The film stars Rex Kodippilli. Priyankara Ratnayake, Richard Weerakkody, G. R. Perera, Rajika Ahangama, Grace Ariyawimal and Miyuri Samarasinghe.

Shani Deraniyagala is a beautiful girl whose parents died when she was young. She had been brought up under the protection of her elder brother, a rich landowner.

In the spring of her life, Shani develops a talent towards music and singing during her student days at the Convent. Her brother, discovering her talent, presents her with a violin. But the over-protective brother does not allow her to attend formal classes. Instead, a middle-aged music teacher called Kasun teaches her music in the protection of her home. Shani is not even allowed to leave home without a middle-aged maid accompanying her for her safety. This has become a great problem for Shani, since she does not have the freedom to do anything without the consent of her brother. She develops a friendship with a male friend of the same social status called 'Shehan' during school hours.

Kasun, who is unmarried, is a man of firm decisions. While pursuing his career as a teacher, he is also following an external degree course in music at the University. Kasun teaches music in remote schools and stays with his friends in a rented room when he comes to the city. His economic status is at a bare minimum.

Shani studies hard under Kasun. One day, on meeting Kasun in the streets, Shani talks to him. Shani's brother who comes to know of this meeting expresses his strong disapproval on the grounds that the two are having an affair. He immediately dismisses Shani's maid and launches a mob attack on Kasun, who gets wounded in the encounter and Shani's music class comes to an abrupt halt. This assault receives publicity in all the major newspapers as an attack on a University student by a hired mob.

Shani comes to know of the attack on Kasun and goes secretly to meet him. She later elopes with him to a remote place in Polonnaruwa and lives a life full of hardships. Shani's brother failing to find the sister leaves the country in despair.

It was too late when Shani found out that her husband was involved in a revolutionary movement. Shani happens to be also pregnant and admonishes her husband to abandon the movement. Kasun does not have the courage to do so.

Shani later comes to know that Kasun had been killed in a confrontation with the Police. She is deeply distressed by this. With the help of some friends Shani leaves for the town to seek help from her friend Dinali.

Dinali welcomes Shani to her house and starts living as she used to in the past. Under the encouragement and guidance of Dinali, Shani resorts to singing. At this time, she gives birth to a baby girl. As soon as Shani enters the professional sphere as a singer, Dinali helps Shani to acquire the new name "Maheshika".

As Maheshika starts her professional career as a singer, she suddenly becomes very popular and as a singer is in great demand.

Meanwhile Maheshika meets her old friend Shehan who lives abroad most of the time. Shehan proposes to Maheshika and despite being under severe mental stress, she agrees to marry him.

But Maheshika suddenly comes across Kasun at a recording studio. She is very perplexed. The next day, Kasun comes to meet Maheshika and explains to her how he didn't die during the revolution and inquires about his daughter. Maheshika, who is infuriated by Kasun, refuses to introduce her daughter to him. She is on the firm footing that all the problems she faced were mainly due to Kasun's strict principles. And Shehan invites Maheshika to America for the wedding. Maheshika agrees and she leaves for the airport with her daughter.

But on her way she becomes nostalgic about Kasun since he was her daughter's father. 'Maheshika's choice between Shehan and Kasun at this crucial moment will be revealed at the end of the 16th episode.

"Valentine in London"
The premiere show of Sinhala comedy 'Valentine in London', will be held at the Safari Cinema, Middlesex, London on November 10.

After the premiere the film will be screened at Safari Cinema, Croydon, London on November 17.

The cast include Tennyson Cooray, Uresha Ravihari, Wilson Karu, Freddy Silva and Sunil Hettiarachchi.

The film woven around a character named 'Valentine' who is well-known for helping others around him was directed by Hemasiri Sellapperuma and produced by Quintus Peiris and Dilmon Jayaratne.

Valentine is living in a suburban city and his closest friend Suranga carries on with the daughter of wealthy businessman Gajasinghe. With the aim of breaking up the affair Gajasinghe sends his daughter Nayomi abroad. It was at this time that his second daughter 'Gayomi' returns to Sri Lanka after finishing her studies abroad. She is already proposed to a professor but the girl is against her father's wish.

Strangely this professor exactly resembles Valentine and he collects more details about Professor "Serpentine" through 'Gayomi'. Now Gayomi falls in love with Valentine even though she does not like to marry him though he carries the same features as professor 'Serpentine' but differs in ideas. Valentine now plans to kidnap the professor and play the role of professor and take the hand of Gayomi.

Sriyani plays 'hide and seek'
'Hangi Muththan' directed by veteran film star Sriyani Amerasena will be telecast every Saturday at 7.00 pm on Rupavahini.

This 18-episodes teledrama revolves around a young boy whose presence of mind and tact saves his friend and unravels many misdeeds done by the adult world in a small village.

The principle roles are played by Stanely Perera, Robin Fernando, Sonia Disa, Samanthi Lanerole, Saranapala Jayasuriya, Milinda Perera and Indrajith Navinna with a number of child actors.

Sunimal's father 'Hethuhamy' is an expert in black magic. One day he finds a rare Ola leaf in which a secret manthra had been written which could make men invisible. Hethuhamy to test this new finding starts charming an oil according to writing. Attanayake helps in this task with an ulterior motive. Hethuhamy also teaches the manthra to his little son Sunimal.

Mrs. Saram who also was the chief 'Dayaka' of the temple earns money through illegal means. She plans to get the treasure in the temple premises on the pretext of building a 'bana maduwa' for the temple. She gets the support of a politician in the area through his private secretary, Pathirana.

One day Sunimal steals the bottle of oil which contains the magical power of making people invisible and replaces it with another. Attanayake who uses this oil believing it would make him invisible gets caught and is beaten up by the villagers.

Meanwhile Sanjaya a young boy in the area disappears suddenly. This has happened when he had gone to Mrs. Saram's premises to pick the ball while playing with other children. Sanjaya who jumps over the wall never returns. Even the policemen who go to search her house could not find him.

Now it was Sunimal's turn to use the magical oil. The young boy uses the oil and goes to Mrs. Saram's house invisibly. There he finds that Sanjaya is kept in an underground store room in the house and Sunimal tells this to 'Grama Sevaka' who goes to Mrs. Saram's house with a team of policemen. But Mrs. Saram acts too quickly and manages to mislead the policemen and their second attempt too fails.

Now everybody in the village including the monk in the temple of which Mrs. Saram was the chief Dayaka work hard to unravel Mrs. Saram's secrets. At the same time using the magical oil, Sunimal unravels many a secret. Along with his friends Sunimal not only punishes the evil doers but also reforms many adults.

In addition to the direction of Hangimuththan, Sriyani Amerasena earlier directed the teledrama "Magi" and wrote the screen play and produced "Hemanthaye Wasanthayak" for the mini screen.

Sriyani who entered the film would acting in Lester James Peiris' acclaimed film "Golu Hadawatha" (Silent Heart) has done major roles in "Desa Nisa", "Viragaya", "Maha Gedara", "Ridi Tella" and "Kulageya" among many others. She also has produced two films "Dase Mal Pipila" and "Tharanaya" and now with 'Hangimuththan' she come to the mini screen.

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