Asoka Peiris
2021Maruthaya - මාරුතය
Vasantha Obeysekera
Sangeetha Weeraratne, Kamal Addaraarachchi
Maruthaya is a very honest, daring, and dramtic exposure of the traumatic experiences of an honest politicain and his family. Director Vasantha Obeysekera’s frank and sensitive handling of an age old topic, conveys a clear message that in politics, honesty is not always the best policy! And politicians are losers everytime! Maruthaya highlights the tragic plight of a politician’s family, which had tasted all the perks of power when the going was good, and the shattering experience of being faced with defeat at the elections, and all the evil that comes with it in Sri Lanka.
The Storm
Gini Avi saha Gini Keli - ගිනි අවි සහ ගිනි කෙළි
Udayakantha Warnasuriya
Jackson Anthony, Sriyantha Mendis
Gini Awi Saha Gini Keli (Firearms and Fireworks) is a Sri Lankan epic crime film based on a popular fictitious novel written by Anura Horatious. The plot revolves around the ascension and downfall of Padmasiri, a gang leader in Sri Lanka. The film also provides a clear overview of the underworld thuggery and political corruption during the latter part of the 1980s in Sri Lanka.
Firearms and Fireworks
විරාගය - Viragaya
Tissa Abeysekera
Sanath Gunathilake, Sabeetha Perera
This psychological drama attempts to dwell into the mind of Aravinda, whose Buddhist empathy and detachment are contrasted with his worldly friends and relatives. The English translation of the title, "The Way of the Lotus" implies Aravinda as Lotus-rising above dirt and mud to blossom.
The Way of the Lotus (Devoid of Passions)
බද්දේගම
Lester James Peries
Joe Abeywickrama, Malini Fonseka
Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri Lanka. The film is based on the 1913 book titled as "The Village in the Jungle" by Leonard Woolf.
Village in the Jungle
