TIFF 2024 | Lakshmipriya Devi In Her First Ever Interview For Her Feature Directorial Debut, "Boong"

'Boong' is written and directed by Lakshmipriya Devi. The film had it's world premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. This is Lakshmipriya Devi's feature writing and directorial debut.
Synopsis: Schoolboy Boong (Gugun Kipgen) doesn’t see long distances and state borders as significant obstacles. At least not when it comes to giving his mother, Mandakini (Bala Hijam), the best surprise gift ever: bringing back his father, Joykumar. After leaving their home city of Manipur, India for the border city of Moreh, near Myanmar, in search of better job opportunities, Joykumar has stopped communications with the family. With rumours spreading about his father’s death, Boong refuses to accept that grim possibility and teams up with his best friend, Raju (Angom Sanamatum), an outsider from Rajasthan, to search for the truth.
In this conversation, Thomas Stoneham-Judge talks with Lakshmipriya about her path to feature filmmaking. They also discuss what it was like working with the leading child actors, with an honest and amusing description of their experience working on this film together.
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Music featured in this video include the tracks "With Your Bad Self" by Adrian Crutchfield, licensed through Soundstripe.
Motion animation graphics designed by Thomas Stoneham-Judge.

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Proud of you Lakshmi🎉May God bless you with more success🎉🎉

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Cant wait to see the trailer amd movie

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Proud of this achievement 👏

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Hope to see Boong in India soon..

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Congratulations chae2

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my story too......me2

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Congratulations to Laxmipriya❤

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Proud of you