BAFTA Awards 2026: मणिपुरी फिल्म ‘बूंग’ ने रचा इतिहास, हॉलीवुड मूवीज को पछाड़कर जीता अवॉर्ड – manipuri film boong creates history wins best children family film bafta 2026 farhan akhtar tmovh
Manipuri film Boong has created history at the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards 2026. This is the first Indian movie to win an award in the Best Children and Family Film category. Farhan Akhtar is one of the producers of this Manipuri movie. Its director is Lakshmipriya Devi.
French animated science fiction film Arco, Hollywood live-action animated comedy Lilo & Stitch, Hollywood animated comedy Zootopia 2 were nominated in this category against Boong. Paddington Bear gave this award on stage. Boong winning the award at BAFTA is a big achievement for Indian cinema, especially for the films of North East. Apart from director Lakshmipriya Devi at the award ceremony. Farhan AkhtarShibani Dandekar was also present. After winning the award, Lakshmipriya thanked the jury members and BAFTA.
What is the story of the film?
This film is about a small boy living in a Manipuri village. He lives with his mother. Who is raising him single-handedly. His father Joykumar had mysteriously disappeared. Earlier, Joy used to work outside the city. But suddenly he disappeared somewhere. No clue has been found regarding his disappearance. At such a time, the boy wants to find his father and give his mother the best gift of her life. In this mission he sets out with his friend. The story of this emotional movie brings tears to the eyes. Boong in Manipuri means little boy. Gugun Kipgen played the role of Boong in the movie.
The work of director Lakshmipriya Devi is being appreciated a lot. He received the Best Director Award at the Bulbul Children International Film Festival, Goa. Boong caught everyone’s attention during its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Boong received rave reviews at the Melbourne Indian Film Festival, MAMI Mumbai Film Festival and Warsaw International Film Festival. It was released in theaters in September last year.
Apart from the award received by Boong, in BAFTA 2026 Alia Bhatt There was also discussion. She became the presenter at the event. He is being praised for presenting the award in Hindi. The actress made her red carpet debut in a silver sequin gown by Gucci. While talking to the media, Alia called her daughter Raha as her inspiration. The actress said that her daughter is 3 years old. She becomes emotional seeing him dancing on her songs.
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