‘Bend in the Coffin’ : Takes local cinema to world platform
‘Bend in the Coffin’, a short film targeting the world cinema platform, started its location shooting recently. The Muhurath ceremony of ‘Bend in the Coffin’ was held in early this month and the shooting is now under way in the locations close to Panadura.
Directed by popular dramatist and film director Ilango Ram, the movie ‘Bend in the Coffin’ is also pitched at Asian Content and Film Market in Busan, Korea and several other international festivals.
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- Kaushalya Fernando
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- Ilango and Hiranya at the muhurath ceremony
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- Ilango and Hiranya
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- Chandani Seneviratne
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- Bend in the Coffin team
‘There was a big buzz about the project in India where major film companies in India wanted to make this film in India, instead of Sri Lanka. But we decided that we wanted to make the original film as a Sri Lankan film and later make remakes in other countries, which would be a stepping stone for Sri Lankan film industry. This is a humble effort to break the norm of remaking or dubbing Indian and other foreign content’ Ilango explained.
The script and the direction of ‘Bend in the Coffin’ is by Ilango Ram, while the film is produced by Hiranya Perera.
‘Actually we create this film for the international festivals and tagged as film for the ‘world community’ said producer Hiranya Perera when talking about the upcoming film Bend in the Coffin, which both herself and director Ilango Ram hope will take local cinema to a global market.
Genre of the movie is dark comedy with an underlying political satire. Like the name suggests, centres around a funeral. Giving us a glimpse of what to expect, Ilango hinted that the story revolves around the death of a father and how his two sons handle it. More tha half of the film is being filmed in an old a old ‘walauwa’ in Panadura.
Cast includes Kaushalya Fernando, Priyantha Sirikumara, Thusitha Laknath, Chandani Seneviratne, Dilhani Ekanayake, Chamila Peiris, Sulochana Weerasinghe, Ranjith Panagoda, Aloka Gayathrie and Saman Koralage.
The assistant to Ilango Ram in direction is Niroshan Edirimanne, while Ajantha Alahakoon handles the production designing and costumes. Production Manager is Manjula Perera and Aathan Sivananthar is the editor. Make up by Rajitha Dikhinna.
Although this film is a political satire, Ilango doesn’t believe in sending messages through his films. ‘A good film doesn’t really need a message’ he claimed, explaining that a good film is a slice of life and depicts what’s happening in society.
‘Although it labeled as a dark comedy, the message should be decoded while watching my films’ he added.
‘Most Sri Lankan films are either extremely art house or commercial films that are highly influenced by Indian movies. But this is one that would strike a healthy balance between art house and commercial cinema.
Due to this, we are certain that this would be a crowd puller’ said Hiranya.
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