Manipur: Romi Meitei's The Tainted Mirror bags best film award at the Chalachitram National Film festival
The festival was virtual with films made public at the Chalachitram website from August 10,
which will continue to be on display for another week, Festival Director, Utpal Datta said.
Manipur's "The Tainted Mirror" won the grand jury award for the best film and the best short fiction at the fifth edition of the Chalachitram National Film festival, Utpal Datta, the Festival Director said on Friday.
Directed by Romi Meitei, the film portrays the grip that consumerism has on the value system.
The Film Critics Circle of India Special Mention Award for Best Child Artiste was bagged by Yaikhomba for the excellent portrayal of childhood emotion and complexity in The Tainted Mirror.
The 2021 edition of the festival had films in Hindi, English, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Assamese, and Manipuri.
The festival was virtual with films made public at the Chalachitram website from August 10, which will continue to be on display for another week, Festival Director, Utpal Datta said.
The 2021 edition had films in Hindi, English, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Assamese, and Manipuri.
The Grand Jury comprised Adeep Tandon (chair), Akashaditya Lama, and Abha Khanna.
Datta informed that the juries were set up by the House of Illusions, which is an indie film studio founded to encourage emerging filmmakers; and the Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI), a body of 50 notable film critics, essayists, academicians, scholars, and authors from all over India.
(Edited by Aparmita Das)
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