Lammei
{{Short description|2002 Manipuri film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Lammei
|image = File:Lammei_Movie_Poster.jpg
|alt =
|caption = Theatrical release poster
|director = Oken Amakcham
Chief assistant:
O. Gautam
Assisted by:
Y. Premjit
|producer = Premjit Naoroibam
Anita Naoroibam
|writer =
|screenplay = Ch. Inaobi
|story = M.C. Sunder
|starring = Denny Likmabam
Prameshwori
|music = Oken Amakcham
Music Arranger:
O. Geet, Tomba & Kanta
Background Score:
Jiten & Tiken
|cinematography = Imo Yumnam
|editing = Imo Yumnam
Songs:
Ishomani
|studio = Kangla Films, Manipur
|distributor = Kangla Films, Manipur
|released = {{Film date|2002|05|05|Formal release|2002|05|22|Theatrical release|df=y}}
|runtime = 130 minutes
|country = India
|language = Meiteilon (Manipuri)
}}
Lammei (English: Wildfire) is a 2002 Manipuri film directed by Oken Amakcham{{Cite web|title=Palace auditorium packed on third day of Golden Jubilee Celebration of Manipuri cinema : 12th apr21 ~ E-Pao! Headlines|url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=13..120421.apr21|access-date=2021-04-21|website=e-pao.net}} and produced by Premjit Naoroibam and Anita Naoroibam, under the banner of Kangla Films.{{Cite web|title=Mollywood Lanmei A new hope for sick film industries|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.Top_Stories.Bit_Irom.Mollywood_Lanmei_A_new_hope_for_sick_film_industries|access-date=2021-04-21|website=e-pao.net}}{{Cite web|title=Celebrating Fifty Years of Manipuri Cinema|url=https://blog.mygov.in/celebrating-fifty-years-of-manipuri-cinema/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=MyGov Blogs|language=en-US}} Denny Likmabam and Prameshwori played lead roles in the movie.{{Cite news|title=50 years of Manipuri cinema: Award-winning films screened at Imphal|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/50-years-of-manipuri-cinema-award-winning-films-screened-at-imphal.html|access-date=2021-06-12|publisher=Northeast Now|date=12 April 2021|language=en-US}} The movie was made after conducting the Winter Film Workshop by Kangla Films at Hotel Excellency, Imphal. It was released formally by the titular king of Manipur, Leishemba Sanajaoba, on 5 May 2002 and started its regular theatrical run at Friends Talkies, Paona Bazar on 22 May 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://communicationtoday.net/2014/06/30/growth-of-manipuri-digital-films/|title=Growth of Manipuri Digital Films|author=Dr. M. Nawaz Khan|website=e-pao.net|date=30 June 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=https://communicationtoday.net/2014/06/30/growth-of-manipuri-digital-films/|title=Growth of Manipuri Digital Films|date=30 June 2014|work=Communication Today|first=M. Nawaz|last=Khan}} It is the first Manipuri video film to have a commercial screening at a theatre.{{Cite web|title=3rd day Report of Golden Jubilee Celebration of Manipuri Cinema 2021|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=reviews.movies.3rd_day_Report_of_Golden_Jubilee_Celebration_of_Manipuri_Cinema_2021|access-date=2021-04-21|website=e-pao.net}} Lammei also marked the beginning of a digital era in Manipuri cinema.{{Cite thesis|author=Jogendro Singh Kshetrimayum|date=2011|title=The Politics of Fixity: A report on the ban of Hindi films in Manipur, Northeast India.|type=MA report|publisher=The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4603|hdl=2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4603|page=46}}
Synopsis
The film is about love and revenge and shows that truth always wins in the end. Thambal, a young lady is brutally raped by a Minister's son Rocky. But the charges for the heinous crime falls upon Chinglen, Thambal's boyfriend. Rocky's father uses various powerful means to confine Chinglen inside a jail. But Chinglen's urge for revenge spreads like a wildlife. He espaces from the police and skilfully takes lives of all those involved in Thambal's murder one after another. Justice is finally served.
Cast
- Denny Likmabam as Chinglen
- Prameshwori as Thambal
- Iboyaima Khuman as Thambal's father
- Longjam Ongbi Lalitabi as Chinglen's mother
- Rocky as Rocky
- Gurumayum Kalpana as Leishna, Chinglen's lawyer
- Prameshwor Oinam as Rocky's lawyer
- Baby Mutum Yaiphabi as Baby Thambal
- Akash
- Usha
- Bidyapati
- Tombi
- Jiten
Soundtrack
Oken Amakcham and Lalambung Imo composed the soundtrack for the film and W. Rajen, Rajendra Okram, Ashajit Angomcha and Manoraja Thokchom wrote the lyrics. The songs are titled Wakhal Ethak Houre, Manglan Khuding, Mitchiduna Eibu Ngaohalle, Lammei Lammei and Kijeine Eidi.
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| name = Lammei
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Dinesh Sharma, Romesh, Sophia Salam, Pushparani Huidrom
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| released = 2002
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| genre = Feature film soundtrack
| length = {{Duration|m=25|s=13}}
| label = Kangla Films
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{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length ={{Duration|m=25|s=13}}
| title1 = Wakhal Ethak Houre
| extra1 = Sophia Salam
| music1 = Oken Amakcham
| lyrics1 = Ashajit Angomcha
| length1 = 04:53
| title2 = Manglan Khuding
| extra2 = Dinesh Sharma
| music2 = Oken Amakcham
| lyrics2 = Ashajit Angomcha
| length2 = 05:25
| title3 = Mitchiduna Eibu Ngaohalle
| extra3 = Romesh
| music3 = Lalambung Imo
| lyrics3 = Manoraja Thokchom
| length3 = 04:35
| title4 = Lammei Lammei
| extra4 = Dinesh Sharma
| music4 = Oken Amakcham
| lyrics4 = W. Rajen Singh
| length4 = 04:45
| title5 = Kijeine Eidi
| extra5 = Pushparani Huidrom
| music5 = Oken Amakcham
| lyrics5 = Rajendra Okram
| length5 = 05:35
}}
External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idLG0sm0_I|title=Lammei Full Movie|last=Kangla Films Manipur|date=8 May 2021|publisher=|accessdate=14 May 2021|via=YouTube}}