Imphal, Aug 15: Good news for the Hindi movie lovers of Manipur, after more than 20 years, Hindi films would be screened in Manipur on the Independence Day.
The Hmar Students’ Association (HSA), an organisation of tribal students, plans to screen Hindi film on Tuesday evening at Rengkai (Lamka) in Churachandpur.
The HSA in a statement, issued after Monday midnight, said that they would publicly screen Hindi film on Tuesday to mark the country’s Independence Day.
“This is to show our defiance and opposition to terror groups and pro-Meitei Manipur state government which have subjugated the tribals for decades,” the statement stated.
The last film that was publicly screened, as we understand, was “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” in 1998.
It claimed that over 20 Hmar women, some minors, were raped by cadres of rival terror group United National Liberation Front/Kangleipak Communist Party in 2006 in order to teach the villagers “a lesson” for supporting the Indian Army’s efforts in restoring law and order in Hmar Hills (now Pherzawl District).
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