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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ishanou (The Chosen One)<br />
| image = Ishanou_Film_Poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Official poster<br />
| director = [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]<br />
| producer = [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]<br />
| writer = [[M. K. Binodini Devi]]<br />
| starring = Anoubam Kiranmala<br/>[[Kangabam Tomba]]<br />
| music = [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]<br />
| cinematography = Girish Padhiar<br />
| editing = Ujjal Nandi<br />
| studio = Aribam Syam Sharma Productions<br />
| distributor = Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati<br />
| released = {{Film date|1990|7|6|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 90 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Meitei language|Meiteilon]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Ishanou''''' ([[English language|English]]: ''The Chosen One'') is a 1990 [[Cinema of Manipur|Manipuri film]] written by [[M. K. Binodini Devi]] and directed by [[Aribam Syam Sharma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenortheasttoday.com/entertainment/artsculture/seven-manipuri-films-you-must-watch/cid2514439.htm|title=Seven Manipuri films you must watch|date=23 January 2016|website=thenortheasttoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rising-against-all-odds/article22827431.ece|title=Rising against all odds|first=Parthajith|last=Baruah|date=23 February 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> The movie stars Anoubam Kiranmala and [[Kangabam Tomba]] in the lead roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=reviews.movies.Evolving_digital_film_culture_in_Manipur_A_misnomer_By_Meghachandra_Kongbam|title=Evolving digital film culture in Manipur A misnomer By Meghachandra Kongbam|website=e-pao.net}}</ref> It was screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[1991 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/131/year/1991.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Chosen One |access-date=10 August 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> The movie was first aired in [[Doordarshan]] and later released in Usha Cinema, Paona Bazar on 6 July 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b49e317|title=ISHANOU (1991)|website=BFI}}</ref><br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
In a small village of Manipur, ''Tampha'', the young and tacitum wife of ''Dhanabir'', works in an office and the couple lead a routine life with their child. But when her husband takes for a ride on a two wheeler through the hilly country to amuse her, she has dizzy spells. She is also seized from time to time by convulsions and she begins to wander at night. One night she reaches the house of an exclusively female and matriarchal religious sect of ''Maibis'', possessors of the previlege of ritual invocations to the gods of the ancient pantheon of Manipur. But her sickness is not one that medicine or even magic can cure. Her possession is of another nature, sacred, in fact, the direct search for the goddess ''Maibi''. ''Tampha'', like in a daydream, leaves everything to become an initiate of the sect. At the end of the film, she meets her husband, who has remarried and her daughter, two people from whom she is now alienated, in the truest sense of the term.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* Anoubam Kiranmala as Tampha<br />
* [[Kangabam Tomba]] as Dhanabir, Tampha's Husband<br />
* ''Baby'' Molly as Bembem, Tampha's Daughter<br />
* Manbi as Tampha's Mother<br />
* Dhiren as Tampha's neighbour<br />
* ''Baby'' Premita<br />
* Nungshirei Maibi, Dhani Maibi<br />
* Mema Maibi, Sakhen Maibi<br />
* Tekpicha Maibi, Bino Maibi<br />
* Sakhi Maibi, Mema Maibi<br />
* Memcha Maibi, Rupobati Maibi<br />
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==Accolades==<br />
''Ishanou'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri]] and Special Mention (''Anoubam Kiranmala'') at the [[38th National Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/manipuri-film-to-be-screened-at-goa-festival/articleshow/17333613.cms|title=Ishanou(The Chosen One): Manipuri film to be screened at Goa festival &#124; Guwahati News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The citation for the National Award reads, "''For effectively portraying the tragedy behind the institution of Maibi which unfortunately shatters a family''". Special Mention's citation reads, "''For a debut performance depicting various levels of conflict effectively''".<br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Award<br />
!Category<br />
!Winner's name<br />
!Result<br />
|- <br />
|rowspan="2"|[[38th National Film Awards]]<br />
| Best Feature Film in Manipuri<br />
| [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]<br />
| {{won}} <br />
|-<br />
| Special Mention<br />
| Anoubam Kiranmala<br />
| {{won}} <br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0175776|The Chosen One}}<br />
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[[Category:1990 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Aribam Syam Sharma]]<br />
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