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)''Cast
* A. Memi as Nungshi * Master Tony as Mobi * Somorendra * Manaobi * Upen * Lalit * Sahnawaz Khan * Anwardi * HolkhomangAccolades
''Sanakeithel'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri at theReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanakeithel 1983 films Meitei-language films