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Cheina (English: The Agony) is a 2003 Manipuri film directed by Oken Amakcham and produced by Shanti Thokchom.[1][2][3] It stars Gurumayum Kalpana, Lingjelthoibi, Wahengbam Somoraj and Thingom Pritam in the lead roles.[4][5] The story and screenplay was written by Yumnam Rajendra and produced under the banner of Dashu Films.[6] The film got censor certificate on 30 December 2002 and was released on 18 January 2003 at Usha Cinema, Paona Bazar, Imphal.[7][8]

Cheina
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Directed by	Oken Amakcham
Screenplay by	Yumnam Rajendra
Story by	Yumnam Rajendra
Produced by	Shanti Thokchom
Starring	Gurumayum Kalpana Lingjelthoibi Wahengbam Somoraj Thingom Pritam
Cinematography	Irom Maipak
Edited by	Ujjal Nandy
Music by	Oken Amakcham Audiography: A. Shantimo Sharma
Production company	Dashu Films
Distributed by	Dashu Films
Release date	18 January 2003 (2003-01-18)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Language	Meiteilon

Plot

Thabal, a village Pradhan, and his wife Thanil lead a happy life but the longing for a child persists. Their locality sister Tharo has a love affair with Thambousana but her mother is not in favour of their relationship. The former gets married to Thembung, a Brahmin, but Thambousana has no idea about it since he is pursuing his further studies outside the state. He keeps sending letters to Tharo. She does not want to disclose her current status as she knows Thambousana's nature. When Tharo narrates it to Thanil, the latter decides to bear the burden. She secretly keeps all the letters sent to Tharo. Incidentally, Thabal comes across it and sees Thanil in a very bad light. In a fit of rage, Thabal throttles Thanil. She dies in the moment. When Tharo comes to take the letters, Thabal finally understands the real owner. He is filled with full of regret and remorse. Thabal suffers from depression which also costs his life at the end.

Cast

• Gurumayum Kalpana as Yumnam Thanil Devi
• Lingjelthoibi as Tharo
• Wahengbam Somoraj as Thabal
• Thingom Pritam as Thambousana
• Chandrahas as Thembung
• Longjam Ongbi Lalitabi as Tharo's mother
• Oken Amakcham as Doctor
• Mangangsana as Pena player
• Baby Sanjeeta
• Jagdish
• Gouranityai
• Nenu
• Bimol
• Hemabati
• Karuna
• Bharat

Accolades

The movie won the Best Feature Film award at the 6th Manipur State Film Festival.[9]

Award	Category	Winner's name	Result
6th Manipur State Film Festival	Best Feature Film	Shanti Thokchom (Producer) Oken Amakcham (Director)	Won
	Best Director	Oken Amakcham	Won

Soundtrack

Oken Amakcham composed the soundtrack for the film and Sarat Yumnam, R.K. Lalmani and Y. Swarnalata wrote the lyrics. The songs are titled Leinam Leinam, Punshigi Ahanba, Tanglou Thenglaba and Thabal Pharaba Ahing.[10][11][12]

Cheina
Soundtrack album by Dinesh Sharma, Pushparani Huidrom
Released	2003
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:25
Label	Dashu Films
Producer	Shanti Thokchom
External audio Audio Jukebox on YouTube

References

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