Ma.Ama Explained
Ma.Ama |
Director: | Dominic Sangma |
Producer: | Xu Jianshang Dominic Sangma |
Cinematography: | Acharya Venu |
Editing: | Hira Das |
Music: | Anon Cheran Momin Gabriel Ga’re Momin |
Runtime: | 123 minutes[1] |
Country: | India |
Language: | Garo |
Ma.Ama is a 2018 Indian Garo language film directed by Dominic Sangma. Produced by Xu Jianshang, Dominic Sangma Co-producer by Tojo Xavier, the film starring Philip Sangma, Brilliant Marak and Hailin Sangma. The film was screened at the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image -Mami in 2018.[2] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Garo at India's 66th National Film Awards.[3] [4]
Reception
Critical response
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in Wrote "In one sequence in Ma.Ama, Philip finishes bathing and casually chucks his briefs at his second wife to be washed – another unscripted moment that was reshot for the film".[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: List of feature films certified in 2018. 20 May 2021. Central Board of Film Certification. en. 29 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184350/https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/CBFC_English/Attachments/list_2018_feature_updated.pdf . 9 July 2021.
- Web site: A Garo film from Meghalaya charts a true story of loss and longing . 29 October 2018. The Indian Express. en. 29 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051800/https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/meghalaya/a-garo-film-from-meghalaya-charts-a-true-story-of-loss-and-longing-5424057/ . 2 May 2019.
- Web site: 66th National Film Awards: Full winners list . 9 August 2019. India Today. en. 29 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404160153/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/66th-national-film-awards-list-of-winners-1579143-2019-08-09 . 4 April 2023.
- Web site: ‘Ma.Ama’: Film Review - Mumbai 2018 . 29 October 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. en. 29 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230127154811/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/maama-review-1155812/ . 27 January 2023.
- Web site: In ‘Ma.Ama’, an old man chases a dream about his long-dead wife and a son looks for his mother . 7 October 2018. Scroll.in. en. 29 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230826165310/https://scroll.in/reel/897254/in-ma-ama-an-old-man-chases-a-dream-about-his-long-dead-wife-and-a-son-looks-for-his-mother . 26 August 2023.