Boong director Lakshmipriya Devi has revealed how, after filming the movie, she couldn’t edit for quite some time as she broke down after watching the footage. Speaking with news agency PTI, she said it took her a few months to “look at the footage objectively.” Boong, a Manipuri language film, won the BAFTA award recently. Boong is the first Indian film to win a trophy at the awards gala, organised annually in London by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Lakshmipriya Devi shares why editing Boong footage affected her Though the film came about relatively easily, post-production took a long time because of tensions in the northeastern state, grappling with societal polarisation and political unrest in her homeland, she said. “I could not edit the film for a very long time. I would break down every time I would see the footage. Knowing that the entire second half of the film was shot in places that were now in rubble… it affected me. It took a couple of months before I could …