''Frangipani (Sayapethi Kusuma)'' ( si, සය පෙති කුසුම, italic=yes) is a 2016
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n Sinhala romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T Films and Visakesa Chandrasekaram for Havelock Arts. It stars
Dasun Pathirana, Jehan Sri Kanth and Yasodha Rasanduni in lead roles. Music composed by Shantha Pieris. It is the 1260th Sri Lankan film in the
Sinhala cinema.
Plot
The film discussed about a new pathway of Sri Lankan society, where a
heterosexual woman married a
gay man, and breaks the relationship of his
bisexual
Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...
friend.
Cast
*
Dasun Pathirana as Chamath
* Jehan Sri Kanth Appuhamy as Nalin
* Yasodha Rasanduni as Sarasi
* Ruwan Malith as Monk Sobhitha
* Kumudu Kumarasinghe as Sarasi's mother
* Ganga Jeewani Waliwatte as Chamath's mother
* Anjana Premaratne as Chamath's brother
* Nishantha Lawrence as Chamath's father
*
Nilmini Buwaneka
Nilmini Buwaneka is an actress, dancer and choreographer from Sri Lanka.
Dancing
She learned dancing in Bhatkhande Music Institute, where she gained a Diploma in Baratha Natyam.
Theater
Nilmini has portrayed many leading roles for the most ...
as Teacher
* Bhoomi Harendran as Shehan/Shehani
Acclaim
It was screened at numerous international film festivals including the
Mumbai Queer Film Festival
The KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (also known as Mumbai International Queer Film Festival and Mumbai International Queer Film Festival) is an annual LGBT event that has been held in Mumbai, India, since 2010. The film festiva ...
, but has only been shown in two venues in Sri Lanka,
where homosexuality is illegal.
The film is Chandrasekaram's feature-length debut. He said in an interview with Fridae that "The film is typical in many ways of the experience of LGBT in Sri Lanka, typical of the experience that I myself had.”
Soundtrack
Awards and nominations
References
2016 films
Sinhala-language films
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