Boong

1/18/2026

“Boong” (Gugun Kipgen) is your typically mischievous young lad. Adept with a catapult and always with his best pal “Raju” (Angom Sanamatum) he is usually causing some sort of trouble for his mum (Bala Hijam Ningthoujam). His latest infraction of the school rules sees her decide that he’s never going to be happy there and so both boys are sent to the rather more sophisticated “St. Anthony’s” where both start to realise what it means to be an "outsider". Now although he’s a bit of a thorn in her side, there is a loving bond between mother and son, and he has decided that he wants to give her a gift. Not something throwaway, but something long lasting. He wants to have his dad return for a forthcoming festival. He left them a while ago to run his teak furniture business but has been ignoring