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Nela (2018)

Nela poster
Directed by
Bennett Rathnayake
Country
Sri Lanka
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A young woman faces challenges in love and society. The film follows her relationships and personal struggles in a contemporary Sri Lankan setting.

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What happens

Nela (Sinhala: නෙලා) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala romance film directed and produced by Bennett Rathnayake for Benn Films. It stars Shalani Tharaka and Udara Rathnayake in lead roles along with Tharuka Wanniarachchi and Roshan Pilapitiya. Music composed by Suresh Maliyadde. The story is based on novel Marianela by Benito Pérez Galdós in Indrani Rathnasekara's translation from Spanish. Film screened on 54 cinema theatres of CEL Theatre Board. It is the 1296th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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