Binodini

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Binodini


Born
in Imphal, India
February 07, 1922

Died
January 17, 2011

Influences
Ramkinkar Baij, Rabindranath Tagore ...more


Born a princess, Maharajkumari Binodini Devi (7 February 1922–17 January 2011), broke free from the constraints of
royalty to live to the full—the life of an enlightened commoner, and emerge as an iconic pioneer in the evolution of
Manipuri modernism, through her outstanding contributions to fiction, theatre, cinema, poetry, visual arts and dance.
Collaborating with filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma, she wrote the original scripts for his award winning films, Imagi
Ningthem (My Son, My Precious, 1982) and Ishanou (The Chosen One, 1992), and the ballet film Sangai that won the
British Film Institute’s Outstanding Film of the Year Award in 1984. Binodini Devi, who wrote under the name of
Binodini, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award given by India’s n ...more

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