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Frangipani (Sayapethi Kusuma) (Шаблон:Lang-si) is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T Films and Visakesa Chandrasekaram for Havelock Arts.[1] It stars Dasun Pathirana, Jehan Sri Kanth and Yasodha Rasanduni in lead roles. Music composed by Shantha Pieris.[2] It is the 1260th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[3]

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 friend.[4][5]

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 as Teacher
  • Bhoomi Harendran as Shehan/Shehani

Acclaim

It was screened at numerous international film festivals including the Mumbai Queer Film Festival, but has only been shown in two venues in Sri Lanka, where homosexuality is illegal.[6]

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.”[7]

Soundtrack

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Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref
2017 Derana Film Awards Best Actor Dasun Pathirana Шаблон:Won [8]
2017 Sarasaviya Film Awards Best Upcoming Actress Yashoda Rasaduni Шаблон:Won [9]
2017 Sarasaviya Film Awards Best Upcoming Actor Jehan Srikanth Шаблон:Won [10]

References

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