Ishanou (English: The Chosen One) is a 1990 Indian Manipuri film written by M. K. Binodini Devi and directed by Aribam Syam Sharma.

The video beautifully contrasts the spiritual world of the Maibis with the rhythm of everyday life, emphasising the coexistence of the occult and the tangible in the same reality.

Aribam Syam Sharma, a singer, songwriter, actor, and theatrical director, studied philosophy, music, and drama before venturing into the field of movies.

On some reels, the negative suffered vinegar syndrome degradation, mould and warping, broken perforations, scratches, emulsion halos, and base distortion.

Conservators from the Film Heritage Foundation labored painstakingly to fix the negative before it could be digitized using a wet-gate scanner at L'Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna.

[16] The significant issue was the usage of inter-negative areas in the original camera negative, which resulted in wide changes in image quality, making it quite grainy in parts and not matching the rest of the film.

Ishanou is just the second Manipuri feature film scanned by the SN Chand Cine Archive and the Museum of MSFDS, and the first to be restored.