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Nihal’s maiden effort - ‘Avurudu Samaya’
‘Avurudu Samaya’, the maiden single episode tele direction of Nihal Premachandra will be telecast on New Year Days- April 12 at 7.30 pm and April 13 at 2.30 pm on Swarnavahini channel.

Actor and assistant director, Nihal Premachandra entered the cinema scene assisting veteran director, K. A. W. Perera in his film ‘Durga’. Having assisted in many films and teledramas Nihal began playing minor roles in a number of films and lead roles in several one episodic teledramas.

The story in ‘Avurudu Samaya’ revolves around the two neighbourhood families of Ranjith and Sirimanne. Both the families have young daughters who are intimate friends.

Ranjith runs a business while Sirimanne is a public servant. Sirimanne is addicted to drink and his drinking has caused regular disputes within the family. These problems result in Sirimanne’s wife leaving with the children.

The story starts when Sirimanne’s wife and the children left him once more. The move was after she had come to know that her husband has mortgaged the house to find money for his drinking and this time the separation had taken quite long time.

Ranjith’s daughter has been affected very badly when she finds her close friend missing for a long time. She has refused even her food and she is mentally affected. And this has led Ranjith’s family in to misery.

Ranjith, a close friend of Sirimanne whose advice he sought whenever there was a problem in his family found himself helpless as there was no one to tell of his problems. Hoping to console the daughter Sirimanne arranges a big birthday party but it became useless as her best friend wasn’t there. Having taken the daughter to a ‘Hamuduruwo’ for counselling and to a doctor for medical treatment, Ranjith is advised to unite the two friends. Meanwhile Sirimanne seeks relief for his problem in the bottle.

Amidst all these the Sinhala New Year is fast arriving. How are the two families going to celebrate the New Year? Who will bring it to them? The major roles in Avurudu Samaya are played by Janak Premalal, Nayana Kumari, Ajith Lokuge, Seetha Kumari and Ridma Tharangani.

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