Matamgi Manipur
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| ꯃꯇꯝꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ | |
| Directed by | Debkumar Bose |
| Written by | Lokendra Arambam (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Debkumar Bose |
| Story by | Arambam Samarendra |
| Produced by | Karam Monomohan |
| Starring | G. Ravindra Sharma Yengkhom Roma |
| Cinematography | Shankar Banerjee Stills: Subhash Nandi |
| Edited by | Madhusudan Banerjee |
| Music by | Aribam Syam Sharma Music arranger: Dilip Roy Sound recordist: Bani Dutta, R.C.A. Anil Talukdar (outdoor) Lyrics - Khuraijam Phulendra Singh, MK Binodini Devi |
Production company | K.T. Films Private Limited |
| Distributed by | K.T. Films Private Limited |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Meiteilon (Manipuri) |
Matamgi Manipur (Meitei: ꯃꯇꯝꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ, English: The Times of Manipur) is a 1972 Manipuri film and the first full-length cinema of Manipur. The movie is directed by Debkumar Bose and produced by Karam Monomohan, under the banner of K.T. (Karam Tomal) Films Private Limited. The black and white film features Gurumayum Ravindra Sharma and Yengkhom Roma in the lead roles. Arambam Samarendra wrote the story and screenplay by Debkumar Bose. The film won the President's Medal (Rashtriya Chalchitra Purashkar) at the 20th National Film Awards. It is an adaptation of Arambam Samarendra's theatrical play Tīrtha Yātrā.
In remembrance of the occasion of release of this first feature film of Manipur, every year, April 9 is celebrated as Mami Numit (English: Cinema Day) in the state. The film was processed at United Cine Laboratory under the supervision of Gauri Mukherjee. The credit titles (Meitei Mayek script) were written by Khun Joykumar.
The film began shooting on 3 December 1971 and was wrapped up in January 1972.