Boong (2025)
Winner of the Best Children’s & Family Film award at the 2026 BAFTA Awards, the first Indian film to receive the honour, Boong follows a young boy in Manipur who refuses to believe his father has disappeared for good. As he sets out on a journey to find him with the help of a friend, the search unfolds into a story of family, resilience, and growing up.
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Winner of the Best Children’s & Family Film award at the 2026 BAFTA Awards, the first Indian film to receive the honour, Boong follows a young boy in Manipur who refuses to believe his father has disappeared for good. As he sets out on a journey to find him with the help of a friend, the search unfolds into a story of family, resilience, and growing up.
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Gugun KipgenRatings & Reviews
Directed by debut filmmaker Lakshmipriya Devi, the Manipuri coming-of-age drama revolves around a 9-year-old boy named Brojendra Singh, aka Boong, played by a charming Gugun Kipgen. The story follows ...
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Early in Boong, a group of schoolchildren gather on a picnic while their teacher tells them about the ancient kingdom of Manipur. The children listen closely as she shares a story from the land's dist...
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Marked by a keen eye for detail, a gentle rhythm and controlled buoyancy, Boong, Manipuri writer-director Lakshmipriya Devi's remarkably accomplished debut feature, probes a climate of discord and dis...
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Everybody has a different way of dealing with grief. Boong is a Manipuri story about a young boy (played by Gugun Kipgen) whose desire to reunite with his broken family doesn’t really go waste. The be...
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