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Sandhya Rani is an ageing film star who was once the darling of the silver screen. Having lost fame and fortune in a changing world, she now lives quietly in obscurity. She ekes out a living by renting out a room in her home to the film and television stars of today to satisfy their illicit sexual desires. The popular young film star, Shalika, uses this room to carry on an affair with a young actor. When Shalika’s infidelity is unmasked by her husband, the scandal and its publicity forces Rani into the limelight again. In the spotlight once again, Rani is suddenly forced to come to terms with a dark secret of her past – a secret she thought she had buried forever. As she confronts the demons of her past, she journeys in search of a truth she abandoned long ago…

Director
Prasanna Vithanage
Screenplay
Prasanna Vithanage
Cinematography
MD Mahindapala
Editor
A Sreekar Prasad
Music
Lakshman Joseph de Saram
Cast
Malini Fonseka (Sandhya Rani), Nimmi Harasgama (Priya),
Dilhani Ekanayake (Shalika), Kaushalya Fernando (Mallika),
Samanalee Fonseka (Bunty), Jayani Senanayake (Leela)
Production Design
Sujeewa Paranahewa, Shermila Fernando
Sound
A Lakshminarayanan
Production
Sarasavi Cineru
No. 9, Second Stage
Mathtegoda Housing Scheme
Mathtegoda, Sri Lanka
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Festivals & Awards
Pusan, New York South Asian Film Festival

Born in 1962, Prasanna Vithanage’s opus of five previous films has made him one of Sri Lanka ’s leading filmmakers with a worldwide critical and popular reputation. He began his career in the 1980’s as a theatre director. He translated into Sinhala and directed Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man” in 1986 and Dario Fo’s “Raspberries and Trumpets” in 1991, before setting out as a filmmaker in 1992. While also devoting serious time and effort to the education and training of young people in the art and business of filmmaking, Vithanage returned to his theatrical roots in 2006 when he combined two short plays of Dario Fo (‘The Virtuous Burglar” and “One Wore a Suit and One Wore Tails”) into the hugely popular Sinhala play “Horu Samaga Heluwen” which ran to nearly 150 performances islandwide. Vithanage also produced Uberto Pasolini’s “Machan”, the international co-production, which debuted to great applause at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival.