Mauli Fernando

A murder investigation is reopened after 8 years, making life far more complicated for a man related to the case and his family.

Set in the rural Sri Lanka of 1989, civil war is raging but hasn't yet touched the life of nine-year-old Sirimal. One day his boatman father is asked to ferry a group of armed strangers over to their island, and they are shortly followed by the army. Gun battles and arrests soon follow and Sirimal's world is turned upside down when his father disappears. (Cary Rajinder Sawhney - London Film Festival 2004)

Against a backdrop of deep-rooted conflict and intense romance, ordinary individuals are pushed to their absolute limits when a complex web of relationships begins to unravel. To survive a turbulent storm of high-stakes adversity, they must navigate unexpected choices to protect what matters most.

All the teachers of Sooriyapaluwa primary school left due to malaria pandemic . Uncle Pala who was the helper of the school , continued to teach the students in a different style.