Acting
Nita Fernando
Born September 5, 1947 (age 79)
Nita Fernando is a legendary, award-winning Sri Lankan film actress and producer who has been a prominent figure in Sinhala cinema since the 1960s. She achieved major international acclaim for her powerful performance as Violet in Prasanna Vithanage's 1998 film Pavuru Walalu (Walls Within), which won her the Best Actress award at the 1998 Singapore International Film Festival.
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Stigma · 2023Stigma
2023
MovieDramaThriller
The movie opens up with an accidental death of a 30 years old youth. At the autopsy, investigators find his identity card which belongs to ‘Revatha the Buddhist monk’. It stirs the hornet’s nest in the neighborhood where Revatha used to live, as at the time of his death, he had disrobed. Therefore, parishioners of his temple object to bringing his body to the temple and holding a monk’s funeral. Then the movie begins to reveal the backstory till his death.
Kaala · 2017Kaala
2017
MovieHistoryDrama
The film revolves around the time of King Dhatusena and the way he constructed Kala Wewa. It depicts the chronicles related to the tank and formation of new deity Kadawara.
Paangshu · 2020Paangshu
2020
MovieDrama
In a dilapidated rural courthouse a mother seeks justice for her son abducted by paramilitary men during the 1988/89 insurgency in Sri Lanka
Seeds · 2022Seeds
★ 7.02022
MovieHistoryDrama
The film is based on the true story of the Great Catholic Christian Massacre of nearly 700 Christians that took place in 1544 in Mannar and the chain of events related to the same massacre that took place in 1560.
Metamorphosis · 2014Metamorphosis
2014
MovieDramaComedy
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.
Joseph Vaz, The Priest · 2009Joseph Vaz, The Priest
★ 9.02009
MovieHistory
This movie is about the life story of St. Joseph Vaz.
Lasanda · 1974Lasanda
1974
MovieDramaRomance
Lasanda is the name of the girl played by the famous actress Nita Fernando. Her acting amplifies the moral qualities of her heroine – a proud woman, irreconcilable to everything that degrades human dignity. The world is divided into two clearly delineated camps. In one of them are the rich mine owners and their accomplices, in the other - the working class, the poor, forced to make ends meet with odd jobs. The first reign supreme, believing that they can buy off any crime with money, although they fear an organized uprising by workers. The second are almost powerless in the face of tyranny and violence; their existence, their future depend on the whim of their masters.
Thanha Rathi Ranga · 2014Thanha Rathi Ranga
2014
MovieDrama
Three friends embark on a journey to a land that was once forbidden but a sudden encounter forces them to return to yet another land of turmoil and terror.
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Joseph Vaz, The Priest · 2009Joseph Vaz, The Priest
★ 9.02009
MovieHistory
This movie is about the life story of St. Joseph Vaz.
Maria de Miranda (St. Joseph Vaz' Mother)