Other names M. Maniram Parents Bolbihari Role Film-maker | Name Moirangthem Singha Years active 1995 - present Movies Mon Jaai | |
Born 1970 North Lakhimpur, Assam Occupation Film maker, Director, Producer, Scriptwriter Awards National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese People also search for Jayanta Goswami, Sobita Chanam | ||
Moirangthem Maniram Singha (born 1970) is a meitei from North Lakhimpur district of Assam. By profession he is a film maker, director, producer and scriptwriter.
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Family background
His father Bolbihari who hailed from a village called Phumlou, near Mayang Langjing in Manipur came to Assam at the age of 14. He enrolled himself in a training programme in tailoring trade from ITI, Jorhat. After the completion of the course he set up a tailoring shop next to a cinema hall in Tinsukia.
Early days
Maniram did his schooling from Doomdooma Don Bosco School, Tinsukia. He loved movies since his childhood. As his father’s shop was next to a cinema hall, he took all advantages of watching all films shown in that hall.
Career
Maniram could nourish his talent since his childhood. He first acted in a One Act Play at the annual day function of his school while he was a student of class VII. Realising his potentiality in that field, the school authority entrusted him for scripting and directing the One Act Play. In college days in 1990, he chanced upon being the assistant director of an Assamese Video film. He is a self-taught film maker who later became independent in film making. Since 1995 he has been scripting and directing more than 25 TV serials, documentaries and telefilms in English, Assamese and Meitei for Doordarshan and Government departments.