A political exploration gift-wrapped in a coming-of-age drama, Lakshmipriya Devi’s debut feature “Boong” follows its lively titular schoolboy on an adventure along India’s militarized eastern border.

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

Boong is a Manipuri film directed by Lakshmipriya Devi. It follows the story of a little boy in Manipur, who wants to bring a gift for his mother. From within an everyday domesticity, the film ...

Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment-backed Manipuri film Boong has earned a nomination at the prestigious BAFTA Awards in the Children’s and Family Film category. Boong is written ...

The Manipuri film Boong, backed by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment, has been selected as the Spotlight Film for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2025. The drama ...

Boong movie release date: After making waves at international film festivals, Lakshmipriya Devi’s debut directorial Boong is finally set for an India release. Boong movie marks Lakshmipriya’s first ...

Filmmaker Lakshmipriya Devi's acclaimed Manipuri film Boong is set to release in theatres on September 19. It is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment with Chalkboard ...

The nominations for The EE BAFTA awards were announced today (January 27), withBritish actors David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood. One of the categories, Children’s & Family Film, includes the Manipuri ...

The film Boong has been quietly but powerfully carving a place for itself on the global stage — and now, its impact has been officially recognized with a BAFTA nomination in the Children’s and Family ...

Lakshmipriya Devi's feature debut, which world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, evokes a wider cultural portrait on the peripheries of its tale of childhood. Boong’s teachers don’t quite know ...