AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Borun Thokchom’s work in documentary filmmaking has received recognition for its research depth, narrative restraint, and engagement with socially and historically significant subjects.

His debut documentary The Silent Poet earned the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director, bringing national recognition to his early work and establishing his presence in Indian documentary cinema.

His documentary I Rise received multiple honours at national and international film festivals, with awards acknowledging its documentary craft and its focus on resilience and achievement. The film’s selections and accolades strengthened his standing within the contemporary documentary circuit.

Battlefield, a feature-length documentary on the Battle of Imphal, was selected for the Indian Panorama (Non-Feature) section at the International Film Festival of India, a prestigious platform showcasing significant Indian non-feature films. The selection marked an important recognition of the film’s contribution to historical documentation.

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REVIEWS

BATTLEFIELD

Battlefield has generated diverse reactions from viewers and critics, with many noting its intense storytelling, strong performances, and immersive visuals. Audiences have appreciated its emotional depth and dramatic tension, while reviewers have highlighted its technical execution and narrative pace.

Explore what others are saying and see how Battlefield is being received across different perspectives.

Manu Shrivastava
The Draft

Manipuri film Battlefield sits in a rare and compelling space where history, memory and a region’s unspoken grief collide, and when placed alongside the world’s most powerful war documentaries, its quiet urgency becomes even more striking.

K Mark Swer
RAIOT

Battlefield is, sometimes, almost literally, an excavation of loss and colonial guilt. It is also, at times, an effort to mend bridges between descendants of former adversaries and to bring closure to families of soldiers who fought in the war.

Monish Upadhyay
Highon Films

“Battlefield” gives a human face to a war too often reduced to winners and losers, Allies and Axis powers, speeches and statistics. At a time when Manipur is once again torn by brutal violence that has turned communities against each other, Borun’s film stands....