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Wikipedia article
'Cheina' (English: 'The Agony') is a 2003 Manipuri film directed by Oken Amakcham and produced by Shanti Thokchom. It stars Gurumayum Kalpana, Lingjelthoibi, Wahengbam Somoraj and Thingom Pritam in the lead roles. The story and screenplay was written by Yumnam Rajendra and produced under the banner of Dashu Films. The film got censor certificate on 30 December 2002 and was released on 18 January 2003 at Usha Cinema, Paona Bazar, Imphal.
Plot
'Thabal', a village Pradhan, and his wife 'Thanil' lead a happy life but the longing for a child persists. Their locality sister 'Tharo' has a love affair with 'Thambousana' but her mother is not in favour of their relationship. The former gets married to 'Thembung', a Brahmin, but 'Thambousana' has no idea about it since he is pursuing his further studies outside the state. He keeps sending letters to 'Tharo'. She does not want to disclose her current status as she knows Thambousana's nature. When 'Tharo' narrates it to 'Thanil', the latter decides to bear the burden. She secretly keeps all the letters sent to 'Tharo'. Incidentally, 'Thabal' comes across it and sees 'Thanil' in a very bad light. In a fit of rage, 'Thabal' throttles 'Thanil'. She dies in the moment. When 'Tharo' comes to take the letters, 'Thabal' finally understands the real owner. He is filled with full of regret and remorse. 'Thabal' suffers from depression which also costs his life at the end.
Cast
* Gurumayum Kalpana as Yumnam Thanil Devi
* Lingjelthoibi as Tharo
* Wahengbam Somoraj as Thabal
* Thingom Pritam as Thambousana
* Chandrahas as Thembung
* Longjam Ongbi Lalitabi as Tharo's mother
* Oken Amakcham as Doctor
* Mangangsana as Pena player
* Baby Sanjeeta
* Jagdish
* Gouranityai
* Nenu
* Bimol
* Hemabati
* Karuna
* Bharat
Accolades
The movie won the Best Feature Film award at the 6th Manipur State Film Festival.
Soundtrack
Oken Amakcham composed the soundtrack for the film and Sarat Yumnam, R.K. Lalmani and Y. Swarnalata wrote the lyrics. The songs are titled 'Leinam Leinam', 'Punshigi Ahanba', 'Tanglou Thenglaba' and 'Thabal Pharaba Ahing'.
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References
Category:Meitei-language films
Category:2003 films
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