Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Manik Raitong

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Jul 16, 2012, 5:56:02 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Manik Raitong

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+'''Manik Raitong'''
+
+
+aka Manik the Miserable
+1984 149’ col Khasi
+d/sc Ardhendu Bhattacharya p/st Rishan
+Rapseng pc Neo Cine Prod. dial Humphrey
+Blaah lyr Skendrowel Syiemlih c Bijoy Anand
+Sabharwal m Kazu Matsui
+lp William Rynjhah, Sheba Diengdoh, Gilbert
+Synnah, Veronica Nongbet, Benjamin
+Khongnor, Diamond Matthew
+
+
+Documentarist Bhattacharya’s feature debut is
+the first film in the North-Eastern language of
+Khasi. It is a folk-tale about a poor man, Manik,
+and his beloved Lieng who is forced to marry
+the tribal chief Syiem. She refuses to live with
+her husband and at one time has a sexual
+encounter with Manik which leaves her
+pregnant. She raises the child, but her lover is
+condemned to death. She jumps into Manik’s
+funeral pyre and dies with him. Reputed to be
+one of Meghalaya’s most ancient legends,
+relating to the origins of the region when seven
+of the sixteen families with privileged access to
+heaven decide to live on earth. In spite of some
+awkward acting, the film evokes the sad
+fatalism of marginalised people’s folk idiom in
+India.
+
+[[Film]]