Tentigo (2025)

Original title

Nelum Kuluna (නෙළුම් කුළුණ)

Directed by

Ilango Ram

Genre

comedy, romance

Country

Sri Lanka

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Sinhalese black comedy about a man whose unusual physical attribute causes social chaos. He navigates awkward situations with family and neighbors, leading to escalating complications.

quirkyabsurdplayfulwittybrightoffbeatlighthearted

What happens

Tentigo (Sinhala Nelum Kuluna) (Sinhala: නෙළුම් කුළුණ) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhalese black comedy film directed by Ilango Ram and produced by Hiranya Perera for Silent Frames Productions. The film stars Kaushalya Fernando, Priyantha Sirikumara, Thusitha Laknath and Ranjith Panagoda. It is the first Sri Lankan film to be remade into other languages including: Spanish, Italian, English, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam whereas France and Belgium in the future. The film was remade in Tamil by Ilango Ram as Perusu (2025). After gaining positive reviews from critics in multiple film festivals, the film won the special jury award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2023 and was screened at the Glasgow Film Festival and Mostra in 2024. It got selected at the 2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival 2025 under the International Competition: Fiction section. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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