The website of “Ira Handa Yata” (Under the Sun and Moon), the latest film directed by internationally awarded filmmaker Benette Ratnayake was launched at Thoppigala recently.
It is significant that Benette selected Thoppigala which was liberated by the Army recently as the location to launch the website of the film (www.irahandayata.com) that narrates a story related to the nearly three decade long war.
Having directed two award winning films ‘Aswesuma’ (Compensation) and ‘Sulanga’ (Wind), ‘Ira Handa Yata’ is to convey the important message to all humanity that the rays of the sun and the moon are common to all human beings despite all racial, religious and ethnic differences and that we are all part of nature.
The big cast includes Mahendra Perera, Palitha Silva, Chandani Seneviratne, Roger Seneviratne, Kaushalya Fernando, Damitha Abyratne, Bimal Jayakody, Udara Rathnayake, Saumya Liyanage, Swineetha Weerasinghe, Veena Jayakody, Jagath Benaragama, Suminda Sirisena, Rangana Premaratne, Ajith Lokuge, Bennett Ratnayke, Sathischandra Edirisinghe, Kumara Thirimadura, Baghya Ratnayake, Nadaraja Sivam, Samanmalee Hewamanne, Dee. Ga. Somapala, Sampath Jayaweera, Darshan Dharmaraj together with new comers Sheryl Becker and Dharshani Tasha.
The film is jointly scripted by Bennett Ratnayake and Sarath Gamlath and produced by Samanmalee Hewamanne, Oliver Fernando, Ruwan Jayasinghe, Vijitha Herath (UK) and Dilan Fernando.
The film is now being shot in Thoppigala and other locations in and around Batticaloa, Welikanda, Kalpitya, Udappuwa and Dambulla.
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