President wants to see 'Prabhakaran'

(March 16, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) President Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed his interest in watching 'Prabhakaran', the debut film of young filmmaker Thusara Peiris. The film revolving around a suicide bomber who escaped from the LTTE which is slated to be released in April was recently watched by senior military officials including Military Spokesman, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.

Special screening of the film was held at the Ridma theater, a cinema hall at the National Film Corporation last week.

The film with a humanistic angle tells that neither the Sinhala nor Tamil are to be blamed for the war. But they are the victims and are subjected to long lasting misery.
Peiris who had done a number of teledrams including 'Adaraneeya Amma', 'Kadathira', 'Swarna Kinkini' and 'Mihidum Sevaneli', made his maiden cinematic venture with the experience shared with him by a number LTTE cadres who he met abroad. They had left the organisation and had now taken asylum there.

The key roles in the films are played by Priyankara Rathnayake, Anuruddhika Padukkage, Dasun Madhusanka, Sarath Dikkumbura and Darshan Dharmaraj. Produced by Osmond de Silva in Italy, cinematography is by Jayanath Gunawardana and art direction is by Sena Mambulage. Make-up by J. Suranimala and edited by Praveen Jayaratne. Assistant director is Donald Jayanath and is scripted and directed by Thushara Peiris. (Image: Seen from “Prabhakaran”)

- Sri Lanka Guardian