What is wrong with Manipuri movies?
Pre-production 2. Production 3. Post-production Out of this three I will discus only those things regarding production stage. After completion of pre ‘ production stage production stage comes next. It is in this stage that the actual shooting of the movie take places and it is in this stages that the Manipuri movie makers makes the most mistakes. Many people are involved in this stages but I will discuss only the important ones. Director: This fellow is the guiding spirit of the entire movie making process. He is the face behind the camera who inhales life to the movie. But in Manipur direction is a very big joke. For every new movie there is a new self styled director. If you have the money (not much, about 3-4 lakhs), you also can be a director even if you have never been there before. Since there are many such self styled directors, how can one hope to see a good Manipuri movie? One should not hope, it will only be a piper’s dream. Cinematographer: The job of a cinematographer is to
