| 1 | '''Sanakeithel''' |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | aka Golden Market |
| 5 | 1983 131’ col Manipuri |
| 6 | d M.A. Singh pc Th. Dorendra Singh |
| 7 | st/m N. Pahari c Suresh Patel |
| 8 | lp A. Memi, Master Tony, Somorendra, Manao, |
| 9 | Upen, Ingochouba, Anwar Ali, Shahnawaz |
| 10 | Khan, Holkhomang, Ibechaobi, Bijoy, Meena, |
| 11 | Meim Chaoba, Maharaj Okendrajit, G. Ibeyaima |
| 12 | Devi |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Melodrama featuring criminal violence in |
| 16 | Imphal, the (for most Indians) exotic capital of |
| 17 | Manipur. It addresses issues like |
| 18 | unemployment, drugs and the nexus between |
| 19 | an oppressive state power and an entrenched |
| 20 | feudal elite through the story of a widow, |
| 21 | Nungshi (Memi), and her son Ibungobi (Master |
| 22 | Tony). When the independent-minded Nungshi |
| 23 | is gang-raped and becomes a crazed beggar, |
| 24 | her son joins a group of criminals operating in |
| 25 | Imphal’s ‘Golden Market’. Ibungobi eventually |
| 26 | realises that the beggar is his mother, but is too |
| 27 | late to help her even though one of his criminal |
| 28 | friends is a local politician. Shot under very |
| 29 | difficult conditions, the film is a courageous |
| 30 | effort to go beyond the exotic and miserabilist |
| 31 | stories featured in many art-house films |
| 32 | originating in India’s smaller film industries |
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| 34 | [[Film]] |