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Cinema returned to strife-torn Manipur on Tuesday after more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Cinema returned to strife-torn Manipur on Tuesday after more than 20 years when a Bollywood movie on surgical strikes against Pakistan was screened at a makeshift open air theatre in Churachandpur.<\/p>\n

Vicky Kaushal-starrer “Uri: The Surgical Strike” was attended by a large number of people at Rengkai (Lamka).<\/p>\n

The screening was organised by the Hmar Students Association (HSA) to express its opposition to the ban on Hindi movies imposed in September 2000 by ‘Revolutionary People’s Front’, a political wing of the proscribed People’s Liberation Army, a valley-based Meitei terror group.<\/p>\n

“It has been over two decades since a movie was screened in our town. The Meiteis have banned Hindi movies for a long long time.<\/p>\n

“Today’s move is to defy the anti-national policies of the Meitei groups and to show our love for India,” Ginza Vualzong, spokesperson of Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n

The organisation describes itself as the voice of Kuki tribes.<\/p>\n

Before the screening of the movie, the national anthem was played at the open air theatre, located 63 km from the capital city.<\/p>\n

Manipur has been witnessing widespread ethnic clashes between majority Meitei and tribal Kuki communities since May 3 and so far over 160 people have been killed.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the HSA said the screening is to show “our defiance and opposition to terror groups which have subjugated the tribals for decades”.<\/p>\n

“Join us in taking a pledge to continue our fight for freedom and justice,” it appealed.<\/p>\n

The HSA said the last Hindi film that was publicly screened in Manipur was “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” in 1998.<\/p>\n

Officials said that within a week of the ban in 2000, rebels had burnt 6,000 to 8,000 video and audio cassettes and compact discs in Hindi collected from outlets in the state.<\/p>\n

Though the RPF gave no reason for the ban in the northeastern state, cable operators said the militant group feared negative impact of Bollywood on the state’s language and culture.<\/p>\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a press release)<\/i><\/p>\n

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