BEYOND BLAST
'Beyond Blast’ portrays the life of an artist who is a victim of armed conflict in quest for peace. 'On 16 December 2007' a powerful IED blast at Pourabi a countryside of Manipur the northeastern state of India which claims 7 lives' with more than 30 injured, among the injured artist Maikel Meetei overcomes his suffering and wanted to swiped away the dark and fear psychosis of the people through his painting. The harrowing incident of Bomb Blast brought an unprecedented change in Maikel's psyche and the strokes of his brush on the canvas. A winner of various state and national awards, Maikel now paints consistently on a quest to spread his inner message of peace to the world.
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Ratan SaikhomDirector
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Ratan SaikhomWriter
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Akee SorokhaibamWriter
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Sushila Leima KonjengbamProducer
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:52 minutes 10 seconds
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Completion Date:November 2, 2021
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Production Budget:12,000 USD
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Country of Origin:India
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:Other
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16.9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Port Blair International Film Festival 2021 decemberPort Blair
India
Best Documentary feature -
Goa International Film Competition 2021Goa
India
Nomination DOP -
Reels International Film Festival 2021Aurangabad, Maharashtra
India
Nomination to honorable mention to Documentary Film award -
10th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022.Chennai
India
Officially selected -
FilmShore International Film Festival (FIFF) 2021Kerela
India
Best Documentary Film India -
53rd International Film Festival of India IFFI 2022 Indian PanoramaGoa
India
November 23, 2022
Nonfeature (Indian Panorama) -
15 SiNG Film FestivalHirakkulam Statue Thiruvananthapuram
India
April 4, 2022
Official Selection -
14th State Film Award, ManipurImphal
India
April 10, 2022
Best Documentary on Social issue -
25th FSA Film Southasia KadmanduPatan Dhoka
Nepal
April 24, 2022
Official selection
Saikhom Ratan is an award-winning freelance video journalist and well known contemporary filmmaker based in Imphal, Manipur Northeast India having to his credit film which won recognition at local, regional, national and international film festivals. He has worked with acclaimed filmmaker Aribam Syam Sharma.
It is believed that humans are the only sensible living being in this world. Although today's highly developed and materialistic world had killing each other under their own ideology. Surviving in the arm conflict is the devastating psychological impact. I experience various Issued like ongoing conflict between security forces and insurgents for decades along with incidents of counter insurgency has been taking a heavy toll on innocent civilians caught in the unrest. Intimidated people of the state fear for the worse due to harrowing incidents and filled with apprehensions of what may happen today or tomorrow. My biographical documentary film ‘Beyon Blast’ is an inspiration from those crimes and uncertain lives in Manipur. I find an artist Maikel who was victim of arm conflict. He narrating me about his life and struggle, He paints consistently on a quest to spread his inner message of peace to the people. I realize that his stories should be known by a wider audience. The story of Maikel is Important that his life and painting is vision for peaceful world.