Akasa Kusum (2008)

Original title

ආකාස කුසුම්

Directed by

Prasanna Vithanage

Genre

drama film

Country

Sri Lanka

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Sri Lankan woman navigates family relationships and personal struggles. The story follows her journey through loss and reconciliation.

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What happens

Akasa Kusum (Sinhala: ආකාස කුසුම්; lit. 'Flowers of the Sky') is a 2008 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Prasanna Vithanage and co-produced by H.D. Premasiri, Prasanna Vithanage, and A. Sreekar Prasad for Sarasavi Cineroo Films. It stars Malini Fonseka and Nimmi Harasgama in lead roles along with Dilhani Ekanayake and Kaushalya Fernando. The film's music was composed by Lakshman Joseph de Saram. Filming started on 23 December 2007 in Colombo. It had its world premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival in October 2008, and won numerous awards at various other film festivals. The film was released in Sri Lanka on 21 August 2009, and became a box-office hit in that country. It was also Sri Lanka's initial entry to the 2010 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but was replaced by Alimankada. In May 2009, American film distribution company, Wonderphil Productions were granted international distribution rights of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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