Moirangthem Maniram Singha (born: 1970) is a meitei

Meitei people

The Meeteis or Meiteis are the majority ethnic group of Manipur, India, and because of this are sometimes referred to as Manipuris. Generally speaking, Meitei is an endonym and Manipuri is an exonym...

 from North Lakhimpur

North Lakhimpur

North Lakhimpur is a city in India and a municipal board in Lakhimpur district in the North Eastern state Assam, about north east of Guwahati...

 district of Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

. By profession he is a film maker, director, producer and scriptwriter.

Family background

His father Bolbihari who hailed from a village called Phumlou, near Mayang Langjing in Manipur

Manipur

Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...

 came to Assam at the age of 14. He enrolled himself in a training programme in tailoring trade from ITI, Jorhat

Jorhat

Jorhat is a city of Assam in India. Jorhat was established as a new capital in the closing years of the 18th century by the declining Tunkhungia Ahom Dynasty. Jorhat, as the name signifies, was just a couple of markets . Two parallel markets namely, Chowkihat and Macharhat, lay on the eastern...

. After the completion of the course he set up a tailoring shop next to a cinema hall in Tinsukia

Tinsukia

Tinsukia is a city and a municipal board in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.Tinsukia is a business city in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated north east of Guwahati and kilometres away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of...

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Early days

Maniram did his schooling from Doomdooma Don Bosco School, Tinsukia

Tinsukia

Tinsukia is a city and a municipal board in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.Tinsukia is a business city in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated north east of Guwahati and kilometres away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of...

. He loved movies since his childhood. As his father’s shop was next to a cinema hall, he took all advantages of watching all films shown in that hall.

Career

Maniram could nourish his talent since his childhood. He first acted in a One Act Play at the annual day function of his school while he was a student of class VII. Realising his potentiality in that field, the school authority entrusted him for scripting and directing the One Act Play. In college days in 1990, he chanced upon being the assistant director of an Assamese Video film. He is a self-taught film maker who later became independent in film making. Since 1995 he has been scripting and directing more than 25 TV serials, documentaries and telefilms in English, Assamese and Manipuri for Doordarshan and Government departments.