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‘Sasara Ivuru’: Story of an innocent
Sasara Ivuru is the latest teledrama directed by actor Lucky Dias is a story about a child who is unaware of her parental origins and therefore begins to hate her own blood.

This twenty-four episode play will be telecast every Monday at 7.30 pm on ITN channel starting from September 13. Having directed miniplays earlier namely Katharaka Hasareli, Suwanda Obai Amme, Sivdiya Dahara and Sanda Tharaka, this is Lucky’s fifth teledrama direction.

Playing one of the leading roles is young Anuradha Weerasekara a girl from Bishop’s College Colombo who is well versed in both Tamil and Sinhala is introduced to the mini screen with ‘Sasaraka Ivura’. Others in the cast are Richard Weerakkody, Avanthi Aponsu, Nisansala Jayathunga, Amiththa Weerasinghe, Cyril Dharmawardena, Ruwanthi Mangala, S. Ramanadan, Jagath Benaragama, Vishaka Siriwardena and Samanthi Lanerolle.

The story revolves around the issues of politics, love and motherly affection. It is woven around Austin a Sinhala youth who has come across a two day old child on the street. A woman had fled leaving the child. He gives the child to his best friend Nadarajah. Baptised with a Tamil name her adopted parents keep her identity as a secret.

During the 1983 riots the family flees to India and after twenty years with the peace showing signs of comeback return to the country. And Nadarajah belongs to a somewhat well to do class.

On his return he happens to meet his old friend Austin who also has reached a certain level in the society with money and political power. Austin who was longing for a child now expresses his desire to see the child who had become a grown up young girl. Nadarajah couldn’t agree to the request as the girl a Tamil now hates Sinhala a people-though she has the same blood.

“In a way this irony, the mistaken identity has caused lot of problems leading to unending wars in our world today’ Lucky said speaking about his latest teledrama. I wanted to be different, Lucky said.

The play was shot entirely in and around Marawila within thirty-two days of filming. “I should thank the people in the area who were a immense support to us” Lucky said gratified with the help he received from the people in the area “if not for them it would have beein a very hard experience for us” he added.

The teledrama is filmed by Chaminda Gunathilake and edited by Lalantha Jayakody. Music director is Somapala Ratnayake and ‘Sasara Ivura’ is directed and produced by Lucky Dias.

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