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{{Short description|2009 Meitei language animation film}}
{{About|a [[Meitei language]] animation film|the mythical creature of [[Meitei mythology]]|Keibu Keioiba}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Keibu Keioiba
| image = Keibu Keioiba (Tiger Head).jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Meitei|Keibu Keioiba}}
| director = Bhumenjoy Konsam
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = {{Based on|[[Keibu Keioiba]]}}
| producer = Sirish Chanam
| starring =
* Bishwamittra
* Kalpana
* Joseph
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| music = Sorri Senjam
| studio = Makok Production Studio 
| distributor = Shiv VCD & Melody Video 
| released = {{Film date|2009}}
| runtime = 1 hr 24 min
| country = India
| language = [[Meitei language|Meiteilon]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Keibu Keioiba''''', also known as '''''Kabui Keioiba''''' ({{langx|en|Tiger Head}}{{efn|"Tiger Head" is the direct English title of the film. But it is not the direct translation of the name "[[Keibu Keioiba]]".}}), is a 2009 [[Cinema of Manipur|Manipuri animation feature film]], directed by Bhumenjoy Konsam. It is the first Manipuri animation film, based on the [[Meitei folklore]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Naorem Nishikanta |title=Bhumenjoy Konsam on the Chemistry of Making Keibu-Kei-Oiba – Part II {{!}} Manipur Times |date=7 November 2013 |url=https://manipurtimes.com/bhumenjoy-konsam-on-the-chemistry-of-making-keibu-kei-oiba-part-ii/ |access-date=2022-10-29 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipur fable from Shrek stable - Pune-based visual designer makes region's first animation film |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/manipur-fable-from-shrek-stable-pune-based-visual-designer-makes-region-s-first-animation-film/cid/713160 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Naorem Nishikanta |title=Bhumenjoy Konsam on the Chemistry of Making Keibu-Kei-Oiba – Part I {{!}} Manipur Times |date=22 October 2013 |url=https://manipurtimes.com/bhumenjoy-konsam-on-the-chemistry-of-making-keibu-kei-oiba-part-i/ |access-date=2022-10-29 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=কৈবু কৈওইবা ননিং. |url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/07.08.2022-B4.pdf |website=hueiyenlanpao.com |language=mni}}</ref>
It was screened in the 11th [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] (MIFF) in 2010, under the aegis of the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2010-09-15 |title=10 Manipur films to be screened at MIFF |url=https://assamtribune.com/10-manipur-films-to-be-screened-at-miff |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=assamtribune.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri films strike it rich : 25th jan10 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=20..250110.jan10 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=5 films selected for film fest : 04th dec09 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=13..041209.dec09 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

The ideology of producing the story of [[Keibu Keioiba]] in the [[animation film|animated cinema]] was for the preservation of the nearly extinct [[Meitei folklore|Meitei folktale]]s of [[Manipur]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Plot ==
A priest named ''Salang Maiba'' was very proud of his own talents. One night, he asked his wife to cover his body with his cloth when he turned into a ferocious tiger so that he could be transfigured back to his human form. Using his magic, Salang Maiba turned himself into the fearful wild beast. Horrified by the scene, his wife ran into the house and closed the door. He asked her to come out and do what he had asked her to do but she didn't came out. As time passed, the sun was about to rise up. As there was no means to get back to his human form, being in a tiger's form, he felt unsafe to live among the human settlements. So, he departed his home and the human society to live alone in the woods. In the forests, he spent a life, like a pure wild animal, living in a cave, hunting animals for prey and consuming them raw. Now, he became the [[Keibu Keioiba]] (half man, half tiger).
One day, on a stormy night, Keibu Keioiba sneaked into a village to get some food. He saw a lonely old woman in a dilapidated house. He tried to devour her but she suggested he eat the flesh of a beautiful young lady named ''[[Thabaton]]'', living next to her house, who's also living alone as her seven elder brothers had gone for some work a few months ago and were not likely to return home for some time. The old woman told him the secret code words (which she had heard when one of the brothers told Thabaton) to open the door of Thabaton's house. Doing as suggested, he succeeded in opening the door and kidnapped Thabaton. He took her to his cave in the middle of the forest. Upon finding out that Thabaton was a beautiful maiden, the [[lust]] of Keibu Keioiba superseded his [[hunger]].
Keibu Keioiba made [[Thabaton]] his wife. Thabaton had no other way but to stay with him. They lived together in the cave. He brought preys from his hunt and Thabaton cooked meals from them. On the other hand, when the seven brothers returned home, they were shocked to find their lovely sister missing. The old woman from the neighboring house told the brothers that [[Keibu Keioiba]] had kidnapped their sister. Getting furious, the seven brothers came in search for Thabaton. After many weeks, they finally found her in the cave. They met her when Keibu Keioiba went away from the cave for his normal daily hunt. The brothers gave Thabaton a hollow bamboo [[pitcher]] (bamboo pipe) and told her their plans for escape. The brothers went to hide in a distant place when Keibu Keioiba returned to his cave. As per the plan, Thabaton asked Keioiba Keioiba to fetch water from the [[stream]] using the bamboo [[pitcher]] (bamboo pipe). Keibu Keioiba took the bamboo pipe from his sweetheart, unaware of the fact that the bamboo pitcher was actually hollow. He fetched some water and got back towards home. On the way, the pitcher got empty as all the water were gone. He went back to fetch some water and the same thing happened on his way back to home. He fetched again and again and everytime, the pitcher got empty. On the other side, the seven brothers burned down the settlement of the beast and ran away with their sister Thabaton back to their house for safety. A [[crow]] saw everything that was happening in both sides. The crow flew to the beast and informed him about what had happened to his home. Getting furious, Keibu Keioiba ran to his habitat and found out exactly what the crow had told him happened.
Thabaton was then safe at her house, protected by her brothers. But the brothers prepared for a combat to defeat the beast.
Keibu Keioiba came to meet the brothers face to face. They had a fierce battle until the beast was finally wounded badly. Keibu Keioiba almost escaped from the human beings when he was about to be killed.

== Cast ==
Artists Bishwamittra, Kalpana, and Joseph played the voice roles of the characters, [[Keibu Keioiba]], [[Thabaton]] and the ''thief (as well as the crow)'' respectively.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

==Release==
In 2010, Keibu Keioiba (Tiger Head) was screened in the 11th [[Mumbai International Film Festival]], organised by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2010-09-15 |title=10 Manipur films to be screened at MIFF |url=https://assamtribune.com/10-manipur-films-to-be-screened-at-miff |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=assamtribune.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri films strike it rich : 25th jan10 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=20..250110.jan10 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=5 films selected for film fest : 04th dec09 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=13..041209.dec09 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
It was also screened in the ''2nd Manipur International Documentary, Short and Animation Film Festival, 2010'', organised by the ''[[Films Division of India|Films Division, Mumbai]]'', in collaboration with the ''Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC)'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=KanglaOnline |title=MFDC documentary film fest opens – KanglaOnline |date=18 August 2010 |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2010/08/mfdc-documentary-film-fest-opens/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |language=en-US |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030115157/http://kanglaonline.com/2010/08/mfdc-documentary-film-fest-opens/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> in the ''2nd [[Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival]] in 2014''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-21 |title=Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival concludes |url=https://assamtimes.org/node/10608 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Assam Times |language=en |quote=After that, Keibu Keioiba was screened, followed by an interaction with the director, Bhumenjoy Konsam.}}</ref>

Keibu Keioiba (Tiger Head) was screened in the half a month long ''"Festival of Cinemas of Manipur"'' event during April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Festival of Cinemas of Manipur begins 20220415 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.Press_Release.Press_Release_2022.Festival_of_Cinemas_of_Manipur_begins_20220415 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=15-day multilingual 'Festival of Cinemas of Manipur' begins |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/movies/15-day-multilingual-festival-of-cinemas-of-manipur-begins |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=[[Imphal Free Press]] |language=en |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030114837/https://www.ifp.co.in/movies/15-day-multilingual-festival-of-cinemas-of-manipur-begins |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Festival of Manipur cinemas kicks off |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/4/15/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Apr-15-Manipur-State-Film-Development-Society-MSFDS-kicked-off-a.amp.html |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Meitei-language films]]
* [[Yamata Amasung Keibu Keioiba]]
* [[Phouoibi Shayon]]
* [[Phou-oibi, the Rice Goddess]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |title=কৈবু কৈওইবা ননিং. নমাং হোত্রোং হো |url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/jun-06-2015-4.pdf |website=hueiyenlanpao.com |language=mni}}
* {{Cite web |title=কৈবু কৈওইবা |url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/11.10.2020-B4.pdf |website=hueiyenlanpao.com |language=mni}}
* {{Cite web |title=Kabui Kei-oiba |url=https://findingthevoices.com/tag/kabui-kei-oiba/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=FINDINGTHEVOICES |date=5 July 2013 |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ingudam |first=Monica |date=2013-07-12 |title=Episode 037 FindingTheVoices : Bhumenjoy Konsam sharing about making of the Manipuri animated movie Keibu-kei-oiba |url=https://findingthevoices.com/2013/07/12/bhumenjoykonsam-2/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=FINDINGTHEVOICES |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |title=Demonstrating the current chaos : 14th dec09 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=21..141209.dec09 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}
* {{Cite web |title=Festival of Manipur cinemas kicks off : 16th apr22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=7..160422.apr22 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}
* {{Cite web |title=Festival of cinemas of Manipur underway : 16th apr22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=42..160422.apr22 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.net}}
* {{Cite web |title=Manipuri Cinema a World within World Cinema By Bobby Wahengbam - E-rang :: E-pao Movie Channel |url=http://e-pao.org/erang/Reviews/Manipuri_Cinema_a_World_within_World_Cinema_By_Bobby_Wahengbam.php |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=e-pao.org}}
== External links ==
* {{Cite web |title=Keibu Keioiba (2009) |url=https://klmdb.com/title/0000577 |website=Klmdb}}

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