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'Sisila
Gini Gani' again at Regal Annette who
is provided a house of her own starts to talk about getting married.
Harris declines her suggestion due to several factors- one is he
is married with a mentally retarded child and the campaign for the
post of mayor. Determined
to have her way Annette plans to get friendly with Harris' son.
She meets him at his school and takes him out without the knowledge
of the teacher. Infuriated over this Harris quarrels with Annette.
One day the
child goes missing while on a school outing to a remote village.
It is then revealed that he was last seen with a young woman... This film won
nine OCIC awards in 1992 including Best Director, Best Actor and
Actress, seven Swarna Sanka Awards including Best Director and two
Sarasavi Awards. The film stars
Sanath Gunathilake, Sabeetha Perera, Tony Ranasinghe and Veena Jayakody. 'Sisila Gini Gani' is edited by Elmo Haliday and the music is directed by Premasiri Khemadasa. It was written and produced by Sanath Gunathilake.
Woven around
a triangular love story of two undergraduates and a divorcee the
film discusses a common issue of failure to control emotions specially
relating to affairs of youthful ages. 'Salelu Warama'
depicts the uncontrolled intense feeling which turns to violence
and part of parent at these instances. Sangeetha Weeraratne, Kamal
Addararachchi, Tony Ranasinghe, Pradeep Senanayake, Soumya Liyanage,
Janak Premalal and Nayana Kumari star in this movie. The technical crew include Elmo Halide as editor, Lal Harendranath as art director and Nihal Sanjaya as production executive. The musical score is by Rohana Weerasinghe. To the script and direction of Vasantha Obeysekera, the film is produced by Soma Edirisinghe. 'The
Touch' & 'Legend Of Zu': Hong Kong Double 'The Touch' The movie opens
with a spectacular acrobatic show. In her role as an acrobatic performer
Yin in the film, Michelle spends totally 11 minutes in the air.
It is more challenging than the Qinggong (lightening skill) style
"flying" used in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The acrobats
are the key in this movie as the story evolves around the heritage
and the duty of this acrobatic family. The cast includes other than Michelle Yeogh, Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh as Karl the ruthless antique collector and fortune hunter and Brandon Chang as Tong Yin's brother. The movie goes as in a time of great danger, the Monks of Dunhuang hid the Sharira a Relic purported to contain the pure essence of a Holy Man in the Buddhist religion. To protect this greatest of treasures, it was placed where no ordinary human being would ever be able to reach. However, it is destined to happen that someday the Sharira will be recovered. To ensure that it could be retrieved when such time came, the Monks turned to a family of acrobats. For hundreds of years this family has trained, passing on the skills required to perform the ultimate leap to recover when the time is at hand And the movie takes a turn when a man from Yin's past, shows up with a Medallion - the Heart of Dunhuang - a key to unlock the secrets, a clue to unveil the legend of the Sharira. Together they embark on a hazardous journey to rediscover what her ancestors once protected. Following closely on their trail is Karl, who will stop at nothing to get his hands on the valuable treasures. The story is
cited as on the same genre of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon but
it does not contain a multitude of martial arts combat but is more
like an Indiana Jones adventure and special effects which are masterly
crafted and the distinct difference is its setting in modern times. 'The Legend
of Zu' The new movie
titled the Legend Of Zu is a mesmerizing treat of fantasy, Kung
Fu and special effects. Starring Ekin Cheng, Samo Hung, Zhang Ziyi,
Louis Koo, Cecilia Cheung, Kelly Lin and directed by Tsui Hark and
this remake comes complete with massive amount of state-of-the-art
CGI and kick-ass fight choreography from Yuen Wo Ping, whom most
know from his work on The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
. The story evolves
around the clans in first world or Heaven fighting an evil monster
and the only mortal character is played by a leading star in the
movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Zhang Ziyi.It is basically a
story of a battle between the good and the evil appearing in the
form of a demon called Insomnia. Once you've got that you can sit
back and enjoy the spectacle of one special effect driven battle
after another, each more spectacular than the one preceding it.
King Sky's (Ekin Cheng) character seems to be the central focus
as he battles against his former comrade, the winged Red (Louis
Koo). Despite the
lack of any character or plot development and very few real martial
arts one can find 'the Legend of Zu' a fairly enjoyable experience,
purely because of the stunning special effects that were impressive
and also the film moves along at a fair pace so there is always
something to keep your attention. 'Pem-Piya-Wara':
Depicts a father The technical
crew consist M. D. Jayantha handling the camera, Umesha Madumali
has written the screen play and music is directed by Suresh Maliyadde.
To the production of Wasantha Kumarasiri, the telefilm is directed by Vishwanath Migel. |
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The
film revolves around a successful lawyer who runs for the post of
Mayor of his home town persuaded by his wife whose grandfather too
was a former mayor. Harris Makalanda, the protagonist meets a beautiful
young unmarried woman, Annette at a party and the two fall in love.
They meet later and have a passionate physical affair and Annette
reveals all her past, the men she loved and her opposition to the
institution of marriage. But her ideas have changed since meeting
Harris.
The mini-play 'Pem-Piya-Wara' revolving around a mother and a young
daughter who had to face innumerable problems due to certain act
of a father is telecast every Friday at 8.35 pm on Rupavahini.
