Yelhou Jagoi
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Manipuri language ) |
Yelhou Jagoi (English: The Dances of Lai Haraoba) is a 1995 non-feature Indian Meitei language documentary film scripted by Rajkumar Achoubasana and directed by Aribam Syam Sharma.[1][2] It is conceptualized by Kapila Vatsyayan and produced by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. The film was screened at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2019, Japan.[3][4][5]
Yelhou Jagoi was also screened at the second edition of Fragrances from the North East 2014, a three-day festival of cinema from the northeast.[6][7][8] A special retrospective on ace filmmaker Aribam Shyam Sharma was organised at the International Film Festival of India in 2015 where 15 films of Aribam Syam Sharma was screened.[9] Yelhou Jagoi was one of them.[10]
Synopsis
Yelhou Jagoi is re-enactment of creation also known as
Accolades
The film won the National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film at the 43rd National Film Awards. The citation for the National Award reads, "For documenting authentically and artistically a traditional dance form of Manipur".
References
- ^ "Culture of the Northeast by Aribam Syam Sharma". www.yidff.jp.
- ^ "Book on Lai Haraoba released". The People's Chronicle.
- ^ "Japan's Yamagata Film Fest to feature 16 documentaries from Northeast". nenow.in. 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Altogether 10 documentaries from the North East will be screened at the Yamagata Film Festival". The Sangai Express.
- ^ "Japan film festival to showcase 16 documentaries from northeast India". thenewsmill.com. 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Manipuri feature film to kick off Delhi's Northeast Film Fest". www.indiatoday.in.
- ^ "Manipuri feature film to kick off Delhi's Northeast Film Fest". Business Standard. IANS. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Pallepfam to open 3 day northeast film festival". www.sentinelassam.com. 18 August 2015.
- ^ "'New Horizons from North East' section opens at IFFI, 2015 with the screening of Assamese film 'Xondhikyon'". www.pibmumbai.gov.in.
- ^ "Focus on pre-production suggested for Manipuri cinema". e-pao.net.