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{{Infobox film
| name = Brojendragee Luhongba
| image = File:Brojendrogee_Luhongba,_Manipuri_Film_Poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = S.N. Chand
| producer = S.N. Chand
| writer =
| screenplay = S.N. Chand
| story = Dr. Lamabam Kamal
| starring = S.N. Chand<br/>Ramola Devi
| music = S.N. Chand
| cinematography = Anil Gupta
| editing = Rash Bihari Sinha
| studio = Sajatia Pictures<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02.09.2018-B7.pdf|title= মণিপুরী ফিল্মগী লাইরিক — 'সাজাটিয়া ফিল্মস বেন্নর' মখাদা পুথোকখিবা 'ব্রোজেন্দ্রগী লুহোংবা'|website=hueiyenlanpao.com|language=mni}}</ref>
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1973|01|26|df=yes}}
| runtime = 122 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Meitei language|Meiteilon]] ([[Manipuri language|Manipuri]])
}}
{{Contains special characters}}
'''''Brojendragee Luhongba'''''{{efn|Since [[Meitei language]] (officially known as [[Manipuri language]]) uses Bengali script, the Bengali transliteration of the name of the film is rendered into two spellings, either "ব্রোজেন্দ্রগী লুহোংবা" ("Brojendragee Luhongba") or "ব্রোজেন্দ্রোগী লুহোংবা" ("Brojendrogee Luhongba") having different pronunciations in Meitei-language reading style, but the two spellings are pronounced similarly in case of Bengali language reading style.}} ({{Translation|Brojendra's Marriage|i=yes}}{{efn|"Luhongba" means "marriage" or "wedding" in [[Meitei language]] (officially known as [[Manipuri language]])<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ramachandran |first1=T. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9rthUDKxyEC&q=Brojendrogee+Luhongba |title=70 Years of Indian Cinema, 1913-1983 |last2=Rukmini |first2=S. |date=1985 |publisher=CINEMA India-International |isbn=978-0-86132-090-5 |pages=421 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Luhongba |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=luhongba&matchtype=default |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>}}) is a 1973 black and white [[Cinema of Manipur|Manipuri film]] produced and directed by S.N. Chand (Sapam Nodia Chand), the first filmmaker of Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/17.04.2019-B6.pdf|title=১২শুবা মণিপুর ষ্টেট ফিল্ম এৱার্দ ২০১৯ — ব্রোজেন্দ্রোগী লুহোংবা|website=hueiyenlanpao.com|language=mni}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/04.02.2018-B7.pdf|title=মণিপুরী সিনেমাদা ওইনাম বিরমঙ্গল — ব্রোজেন্দ্রগী লুহোংবা|website=hueiyenlanpao.com|language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://e-pao.org/erang/Reviews/Milestones_Of_Manipuri_Film_Public_Convention_on_Film_and_Television.php|title=Milestones Of Manipuri Film|author=Public Convention on Film & Television|access-date=2 May 2022|website=e-pao.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/OXQ/info|title=Brojendro Gee Luhongba - IndianCine|access-date=2 May 2022|website=indiancine.ma}}</ref> It stars S.N. Chand and Y. [[Ramola Devi]] in lead roles.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themorningbell.in/mou-puts-state-ahead-in-film-heritage-preservation/|title=MoU puts State ahead in film heritage preservation|access-date=2 May 2022|website=themorningbell.in}}</ref> It is based on Lamabam Kamal's short story of the same title. S.N. Chand underwent cosmetic surgery for the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/30.07.2019-B6.pdf|title=মোলিক্যুলগা থেংনরুবা মিৎকুপ্তা — ব্রোজেন্দ্রোগী লুহোংবা|website=hueiyenlanpao.com|language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/4/27/Meghachandra-Kongbam-He-sold-his-own-saleable-properties-and-even-mortgaged-his-homestead-property.html|title=SN Chand : The father of Manipuri cinema|author=Meghachandra Kongbam|access-date=2 May 2022|newspaper=The Sangai Express}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] began in 1971 and the film got CBFC certification on 30 December 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://communicationtoday.net/2014/03/31/manipuri-cinema-multiple-facets/|title=Manipuri Cinema : Multiple Facets|author=Meghachandra Kongbam|access-date=2 May 2022|website=communicationtoday.net}}</ref> The movie was released at Usha Cinema, Paona Bazar on 26 January 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenestories.com/fifty-years-of-mami-numit-a-film-archive-and-museum-celebrates-manipuri-cinemas-golden-jubilee/|title=Fifty years of Mami Numit – A film archive and museum celebrates Manipuri cinema's golden jubilee|author=Ninglun Hanghal
|access-date=2 May 2022|website=www.thenestories.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esamskriti.com/sa/Life/50-years-of-Manipuri-Cinema-1972~2022-1.aspx|title=50 years of Manipuri Cinema 1972-2022|author=Rajkumar Sanatomba Singh|access-date=2 May 2022|website=www.esamskriti.com}}</ref> The digitalised version (4K) of the film was screened at MSFDS (Manipur State Film Development Society), Imphal on 29 April 2022 as a part of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Manipuri Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/4/30/IMPHAL-Apr-30-The-valedictory-function-of-the-yearlong-golden-jubilee-celebration-of-Manipuri-Cin.amp.html|title=Golden jubilee celebration of Manipuri Cinema ends|access-date=2 May 2022|newspaper=The Sangai Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifp.co.in/movies/digital-version-of-first-feature-film-directed-by-manipuri-brojendra-gee-luhongba-screened|title=Digital version of first feature film directed by Manipuri - 'Brojendra gee Luhongba' - screened|access-date=2 May 2022|newspaper=Imphal Free Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themorningbell.in/governor-to-present-state-film-awards-on-mami-numit/|title=Birth of Manipuri cinema to be commemorated today|access-date=2 May 2022|website=themorningbell.in}}</ref>

In the story, Dr. Kamal reflects the mode of marriage prevalent in the [[Manipuri people|Manipuri society]] during his days. During marriage decisions, parents of both sides hold supreme authorities to the engaged bride and the engaged groom. Neither of the wedding partners could utter anything about the marriage.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Lamabam Damodar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouEZEOAusv4C&q=Brojendragi%20Luhongba&pg=PA56 |title=L. Kamal Singh |date=2000 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0856-8 |pages=56 |language=en}}</ref>

==Plot==
Brojendra, a doctor, agrees to marry a girl of his mother's choice being an obedient son. But he refuses to look at her face, even after marriage.<ref name="auto"/>

At a musical performance in his locality, days after his marriage, he chances upon a beautiful girl and exchanges meaningful glances with her. He returns home guilt-ridden for having neglected the girl whom he married and committing the wrongful act of giving undue attention to another girl, who was a complete stranger.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Lamabam Damodar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouEZEOAusv4C&q=Brojendragi%20Luhongba&pg=PA57 |title=L. Kamal Singh |date=2000 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0856-8 |pages=57 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Lamabam Damodar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouEZEOAusv4C&q=Brojendragi%20Luhongba&pg=PA58 |title=L. Kamal Singh |date=2000 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0856-8 |pages=58 |language=en}}</ref>

A surprise awaits him at his house. The beautiful girl who has swept him off his feet turns out to be none other than his wife.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Lamabam Damodar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouEZEOAusv4C&q=Brojendragi%20Luhongba&pg=PA59 |title=L. Kamal Singh |date=2000 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0856-8 |pages=59 |language=en}}</ref>

==Cast==
* S.N. Chand as Brojendra
* Y. Ramola Devi as Malti
* [[Oinam Biramangol]] as Brojendra's maternal uncle
* Uma Hijam
* Indu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/31.07.2016-B7.pdf|title= আর্টকী মতিক ময়াই অসিদী সক ফজৈ হায়দুনা য়াবা নৎতে : হৈস্নাম ওংবী ইন্দু — সেলুলোইদ ফিল্ম ব্রোজেন্দ্রোগী লুহোংবা |website=hueiyenlanpao.com|language=mni}}</ref>
* Nabakanta

==Accolades==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Award
!Category
!Winner's name
|-
| 1st Manipur State Film Awards 1984
| Best Screenplay
| Sapam Nodia Chand (S.N. Chand)
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Meitei-language films]]
== Footnotes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Citation |title=Brojendragee Luhongba (1972) - KLMDb |url=https://klmdb.com/title/0000040 |language=en |access-date=2022-08-09}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.e-pao.net/epGallery.asp?id=1&src=Movies/OldMovie2012_2|title='Brojendrogi Luhongba ' - Manipuri Movie :: eRang Classic|access-date=2 May 2022|website=www.e-pao.net}}

[[Category:1973 films]]
[[Category:Meitei-language films]]
[[Category:1973 Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Rediscovered Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s rediscovered films]]

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