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‘Sulanga’
premieres from Montreal Invited
to be screened, the film was shown on the opening day, August 27,
(yesterday) of the festival which is scheduled from August 27 to
September 2. Benette's maiden film won six international awards including the critics' award at the Houston International Film Festival. Locally the film won seven Sarasavi Awards including the Best Actress for Sangeetha Weeraratne. In 'Sulanga' the director narrates tales around four women from different social backgrounds; an uneducated girl, a young girl who had passed her Ordinary Level exam, a graduate and a professor.The film depicts how different people react to an issue of love which is common and universal. The film depicts that what each character was searching for, happiness. "My attempt was to give a deep interpretation of how the mind works once one gets attracted to another, the award winning filmmaker said. "The theme is appealing to everyone. For there is no one who has not experienced love at one or other stages of his or her and the film contains at least a part of their stories. It is connected to everybody's lives," Benette said describing his latest direction. Speaking about the selection of the title 'Sulanga', the love and work of heart cannot be seen but we feel how it operates just like 'the wind'. At times the wind can be a gentle breeze and the same wind the next instance could become a monstrous storm bringing disaster. Similarly love and the human mind too could be like this. The film had been shot in location in and around Kandy, Polonnaruwa and Colombo. The Story of 'Sulanga' A case has come before the Family Court. Krishanthi is filing for divorce from her husband Senaratne, a university professor, whom she met and married when she was an undergraduate student. She is pregnant with their second child. Krishanthi accuses her husband of having an affair with Kumari, a younger woman. Senarathe claims she has misunderstood the whole situation and pleads with her to keep the family together, Kumari is from a poor rural family. Her mother struggled to bring her up in such a way that Kumari could escape item from the poverty she was born into. Giving evidence and under cross-examination each one of them narrates their version of their life's search for happiness. They promise to tell the truth but each one's truth is different. Truth means one thing in a Court of Law. But what is Truth when it comes before the Court of the Heart? The
film plays Sanath Gunathilake, Dilhani Ekanayake, Palitha Silva,
Chandani Seneviratne, Sriyani Amerasena, Roger Seneviratne, Rangana
Premaratne, Sanoja Bibile, Semini Iddamalgoda, Gayani Gishanthika,
Jagath Chamila, Daya Alwis, Namel Weeramuni, Kanthi Fonseka and
Sarath Kotalawela. Playing a lead role Sathya Erandathi Ratnayake is introduced to the cinema. Others Udara Ratnayake, Sujani Samana Kumari, Manuki Hettiarachchi, Maneesha Jayawardena and Dewmini Danya Alawatte play their maiden roles in this film. The technical crew included B. Wishwanath as cinematographer, Lal Herendranath as art director, Ravindra Guruge as editor and Ranjith Wickremasinghe as makeup artiste. To the lyrics of Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne, music director Rohana Weerasinghe has set music and had made the original score for 'Sulanga'. The film which was scripted and directed by Benette Ratnayake is co-produced with Samanmalee Hewamanne, Deevan Beruwalage and Kumari Beruwela. - SRF |
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