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‘Wet and Dry’: An emotional tale
Just like the environment, feelings in human hearts too are subject to changes. At times they are wet and again they become dry.
"Theth Saha Wiali" (Wet and Dry) is one such story that deals with the changes of human feelings.

The drama, a character analysis revolves around different incidents and situations that take place within four days in the lives of a protagonist, a street singer who undergoes both mental and physical struggle to rescue his dying daughter.

Directed by Lalith Ratnayake, Theth Saha Wiyali will be telecast on the Rupavahini belt at primetime every Saturday at 8.35 pm. Suminda Sirisena, Chandani Seneviratne, Nihal Fernando, Suneetha Wimalaweera, Edward Gunawardena, G. Perera, Dimuthu Chinthaka, Jagatha Chanila, W. Jayasiri, Sarath Chandrasiri, Janak Premasiri, Anton Jude, Udeni Alwis and Liyoni Kotalawela lead the cast.

The central character in Theth Saha Wiyali is Steven a father of a fifteen year old daughter. Dwelling in a housing scheme he ekes out a living by singing in the streets with Sudu Malli who has been living in his house for a long time.
Steven's daughter is a heart patient and the doctors treating her inform that she has to undergo a transplant operation on which her life depends and this would cost a massive amount-nearly Rs 200,000. Without a proper source of income and living in a rented house Steven makes many futile attempts to find the requred sum.

Finally he stops at Rogus' who runs a brothel and lends money on high interests. Rogus makes a demand that he will give money in return for a young girl for his brothel. Even though he is desperate and searching for a way to collect some money, Steven refuses this proposal. Thinking of a way to collect money he comes across a mother and a daughter who had come to the town from a rural area. The two meet with an accident and the mother dies on the spot and Steven takes Amalie, the daughter to Rogus.

With the money he gets for the young girl he rushes to the hospital to rescue his own daughter. To his dismay he only sees his daughter taken in a trolley to the mortuary. Disheartened with what he had done Steven runs back to Rogus to rescue Amalie. The whole night he fights off the men coming for the young girl. Finally in an attempt to rescue Amalie from the drunken brothel owner Rogus, Steven kills him.

Hiding from police arrest and evading his own daughter's funeral Steven searches a way to take Amalie to her village and find a way to return her to her father.

This journey involves them in many new experiences in life. Wasantha Vittacchi-the make up artiste, Manjula Ayagama-the art director, Priyantha Guruge-editor and Prabath Roshan directed the camera. Premasiri Khemadasa wrote the musical score. To the lyrics written by D. Jayasiri, Bandula Nanayakkarawasam and Ajantha Ranasinghe the playback singing is by T. M. Jayaratne, Samantha Perera, Amarasiri Peiris and Indika Upamali.
Theth Saha Wiyali is produced by Luxman Premathilake and Manoj Chandratillake.

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