Sonia Nepram

“The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair. Yet if cattle or horses or lions had hands and could draw, And could sculpt like men, then the horses would draw their gods Like horses, and cattle like cattle; and each they would shape Bodies of gods in the likeness, each kind, of their own.” ― Xenophanes A collection of shots taken on mobile phone in May 2014 Let the memory vanish Lets imagine there were no red,green,violet,yellow Let the texture speak for its own beauty.. At Chingnungkok concert "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" Susmit Bose At Chingnungkok concert "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" From the River Bank Music festival, Imphal Hold it to shine through entirely...it's just a coincidence.

The rising performance artist, Mangka Mayanglambam, took part in the biennial ABU Radio Song Festival  in May 2014. She was among the twelve finalists. This festival is a musical showcase from across Asia, Australia and the Pacific. ABU Radio Song Festival  embraces and recognizes the diverse musical talents of nations within the region by uncovering the best original and unsigned musicians. Mangka Mayanglambam, 17, is a class XII student and an amateur folk singer. Since her tender age, she developed proclivity towards folk music and performing arts. Her father is a well-known Manipuri traditional pena performer. At 9, she started following Moirang Sai and Basok , a rare folk performing art form of Manipur performed by females only. Beside folk singing, she is fond of Indian classical music and Manipuri dance. She has won huge appreciation for her talent and is recipient of National Talent Scholarship in the field of Folk Singing. Mangka sang the title song for Gun an...

Source: Manipur Times A Manipuri documentary film “Gun and a God”, by a young filmmaker Sonia Nepram, projects the issue of the status of women in Manipur. This film won the Jury’s Choice Award at the prestigious Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival (MWIFF) held in October 2013. Behind the Scene Sonia Nepram was born and brought up at Thongju, Imphal East in a humble yet huge family. She is presently residing at Uripok. She studied at Little Flower School and Human Resource Development (HRD) Academy in Imphal. She completed her graduation and later, Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi. Since then, she has been working on films, based on varying themes such as gender issues, survival of women in a patriarchal society and against domestic violence, the negative effects of law and order and so on. Previously, Sonia had received special awards for her student film “Limited Edition” at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. The film also won a Silver...

Sonia Nepram talks about her debut film “Gun and a God” Source: The Hindu by Irfan Ahmad Making a documentary film on a woman who is an ex-insurgent is not easy. It takes a lot of courage to go ahead with such a subject and do justice to it. Independent filmmaker Sonia Nepram took on this subject in her debut documentary Gun and a God. The documentary tells the story of Purnima, an ex-insurgent from Manipur, born to a mentally ill mother and an unknown father. The film released online recently and was received well for raising the issue of the status of women in Manipur and in society at large. “I tried to show very clear and real situation of women of Manipur through the story of Purnima,” the director says. A news report on Purnima proved the trigger for the documentary But it was very difficult for Sonia to convince her subject to be a part of this film. It took her almost a year. “She was very suspicious. In starting she denied. But, I constantly tried to convince her...