M. K. Binodini Devi
| Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi महाराज कुमारी बिनोदिनी देवी |
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6 February 1922 Imphal, British Raj |
| Died | 17 January 2011 (aged 88) Imphal, Manipur, India |
| Occupation | Writer, playwright |
Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (Hindi: महाराज कुमारी बिनोदिनी देवी; 6 February 1922 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian writer from Manipur, a Southeast Himalayan state in North-east India and a member of the erstwhile royal family of Manipur. She was notable for bridging the two worlds of ancient royalty and modern art. Born as a princess into a palace life which she lovingly recalled in a series of late essays, she made her name in the wider world as a novelist and a writer of short stories, essays, plays and award-winning screenplays, lyrics and ballet scripts. She received the Padma Shri in 1976, one of India's highest civilian awards, followed by Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of letters) in 1979 for her novel Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi (The Princess and the Political Agent) based on the true life story of a Manipuri princess, daughter of Maharaj Surchandra Singh. However, she returned the Padma Shri to protest the alleged rape and killing of Thangjam Manorama by 17 Assam Rifles personnel in 2004.
M. K. Binodini Devi wrote under the single name of Binodini. Her screenplays were made into award-winning feature films, directed by her long-time collaborator director Aribam Syam Sharma, such as My Son, My Precious, 1982;The Chosen One (1990), that have also been screened in the London Film Festival as well as the Museum of Modern Art, and Cannes, Toronto and Locarno Film Festivals. Her wildlife and environment themed script for a modern ballet was made into Sangai – Dancing Deer of Manipur, a performance film that won the British Film Institute's Outstanding Film of the Year Award in 1984.
She died at 8:04 pm at her Yaiskul Police Lane residence in Imphal on 17 January 2011. She is survived by her two sons.
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