W. Jayasiri
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Department: Acting
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Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
Overview: Calcutta, 1946. Violence rages in India. Sister Teresa teaches at a convent, but is haunted by the faces of the starving, the poor and the homeless; the faces of those less fortunate than her. With only her faith in God, she leaves the convent to live in the slums and care for the poor. An surprisingly, even one of the most revered, selfless heroes questioned her purpose.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-05
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Visidela
Overview: Nirmal lives in a small village with his father and a beautiful sister, Sirima. The family is shattered when Sirima is raped by one of their neighbours.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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Flying with One Wing
Overview: In order to avoid the gender discrimination prevelent in Sri Lanka, a woman decides to pass as a man and gets a job as a mechanic and even takes a wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2002-09-27
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Night Rider
Overview: The theme of the film revolves around a series of unexpected events that a taxi driver in Colombo has to face when a journalist gets into his car and a political mob follows her, and this taxi driver has to face many unexpected events to protect her from the political gang.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2022-07-22
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This Is My Moon
Overview: Set in a Northern border village during the Sri Lankan Civil War, a Sinhalese soldier meets a Tamil girl in the battlefield. The soldier leaves the army with the girl, and goes back to his village. The arrival of the Tamil girl into this predominantly Sinhala village causes a stir within the community, where they collectively decide to send her to a refugee camp. "This is My Moon" is a controversial examination of village life, where rural myths are shattered to reveal a deeper reality of a society torn apart by war.
Genres: War
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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Inbetween
Overview: A semi-autobiographical account of a move from Sri Lanka to Britain, which explores "being inbetween East/West, mother/father, male/female". The filmmaker was born in Sri Lanka and brought up in the traditions of European culture and Roman Catholicism. He moved to England to live and work, and the film, which combines drama and documentary, is a personal account of his "negotiation of his personal history".
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Suhada Koka
Overview: The film starts with a release of peoples' vote of government election, where Rajamanthri (Vijaya) lost his seat and crying with his allies. However, his secretary Sumanasiri (Rodney) revealed that the winning member has been hospitalized after hearing the shocking news of that he won the election of the seat. Rajamanthri and crew went to the hospital and finally the winning member died and Rajamanthri won the seat. After winning the seat, he started to celebrate the win, but his fellow ministers (Priyantha and Jayasiri) started to make actions against him. However, with many funny incidents, Rajamanthri pass all the battles with the help of his allies. Meanwhile, Liyana Mahaththaya (Lal), clark (Mihira) and Kalu mudalali (Giriraj) proposed an Awurudu Ulela to impress Chief minister Narendrasinghe (Sathischandra).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2015-10-22
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August Drizzle
Overview: A film that touches Life, Death and Expectations.One Person’s death fans the flame of expectations in another. the life that begins with that expectation ultimately ends in death. Loneliness, loss of social contacts and deceit are the underlying human conditions of the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Mee Haraka - මී හරකා
Overview: An illiterate and sexually frustrated young man finds himself attracted to a chic woman from the city who has come to his rural village as a school teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1994-12-09
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Bawa Duka - The Sorrow of Existence - Part I
Overview: Set during the British colonial reign in Sri Lanka (1905), this powerful drama follows Peduru who descends from a line of traditional drummers, crossing over to three generations. Peduru's struggle for survival in this harsh rural hamlet exposes the repressive Buddhist institutionalization of the locals, and the hierarchical structure backed by the British colonials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 1997-05-30
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Gamani
Overview: Story based on a true incident. Terrorists massacre fifty seven people in a remote village in Sri Lanka. The ill trained, unorganized Home guards could not protect the Village. A brave army Major stationed in area awaiting retirement. A female voluntary teacher convinces the Major about his Extra/Additional responsibility and tells what use of his many gallantry medals if people next door sleep in jungle at night or farmers languish in hunger without being able to cultivate. The Major, through army, trains the Home guards, turn them into a formidable force who protect the village when terrorists launch next attack to wipe out village.
Genres: War
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2011-08-19
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Soosthi
Overview: A young woman on the edge of a half constructed building top trying to jump off. But a voice talks to her. It's a man. He tells her it's a matter of the last second thought which step her away from jumping. They start taking and decide to run away. So their story unveils while they travel around and across the country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: si
Release Date: 2020-07-17
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Swaroopa
Overview: Loosely based on Franz Kafka's novella Metamorphosis 'Swaroopa' narrates the story of Gregory Samson and his family of father, mother, sister assisted by a maid within the social transformations taking place in late colonial and early postcolonial Sri Lanka.
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-02
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