Lammei
Lammei is a 2002 Manipuri film directed by Oken Amakcham and produced by Premjit Naoroibam and Anita Naoroibam, under the banner of Kangla Films. Denny Likmabam and Premeshori played lead roles in the movie. The movie was made after conducting the Winter Film Workshop by Kangla Films at Hotel Excellency, Imphal. It was released formally by the titular king of Manipur, Leishemba Sanajaoba, on 5 May 2002 and started its regular theatrical run at Friends Talkies, Paona Bazar on 22 May 2002. It is the first Manipuri video film to have a commercial screening at a theatre. Lammei also marked the beginning of a digital era in Manipuri cinema.
Synopsis
The film is about love and revenge and shows that truth always wins in the end. Thambal, a young lady is brutally raped by a Minister's son Rocky. But the charges for the heinous crime falls upon Chinglen, Thambal's boyfriend. Rocky's father uses various powerful means to confine Chinglen inside a jail. But Chinglen's urge for revenge spreads like a wildlife. He espaces from the police and skilfully takes lives of all those involved in Thambal's murder one after another. Justice is finally served.Cast
- Denny Likmabam as Chinglen
- Premeshori as Thambal
- Iboyaima Khuman as Thambal's father
- Laishram Lalitabi as Chinglen's mother
- Rocky as Rocky
- Gurumayum Kalpana as Leishna, Chinglen's lawyer
- Prameshwor Oinam as Rocky's lawyer
- Baby Mutum Yaiphabi as Baby Thambal
- Akash
- Usha
- Bidyapati
- Tombi
- Jiten
Soundtrack