Pilgrimage - Sri Lankan Film By Wasantha Obeysekera

To commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka, the Hyderabad Film Club, in collaboration with the High Commission for Sri Lanka, New Delhi, is presenting 60 Years Of Sri Lankan Cinema, from 14th to 22nd June, at the Sarathi Studios Preview Theatre, Ameerpet. 9 award-winning Sri Lankan films will be screened during the 9-day festival.

As part of the festival, Pilgrimage (Theertha Yathra) will be screened on the 6th day today. The film is directed by Wasantha Obeysekera, and has Yashoda Wimaladharma, Ravindra Randeniya, Joe Abeywickrema, Veena Jayakody, Channa Perera, Chandanie Seneviratne, Saumya Liyanage, Wilson Gunarathne, Ravindra Yasas, Sasanthi Jayasekera, Chithra Warakagoda, Susila Kottege, Saman Athaudahetti and Malie Jayaweera playing the lead roles.

Meneka is the adopted child of Grace and Suriya Bandara, a wealthy aristocrat and leading human rights lawyer. Meneka, who runs a fashionable dress design centre, is engaged to a young bank official Kusal. Suddenly an unexpected event shatters her peaceful and complacent existence, when she discovers that she is an adopted child and that her real parents are living in a remote village in abject poverty.

She single-handedly embarks on this assiduous journey into the past. Finally she realizes that biological relationships are not the most important factor in one's life. It is personal relationships, ties between human beings and affection, that matter.

The film won the Best Director and Best Film awards at the Presidential awards 1999.

The entry is free for everyone. Please contact Bh S S Prakash Reddy Of The Hyderabad Film Club, at 2373-0841/93910-20243 for further details.