BAFTA-Winning Child Star Shuns Limelight Amidst Manipur Conflict
Gugun Kipgen, the 13-year-old lead of the BAFTA-winning film Boong, is prioritizing education over accolades.
- Boong secured the Best Children and Family Film award at the 2026 BAFTAs.
- Kipgen, a Kuki boy playing a Meitei character, is focused on his class 6 exams in Delhi.
- The film wrapped just before the outbreak of ethnic clashes in Manipur in May 2023, displacing Kipgen and his family.
- Director Lakshimipriya Devi, a Meitei, highlighted the ongoing displacement in her BAFTA acceptance speech, praying for peace and the return of joy to displaced children.
