About the Book: Heisnam Sabitri: The Way of the Thamoi
Heisnam Sabitri is a critically acclaimed Indian stage actor and one of the
most notable personalities in Manipuri theatre. Born into a Meitei family in
Mayang Imphal, Manipur, she was introduced to theatre as a child artist by her
aunt and theatre actor Gouramani Devi. She married stage director Heisnam
Kanhailal in 1962, and together, they founded Kalakshetra Manipur in 1969. She
also acted in a short film, Mahadevi Akka (1999), and the film won the National
Film Award for the best anthropological film. A former government-nominated
member of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, in 2008, Sabitri