Paangshu
Poster
Directed byVisakesa Chandrasekaram[1]
Written byVisakesa Chandrasekaram
Produced byTVT
StarringNita Fernando
Nadee Kammellaweera
Jagath Manuwarna
CinematographyDimuthu Kalinga
Edited bySithum Samarajeewa
Music byChinthaka Jayakody
Release dates
  • September 2018 (2018-09) (Montreal)
  • 21 August 2020 (2020-08-21)
Running time
86 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Paangshu (Sinhala: පාංශු; The Soil) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhalese drama film directed by Visakesa Chandrasekaram and co-produced by Havelock Arts studios and TVT.[2] It stars Nita Fernando and Nadee Kammellaweera in lead roles along with Jagath Manuwarna and Nilmini Buwaneka in supportive roles. Music composed by Chinthaka Jayakody.[3]

In September 2018, the film was screened at the Montreal Film Festival.[4] The film has received positive reviews from critics.[5][6] The film has been screened at Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2019 within Asian Feature Competition category.[7]

The film was released in the island on 21 August 2020 in thirty leading cinemas of Ridma circuit.[8][9][10] In October 2020, lead actress Nita Fernando was adjudged Special Jury Mention for Best Actress at Indus Valley International Film Festival.[11][12]

Plot

In a rural courthouse, a mother seeks justice for her son who was abducted by paramilitary men during the 1988-89 insurgency in Sri Lanka, only to discover that she has to confront the man who took away her son and his wife.

Cast

  • Nita Fernando as Babanona
  • Nadee Kammellaweera as Namalee
  • Jagath Manuwarna as Indika
  • Nilmini Buwaneka
  • Malcom Machado
  • Randika Gunathilaka
  • Gayan Lakruwan
  • Xavier Kanishka
  • Mayura Kanchana Perera
  • Grace Ariyawimal
  • Yehani Hansika
  • Daya Wayaman
  • Hal Yamanouchi as Alieno
  • Kumudu Kumarasinghe

References

  1. ↑ "Visakesa Chandrasekaram biography". srilankanwriters. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Internationally acclaimed 'Paangshu' in theatres". sundaytimes. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Tale of Baba Nona". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Paangshu at Montreal Film Festival". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "What you have done to you and your 'ethnic' other". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "A soil-semi-political film". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Paangshu and Asandhimitta". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Paangshu; Mother in search of missing son". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Two movies in one day after Corona tomorrow". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Nita's Award-winning 'Paangshu' in August". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Paangshu and Suparna have won international awards". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Nita and Visa win awards at Indus Valley International Film Festival". Sunday Times. Retrieved 2021-01-11.


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