Bobby Wahengbam
Bobby Wahengbam wrote a book on the film titled Matamgi Manipur: The First Manipuri Feature Film. For the book, he won the Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal) Award for Best Book on Cinema at the 65th National Film Awards held in 2018.
The film narrates the story of a middle class family which has votaries of the new and old values in society. They drift in different directions pulled by their diametrically opposite attitudes.
Tonsna, a retired Amin has two sons - Ibohal and Ibotombi - and a daughter, Tondonbi. Ibohal is a fashionable, easy-going and spoilt youngman. His wife, Tampak, wants to live the life of a virtuous ideal house-wife. Ibotombi is a progressive youngman who challenges all old values and feels angry why people do not understand the need to change old beliefs. Tondonbi, the sister, is a college girl, who has ultra modern ideas about life. She wants to enjoy life and in this pursuit makes the best of a given situation and the circumstance. Tonsna does not take the trouble of guiding his children or helping them adjust to the society which is slowly changing its image. The result is that Ibohal makes a mess of his life; Ibotombi is frustrated because the world of his existence does not change as fast as he would like it to do. Tondonbi also ends up in misery and desperation.
The family seems to be destined to disintegrate, but then they begin to understand each other better and decide to live together happily thereafter.