Moirangthem Inao is a noted Indian playwright, lyricist, producer and director from

Imphal Imphal (; , ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (officially known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a ...

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

. He has scripted around 90 plays and most of them are popular radio plays aired on

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. ''Inao'' has also directed famous Manipuri movies like '' Nongallabasu Thaballei Manam'' and ''Laang''. The dialogues from his radio plays have a unique charm and are famous among the radio play lovers of Manipur. ''Inao'' was an editor of the journal ''Athouba''. He produced movies under his home production ''Tondon Films''. He bagged the Best Story and Special Jury awards at the 3rd Sahitya Seva Samiti MANIFA 2014 for the film ''Abem''.

Early life and education

Born as youngest son among seven siblings, ''Inao'' began his schooling from Uripok Boys' School and Uripok Eigya Pishak Mandav school where he studied from I to VIII standard. In 1963, he passed Matriculation from Tombisana High School. He completed graduation from D.M. College in Political Science in 1967. He studied Law for sometime but could not complete the course due to some personal problems. After passing graduation, he went to Kashmir for further studies in 1971 but returned home without completing studies. Finally, he completed master's degree from

Manipur University Manipur University () is a central university located in Imphal, Manipur, India. It was established on 5 June 1980, under the ''Manipur University Act, 1980'' (Manipur Act 8 of 1980), as a teaching cum-affiliating university with territoria ...

in Manipuri. His family shifted to Uripok Ningthoukhongjam Leikai during Second World War, locally known as ''Japan Laan'' in Manipur.

Career

He started writing poetry and short stories since his IX standard. He started scripting radio plays for

in June-July 1978. His first radio play is ''Ahing Ama''. Most of his plays aired on

are well received by the radio listeners of Manipur. Among them, ''Chatledo Eidi Meigee Ching Puduna'', ''Nongallabasu Thaballei Manam'', ''Anuradhapur Ashramgee Rajkumar'', ''Ingengi Aitya'' may be mentioned. His radio play ''Marup Ani'' was translated into Hindi and aired on Akashvani All India Radio as ''Do Dost''. His radio play ''Chatledo Eidi Meigee Ching Puduna'' was made into a movie by

Makhonmani Mongsaba Makhonmani Mongsaba (born 1 March 1959) is an Indian author, actor, producer and director from Imphal, Manipur. He got his doctorate degree in Manipuri from Manipur University. In 2013, he won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his book ...

and titled as '' Chatledo Eidi''. It won the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri The National Film Award for Best Manipuri Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kama ...

at the

48th National Film Awards The 48th National Film Awards, which was presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, was set up in by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to acknowledge the achievements of Indian Cinema released in the year of 2000 (although ...

and was selected for Indian Panorama of IFFI 2001.

also directed ''

Yenning Amadi Likla ''Yenning Amadi Likla'' ( English: ''Spring And Dew'') is a 2007 Manipuri film directed by Makhonmani Mongsaba and produced by SURVI (Santibala, Sunitibala, Umabati, Saroja, Victoria and Ibemhal), under the banner of Nongin Films. It stars Muru ...

'', a 2007 movie and scripted by Moirangthem Inao. It got selection in Indian Panorama of the

39th International Film Festival of India The 39th International Film Festival of India was held in Panaji, Goa from 22 November 2008 to 1 December 2008. Winners *IFFI Best Film Award, Golden Peacock (Best Film): "Tulpan" by "Sergey Dvortsevoy" *IFFI Special Jury Award and Special M ...

2008. The renowned filmmakers of Manipur have also made many feature films scripted by Inao. ''Ingengi Atiya'', ''Lallibadi Eini'', ''Angangba Kurao Mapal'', ''Inga Nonglakta'', ''

Kekoo Lotpee ''Kekoo Lotpee'' (English: ''Hide and Seek'') is a 2008 Manipuri film directed by Homen D' Wai and produced by Homen Rajkumar, under the banner of Treasure Island. It stars Lairenjam Olen, Kamala Saikhom and Ngangbi in the lead roles. Olen is ...

'' and ''Pankhei'' are such of his films. As of 2016, he scripted a movie named as ''Pakhatli''.

Selected radio plays

* ''Ahing Ama'' * ''Thengnakhidraba Mikup'' * ''Tamnaba'' * ''Nongallabasu Thaballei Manam'' * ''Chatledo Eidi Meigee Ching Puduna'' * ''Ingengi Atiya'' * ''Lam Nganu'' * ''Aong Aoon'' * ''Khongul'' * ''Ashi Heibong'' * ''Anuradhapur Ashramgee Rajkumar'' * ''Ekai Hangoidana Hairaba Ekum Thani Go! Go!'' * ''Nungaiba'' * ''Nirupama'' * ''Yaroi Yaroi'' * ''Bonsai'' * ''Keidoungei Loigani Imunggi Lanjao''

Selected filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Inao, Moirangthem Writers from Manipur 20th-century Indian writers Living people People from Imphal 20th-century Indian male writers 1945 births