cinema of Manipur is the film industry based in Manipur, India. It includes not only Meitei language movies but all the films made in different languages of the different communities in Manipur. The Manipuri film industry was born when Matamgi Manipur by Debkumar Bose was released on 9 April 1972. [ 1 ]
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Chiru people is a Zo ethnic group [3] that mostly resides in Manipur and some in Assam, India. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in accordance with The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Indian Constitution. [4] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. [5]
Though there were earlier Brahmin settlements in Medieval Manipur, the entire Meitei ethnicity remains to be ethno-religious to Sanamahism until the great historical event of the Puya Mei Thaba took place during the reign of Pamheiba, the then Emperor of Manipur Kingdom, after which the entire kingdom was declared Hindu . [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Kom people are one of the indigenous and oldest tribes who had settled in Manipur since time immemorial. They share very similar traditional attires and surnames with Thadou tribe. The Kom tribes have Karong, Serto, Leivon , Mangte and Tellien clans etc. They are mainly found in Manipur of North-East India. [2]