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‘Gini Weluma’ : Arthur U's debut
Gini Veluma (Inferno), the debut direction of journalist Arthur U. Amarasena is a teledrama woven around a politician's attempt to take revenge on a doctor is telecast every Saturday at 8.15pm on ITN channel.

The ten episode miniplay stars the cream blend of stellar cast comprising Ravindra Randeniya, Sriyani Amerasena, Cletus Mendis, Chathurika Peiris, Tilak Kumara Ratnayake, Gamin Jayalath, Wimal Alahakoon, Nilanthi Dias, Rebecca Nirmalee, Asela Jayakody, Kapila Sigera, Kumara Ranepura, Richard Abeywardana, Busshi Keerthisena, Daya Abeysekara, Rajasingha Loluwagoda and L. H. Premadasa.

The story is based on political thuggery and skullduggery by a junior Minister in the government (Tilak Kumara Ratnayake) on an eminent heart surgeon (Wimal Alahakoon) to avenge the death of his son following an open-heart surgery and secondary infection.

The politician becomes further enraged on hearing that as a result of a tip-off given to, three of the Minister's stooges, who had been involved in a multimillion bank robbery which brought them to book.

The emotionally devastated junior Minister approaches his Chief Minister (Ravindra Randeniva) to complain and seek his blessings to put a vicious plan into action with a view to destroying the surgeon's life and his family. His subtle vindictive appeal gets a rebuff instead of a blessing from the Chief Minister pin pointing another aspect of Sri Lankan political life that one should not generalise and castigate all politicians with the same yard stick as a bunch of uncivilised power hungry lot who behave like incorrigible school kids.
However the junior Minister in his own way succeeds using his ministerial muscle and lucre in destroying the surgeon and his family by planting drugs in his car with the aid of a pretty nurse (Nilanthi Dias) who works with the surgeon at the hospital. Ultimately the blameless surgeon becomes a criminal in the eyes of the law and is jailed for fifteen years.

Not being satisfied with the extent of his bestial brutally, the Minister surreptitiously further steps in 'doctoring' some x-rated photographs of the surgeon with the nurse to the surgeons’ wife to poison her mind.
In jail he finds that finally he has lost everything in life including his wife, two daughters and the family. Disappointed, frustrated and saddened by all these factors what would be the next step of his life?

With Saman Sigera behind the camera, U. K. Mahinda as art director, Jagath Weeratunge as editor and Somadasa Medagedara as joint music director joint Arthur U. Amarasena who penned the story, dialogue and screenplay for 'Gini Weluma'.

Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara penned the lyrics while Dilruk Wijeysekera was the makeup artiste and Somadasa Maldeniya the assistant director for the miniplay.

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