Private Project

IMPAIRED LIFE

  • Rajkumar Viswajit Singh
    Director
  • Rajkumar Viswajit Singh
    Writer
  • Akee Sorokhaibam
    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Momoson Thoudam
    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  • James Oinam
    KEY GRIP
  • Sunil Loitongbam
    Music
  • Jackson Meisnam
    Editor
  • Kenny Kongkham
    Translator
  • Tedawnshim Khaling
    Translator
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Punshi Soinaiba
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 4 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Rajkumar Viswajit Singh

R.K. Viswajit is a physical trainer and an award-winning social activist of Manipur, who has master-minded the de-addiction of drug users, alcoholics and misguided youth with the help of his path-breaking program which he conceived based on the curative properties of fitness training and spiritual engagement.
R.K. Viswajit carries out his treatment program at his fitness centre dedicated to the youths, particularly those with dependency problems, which he established in 2001.
Over the decade, thousands of young minds have learnt to keep their toes off the menaces of drugs and violence through R.K. Viswajit's inspirational articulate guidance that he delivers during the intervention and interaction sessions held with regularity at his fitness centre. He established more than 70 fitness centres in rural areas with the coordination of the rural people.
With the main objective of keeping the youth physically fit and free from Drug Addicts he produced 2 films namely "Importance of Body Building" in 2004 and "Sportsman of the Soil" in 2005. He organised mass rallies under the theme "We will wake the drug-addicted youths and help them to come back to the mainstream and start to live a normal life". He organised cycle rallies highlighting the evils of drug abuse.
Tehelka chose R.K. Viswajit as its inspiration (30th July 2011) and applauded in accomplishment as a de-addiction fitness trainer.
The TELEGRAPH has run numerous stories on R.K. Viswajit including a front-page article under the headline Gym Helps Youths Kick Drug. The popular magazine NE SUN described the mission of his Fitness Centre (Animal Gym) as making the foundation of building a Healthy society. (NE SUN, 01 July 2013). The Hindustan Times article Beating Drugs with a Workout. Dated 30 August 2015. Various reputed visual and print media including Times of India, ANI, CNN-IBN, NE Live, and NE-TV have joined the bandwagon in hailing his enterprising de-addiction endeavours, Anti-drug campaigns.
R.K. Viswajit has been awarded the title, Real Hero of CNN-IBN & Reliance Foundation in 2012 and Professor Yashwantrao Kelkar Youth Award in 2016.
R.K. Viswajit latest success in keeping HIV people healthy was published in Times of India Dated 30 May 2013. The Tol story reported with specific details of the CD4 counts that after working out at the gym for one month under strict guidance including dietary norms the CD4 counts of three HIV-positive persons increased significantly.
As the special occasion of his Fitness Centre (Animal Gym) foundation day celebration, R.K. Viswajit conducts 7 days motivation camp for the youth of Manipur every year.
As a part of his far-sighted vision to de-addiction activities among inmates of jail, R.K. Viswajit donated the first Gym equipment which is made by himself. Jail SP IK Muivah described the 'Installation of a gym facility provided by Philanthropist R.K. Viswajit as the most successful reformatory measure at Sajiwa Jail, the largest jail in Manipur. With the motto "Prisoners work on the healthy mind" Telegraph Dated 08 October 2012.
His innovative contribution to Ideal Blind School was his specially designed fitness equipment for the blind student. Tol Dated 23 march 2013. His continuation of supporting the blind as establishment of fitness centre at Mission Blind School Heikakpokpi Village, Chandel district on 30 July 2015.
A champion body builder in his college days, he readily disowned his personal ambitions and grabbed the onus of salvaging the youth, omnipresent sight in his perennially trouble-torn state.
His fitness centre (Animal Gym) is perhaps one of its kind in the world devoted to addicts and certainly can achieve iconic status for the rest of the world to emulate.
The virtuousness of R K Viswajit is such that he even avoids marriage not to shrink even one moment from dispensing his service to thousands of addicts whose depravity have turned them into despicable figures even to their own folks. R.K. Viswajit has toiled for more than 16 years with his co-workers at his fitness centre, in his quest to improve their confidence, productively, morality besides the health aspects and general alleviation of the quality- of live. And effectively, improve the health of the nation too.
Now. R.K. Viswajit's campaign has reached out to each and every corner of the state (Manipur). The rise of his popularity in recent times has given the right fillip to his future undertakings for addicts and misguided youths. He dreams to carry forward the de-addition campaign beyond Manipur. He regularly conducts voluntary awareness camps and seminars all around the state.

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Director Statement

incidents such as fake encounters, life gets tough as they tend to face traumatic experiences and easily become victims of social stigma, thereby rendering their life impaired.

My short film "Punshi Soinaiba" (Impaired Life) is an attempt to experience their life journey in the wake of the traumatic events by portraying the real victims who have been yearning to get justice.

Little did they realise that their life will never be the same following the tragic death of their loved ones. However, the victims caught between life and death continue to live in despair as justice eludes them.