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M. K. BINODINI DEVI Anniversary Memorial Screenings From Page to Screen A Retrospective of the Films of Aribam Syam Sharma and M.K. Binodini Devi with Dialogues with the Director Department of Mass Communication Manipur University Canchipur February 21-24, 2018 The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation Co-presented by MANIPUR UNIVERSITY Department of Mass Communication MUSU Department of Art and Culture
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M.K.BINODINIDEVIAnniversaryMemorialScreenings
FromPagetoScreenARetrospectiveoftheFilmsof
AribamSyamSharmaandM.K.BinodiniDevi
withDialogueswiththeDirectorDepartmentofMassCommunication
ManipurUniversityCanchipur
February21-24,2018
TheMaharajKumariBinodiniDeviFoundation
Co-presentedby
MANIPURUNIVERSITYDepartmentofMassCommunication
MUSU
DepartmentofArtandCulture
IMAGININGTHEMMySon,MyPrecious
DirectedbyAribamSyamSharmaScreenplaybyM.K.BinodiniDeviProducedby:K.IbohalSharma
1981,110min.Manipuri,EnglishsubtitlesDigitalRestorationbyNFAI,Pune
with:Rashi,Lekhendra,Mangi,Indrakumar,
Bhubaneswari,Manglem
Short:BINODINI:AWRITER’SLIFE
DirectedbyAribamSyamSharma;26m,2002
At1PMWednesday,February21,2018
CentenaryHallManipurUniversity
Canchipur
GrandPrix.Festivaldes3 Continents,NantesNewDirectors/NewFilms,MoMA,NewYorkNationalFilmAwardfortheBestManipuriFilmNationalFilmAwardfortheBestChildActorBestFeatureFilm,ManipurStateFilmFestival
Ateachercomestoavillageandanoldmanaskshertotutorhisgrandsonwhoissicklyallthetime.Theteacherbecomescurioustoknowabouttheoldmanandtheboy.Shefindsoutfromacolleaguethattheboy'smotherhadbeenseducedbyamananddiesinchildbirth.Itturnsoutthatthefatheristhehusbandofhercousinwhoispromptlyapprisedofthefact.Hercousinisattractedtotheunfortunateboyandadoptshimwhileherhusbandisabsent.Subsequentlythehusbandreturnshomeandobjectstotheboybeingadoptedforhedoesnotknowitishisownson.Thegrandfatherwantstotaketheboybackbutthefostermotherdoesnotlistentoitandultimatelykeepstheboy.
ASANGBANONGJABICrimsonRainclouds
DirectedandProducedbyAribamSyamSharmaScreenplaybyM.K.BinodiniDevi
2003,63min.ManipuriwithEnglishsubtitles
with:Bhogen,Lingjelthoibi,Reena,Manglem,Tomba
Short:ARIBAMSYAMSHARMA
DirectedbyG.NirmalSharma,;28m,2006
At11AMWednesday,February22,2018
DepartmentofMassCommunicationManipurUniversity
Canchipur
Anartist,determinedtoupholdhisfreedom,istornbetweenhistwoloves,bothonlytoogentleintheirdemands,andyetdeeplycaring.Asensitiveman,hechoosesart,knowingfullwellthatheletsthemdown.WhileInduwouldlikehimtochangehislifestylejustalittlebit,forrecognitionandcomfort,Keinatombiwouldbehappytogivehimthelittlecareandcomfortthatshethinksheneedsforhisart.Forthetimebeingatleast,Gautamwouldgowithher.
SANABITheGreyMare
Direction&MusicbyAribamSyamSharmaScreenplaybyM.K.BinodiniDevi
ProducedbyNFDCandDoordarshan1995,71min.
Manipuri,Englishsubtitles
with:Sushila,Deben,Nabakumar,
Indu,Lala,Kumarjit
andDanceFilm:SANGAI:
DANCINGDEEROFMANIPURDirectedbyAribamSyamSharmaScriptbyM.K.BinodiniDevi
44m,1987
At11AMWednesday,February23,2018
DepartmentofMassCommunicationManipurUniversity
Canchipur
NationalAward,BestManipuriFilmV.ShantaramAwardforBestDirectionV.ShantaramSpecialJuryAwardCairo,IFFIFilmFestivals
Sanabi isthestoryofabeautifuldancer,thethiefwholovesher,andanexquisiteManipurihorse.ItallbeginswhendivorcedSakhi,whoreturnstothechildhoodhome.HerfatheristheownerofSanabi,abeautifulgreymare.Mangi,thethief,comesaroundtoseeSakhi,hischildhoodsweetheart.Sheignoreshim,buthepersists.ToattractSakhi'sattention,MangistealsSanabi.
Sangai:DancingDeerofManipurwasselectedOutstandingFilmoftheYearbytheBritishFilmInstitute
ISHANOUTheChosenOne
DirectedandProducedbyAribamSyamSharmaScreenplaybyM.K.BinodiniDevi
1990,90min.ManipuriwithEnglishsubtitles
with:Kiranmala,Tomba,Manbi,Dhiren,BabyMolly
Short:ORCHIDSOFMANIPUR
DirectedbyAribamSyamSharmaScriptbyM.K.BinodiniDevi
23m,1994
At11AMWednesday,February24,2018
DepartmentofMassCommunicationManipurUniversity
Canchipur
UnCertainRegard,CannesLondon,Toronto,Rotterdam,HongKongFilmFestivalsNationalAwardfortheBestManipuriFilmSpecialMention,Actor(Female),NationalFilmFestivalBestFeatureFilmintheManipurStateFilmFestival
TheharmonyinafamilyintheManipurValley,isdisruptedbythesuddentransformationofagentle,youngwifeintoaviolentwomanpronetofitsofwildvisions.ShethengoesinsearchoftheMaibiGuru,whomshethinkshaschosenhertobeinitiatedintothemaibisect.Herpleasurethenliesinhernewdevotionandloveexpressedthroughdanceandmusic.Shefindssolaceintheotherworldofthemaibi.
M.K.BINODINIDEVI
MaharajKumariBinodiniDevi(1922-2011)wasthatrarewriterwhowroteinmultipleliterarygenres- shortstories,novel,essays,travelogue,plays,filmscripts,lyrics,anddancescripts.BornasaprincessintoapalacelifeastheyoungestdaughterofMaharajaSirChurachandSingh,KCSI,CBE,(1891-1941)andMaharaniDhanamanjuriDeviofManipur,shewroteunderthesinglenameBinodiniandbridgedthetwoworldsofancientroyaltyandmodernlife.ShetranscendedtheconstraintsofroyaltytolivetothefullthelifeofanenlightenedcommonerandemergedastheiconicpioneerintheevolutionofManipurimodernism.M.K.Binodinibroughtadeephumanismandasenseofbeautyandestheticstoallherwork.Herworkspreadbeyondliteratureandfilm,theateranddance,tosculpture,environmentalism,women’sissues,socialactivismandelectoralpolitics.
ThePrincessWriterM.K.BinodiniDeviisthatrarewriterintheworldwhocomesfromtheinnermostcircleofroyaltytomakeamarkinliterature.ItwasinthisworldthatshehadunparalleledandprivilegedaccesstothatsheturnedherliteraryimaginationtoinhercelebratedandSahityaAkademiAward-winningnovel BoroSahebOngbiSanatombi (1979). Herlastbook,MaharajChurachandgiImung (2008)thatherpersonalexperienceofManipuricourtlife,fromfamilytopolitics,offeredauniqueperspectivethatmayneverbecapturedagain
ThePeople’sWriterThevastmajorityofBinodini’sliteratureisaboutthelivesofcommonpeopleandoftheordinaryManipuri.Thereislittlehint,besidesthegraceandeleganceofherprose,ofherprivilegedupbringingintheunderstandingandempathyforordinarypeoplethatcomethroughinhercollectionofshortstoriescalled NunggairaktaChandramukhi (1965).Shewroteover60songlyricsthatbecamepopularhits,manyofthemonpatrioticthemes,suchas LairabiniHaineiImaNangbuMina,andNasunglangginiHeIma,whichbecametheanthemoftheJune18Uprisingof2001.Her15radioplays,like ImagiNingthem,whichlaterwasmadeintothefilmbyAribamSyamSharma,andtheplaysinhercollection AsangbaNongjabi (1966),areamongthemostlovedofAllIndiaRadio’sbroadcasts.
RenaissanceFigureandSocialActivistMaharajKumariBinodiniDevi’shomewithitsopenrehearsalgazeboinYaiskulPoliceLane,builtonthehomesteadofhermotherMaharaniDhanamanjuriDevi,wasManipur’sartists’salonforoverfourdecades.Itwasinthisgatheringplace,whereartistscameandwentfreely,thatsheco-foundedRoopRaag,theseminalandinfluentialartsgroupofpost-WarManipurin1960,andLEIKOL,thenotedwomen’swriters’circle.
Inherwritingandinherartsandsocialactivism,M.K.Binodiniisrecognizedasapioneerofanon-doctrinairethinkinginManipurthatborrowslittlefromconventionalmodernismandisrooteddeeplyinManipur’sowntraditions.Herworksarenotablefortheirstrong,unconventionalfemalecharactersandyoungwomenauthorsespeciallylooktoM.K.Binodini,whomtheycall Imasi orRoyalMother,asarolemode.Amajoractivepresenceinthesocialsphere,shewroteprolificallyinthedailynewspapersofManipur.ThoibiduWarouhou’i,her1972essayonthestate’swetlandsandwildlifethatignitedenvironmentalawarenessinManipur.
NationalAndInternationalRecognitionAlthoughM.K.Binodiniisknownbestforherwriting,shewasalsoanaccomplishedsculptor,havingbeenanartstudentatTagore’sSantiniketan.There,shebecamethemuseoftheIndiansculptorandpainterRamkinkarBaij.ManynationalluminariesintheartssuchasactorNaseeruddinShah,playwrightBadalSircar,novelistMulkRajAnand,,dancerMayaRao,andscholarKapilaVatsyayana,madeitapointtovisitherinherhomeinYaiskul.
M.K.Binodinitookthefirstall-ManipuridancetroupeonatourofLatinAmerica,NorthAmericaandEuropein1976.ThisresultedinhertravelogueO!Mexico..ButitishercollaborationswithfilmdirectorAribamSyamSharmathatshehadthemostinternationalimpact.
M.K.BinodiniwashonoredwiththeSahityaAkademiAwardin1979forhernovel BoroSahebOngbiSanatombi.In2001,shereturnedher1976PadmaShriinprotestofplanstoalterManipur’shistoricalboundaries.ButtheawardsthatM.K.BinodinilovedthemostwasthatherstoriesaretaughttostudentsinManipur’sschoolsandcollegestoday.
ARIBAMSYAMSHARMA
Filmdirector,actor,andmusicdirectorfromManipur,AribamSyamSharmacametolimelightwithhiscollaborationswithwriterM.K.BinodiniDevi.StartingwithhisawardwinningfilmImagiNingthem(MySon,MyPrecious)thatwontheMontgolfièred’OrattheFestivaldesTriosContinents,Nantes,Francein1982,theirothercollaborationsgarneredacclaim,andattractedworld-wideattention.TheyincludeIshanou (TheChosenOne),theOfficialSelectionofUnCertainRegardatthe44thCannesFilmFestival,1991,andSangai:TheDancingDeerofManipur,declaredastheOutstandingFilmoftheYear1989’bytheBritishFilmInstitute.
AssociatedwiththeproductionofthefirstManipurifilmMatamgiManipurin1972,asactorandmusicdirectorforthefilm,sofarhehas directedfourteenfeaturesandthirty-onenon-featurefilms,andhadgivenmusictotwenty-fivefilms.Hisfilms,thoughrootedinManipur,havefoundfavorglobally.Acclaimwithinthecountryinclude15NationalFilmAwards.HehasledtheadvancementofcinemaintheNorthEastIndia,workinginmultiplecapacities.HewasthefirstManagingDirectoroftheManipurFilmDevelopmentCorporation.His1980film,OlangthageeWangmadasoo,withanoriginalscreenplaybyMKBinodini,holdstherecordofbeingthelongestrunningManipurifilm.
RetrospectivesofhisfilmsincludetheBrooklynAcademyofMusic,NewYork(2001)onhisfilmswithMKBinodiniDevi;the38th and46th InternationalFilmFestivalofIndia,Goa;andthe6thMumbaiInternationalFilmFestival,2000.AribamwasconferredthePadmashriin2006bytheGovernmentofIndiaforhiscontributiontoIndianCinema,theMinistryofInformationandBroadcasting,Govt.ofIndia’sDr.V.ShantaramLifetimeAchievementAwardin2008,thefirstrecipientoftheawardfromNorth-EasternIndia,the‘KamalKumariNationalAwardforArtsandCulture’in2009.,andwaselectedas‘fellow’oftheManipurStateKalaAkademi in2011.
TheGovernmentofManipurawardedhimTheManipurStateLifetimeAchievementAwardforFilmin2010.TheManipurStateFilmDevelopmentSocietyandtheFilmForumManipurconferredhimwiththeJewelofManipuriCinemaAwardin2015.
M.K.BINODINIDEVIAnniversaryMemorialScreenings
FromPagetoScreenARetrospectiveoftheFilmsof
AribamSyamSharmaandM.K.BinodiniDevi
IMAGININGTHEMwithBINODINI:AWRITER’SLIFE
February21at1PM
ASANGBANONGJABIwithARIBAMSYAMSHARMA
February22at11AM
SANABISANGAI:DANCINGDEEROFMANIPUR
February23at11AM
ISHANOUwithORCHIDSOFMANIPUR
February24at11AM
DialogueswiththeDirectorDepartmentofMassCommunication
Registrationrequired
PrintedatSuchetaPress
MessagefromtheSpeakerforInternationalMotherLanguageDay
Today,thisInternationalMotherLanguageDay,IjoinImasi:TheMaharajKumariBinodiniDeviFoundationandManipurUniversityinsalutingourmother,ourImasiMKBinodini.
TheeleganceandtruthfulnessofherwritingsinourmotherlanguageproducedsomeofthemostbelovedclassicsofManipuriliterature.SeveralofthesewerebroughttothescreenbyoureminentfilmmakerAribamSyamSharma.
IwishFrom PagetoScreen,theretrospectivethatbringstheircollaborationtoouryoungergenerationoftheuniversity'sstudents,allsuccess.
Y.KhemchandSinghHon.SpeakerManipurLegislativeAssembly
