Sanakeithel
Sanakeithel (English: "Golden Market") is a 1983 Manipuri film directed by Maibam Amuthoi Singh (M. A. Singh) and produced by Thoudam Doren, under the banner of ATB Films International. The movie stars A. Memi and Master Tony in the lead roles. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri at the 31st National Film Awards. The film was invited to the Singapore International Film Festival, 1984 and screened in Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), 1984. Synopsis. "Nungshi", a righteous young widow rears up her only infant son "Mobi". Although life  is hard, she maintains her pride. On returning home long after a shopping trip, she is way laid and gang raped. The shock and trauma of bring criminally assaulted by men in succession have one immediate result. She becomes completely insane and her relation with her son becomes a memory thrown down a fathomless pit. "Mobi" is taken in by Nungshi's brother and is thoroughly exploited by his wife as a domestic servant. "Mobi" later became a scape goat for their martial discords and soon fled for the "Sanakeithel" with a flicker of hope for survival. At "Sanakeithel", he  is picked up by "Ebai", a psychopathic small time mafia don who introduces him to the rest of his gang of petty thieves. Two incidents in Mobi's foray the meeting with "Babu", the tramp, from whom he realizes what a mother means: the meeting with a mad woman who often looks deep into his face trying to recollect something, arouses his yearning for his mother's love. He also starts discovering the various social and economic inequalities that typify contemporary Manipur. A chance encounter in which he hears his uncle trying to talk to the mad woman makes him  realises that she is his mother. He starts doubling his efforts to make her happy and win her affection. He eventually saves her from "Ebai". Knowing fully well that he will get no replay, he cries out, "Why were you made, mother?" "(MSFDS, 50 Years of Manipuri Cinema, Golden Jubilee Publication)" Accolades. "Sanakeithel" won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri at the 31st National Film Awards. The citation for the National Award reads, ""For the sympathetic portrayal of a human relationship in the context of a social tragedy"".