Sanabi

Sanabi (English: The Grey Mare) is a 1995 Manipuri film written by M. K. Binodini Devi and directed by Aribam Syam Sharma.

[4][5] It was jointly produced by Doordarshan and National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

Mangi, irritated by his childhood friend Sakhi’s refusal to marry him, steals her beloved grey mare in order to force her to agree.

"[13] Deborah Young of Variety wrote that "Simple as the story is, there is nothing expected about the way Sharma shoots it.

The citation for the National Award reads, "For its apt and poetic handling of the conflict between the traditional and modern values, knitted around a pony symbolically".