Mizoram is perhaps best known for its sweeping stretches of bamboo and an upcoming, no-holds-barred rock scene. What no one really talks about is its cinema, because, well, there has been nothing quintessentially 'Mizo' about the films produced in the state yet. Poor imitations of Hollywood and Bollywood films starring enthusiastic but untrained locals abounded in Mizoram. That was until Mapuia Chawngthu entered the scene.

Khawnlung Run, a historical film, is the first Mizo film to be screened at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa between November 20-30