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''Asandhimitta'' () is a 2019
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
n Sinhala drama thriller film directed by Asoka Handagama and produced by H.D. Premasiri for Cine Sarasavi Films. It stars Nilmini Sigera and
Dharmapriya Dias Halaperuma Arachchige Dharmapriya Dias () is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. And a professional dubbing artist since 1995. Dias has titles such as playwright, actor, set designer, choreographer, teacher of art and ha ...
in lead roles along with W. Jayasiri and
Shyam Fernando Shyam Fernando () is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television. He is a dubbing artist and has been nominated for several dramatic roles. Career Fernando started his drama career under Somalatha Subasinghe with Play House Kott ...
. Kapila Poogalaarachchi composed the music for the film. The first special screening was held at Regal Cinema, Colombo.


Plot

A film director receives a telephone call from Asandhimiththa. She requests him to make a movie with her life story. She asks him to give her an appointment to tell her story. The scene shifts to a bus where Asandhimitta and a young Wickramasekara are seated next to each other. Wickamasekara gives her sexual hints to indicate that he is keen to start a relationship with her. He gets down at the same bus stop where Asandhimitta disembarks and becomes her paramour. The story progresses with some hints alluding to the docile nature of Wickramasekara who tries to fit himself into the role of a house-husband. Asandhimitta is a ticket collector at a parking lot and she is subjected to callous remarks over her obese body and her massive weight of 303 lb (137.5 kg). Asandhimitta loses her job and tries to do several odd jobs like exorcist, however she fails. Then she puts an advertisement in an newspaper mentioning that she is going to start an association for helpless women. She and Wickramasekara visit an apparently rich family including two ladies named Madara and Samadara and Wickramasekara tries to deceive the divorced lady in that family. The film reaches its climax when Wickramasinghe strangled the ladies. Asandhimitta is arrested by the police in connection to these three murders and director tried to locate Wickramasekara alian Wicky with the help of Pradeep the landlord of Asandhimitta's house. At the end of the film the audience is informed that Wickramasera is a hallucination of Asandhimitta and the two male character are the younger and older version of the same character. The film ends with the juxtaposition of director cutting his birthday cake with Asandhimitta raised to a noose to execute death penalty by prison officers.


Cast

* Nilmini Sigera as Asandhimitta *
Dharmapriya Dias Halaperuma Arachchige Dharmapriya Dias () is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. And a professional dubbing artist since 1995. Dias has titles such as playwright, actor, set designer, choreographer, teacher of art and ha ...
as Wickramasekara aka Wicky * W. Jayasiri as Old Wicky *
Shyam Fernando Shyam Fernando () is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television. He is a dubbing artist and has been nominated for several dramatic roles. Career Fernando started his drama career under Somalatha Subasinghe with Play House Kott ...
as Film director * Gayani Gisanthika as Madhaara * Sandali Handagama as Samadara * Rukmal Nirosh as Lal * Pradeep Ramawickrama as Bus conductor *
Anula Bulathsinhala Anula Bulathsinhala ( Sinhala: අනුලා බුලත්සිංහල, born Anula Mendis (අනුලා මෙන්ඩීස්); 21 September 1947 – 16 October 2020) was a Sri Lankan actress and singer. She was popular for her act ...
as Old lady *
Yashoda Wimaladharma Yashoda Wimaladharma ( Sinhala: යශෝධා විමලධර්ම) is a Sri Lankan actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Often referred to as the "innocent on the small screen", Wimaladharma excelled in cinema, telev ...
as Vasanthi * Rithika Kodithuwakku as Girl in bus * Widath Weerakon as Eka * Ahas Dissanayake as Deka * Shala Amarasuriya as Wicky's wife


International screening

The film has contested in many worldwide film festivals for award categories and international screenings. Special screening of the film in Sri Lanka was held in February 2019 at Tharangani film hall, Colombo. The film has been screened at Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2019 within Asian Perspectives non-competitive category. * 23rd Busan International Film Festival - nominated for Kim Jiseok Award. * 22nd Talin Black Knights Film Festival


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, tt8896396
අසන්ධිමිත්තා සමඟ සිනමා වැඩසටහනක්
2010s Sinhala-language films 2019 films 2019 thriller films Sri Lankan thriller films 2019 drama films