Desa Nisa

Desa Nisa
Desa Nisa
Directed by Lester James Peries
Produced by Lester James Productions
Northwestern Enterprises
Written by Gunasena Galappatty
Starring Joe Abeywickrema
Sriyani Amarasena
Ravindra Randeniya
Music by Premasiri Khemadasa
Editing by Gladwin Fernando
Release date(s) 1972 (1972)
Running time 97 minutes
Country Sri Lanka
Language Sinhala
Budget 200,000 rupees

Desa Nisa (Sinhala: The Eyes) is a 1972 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries. The film stars Joe Abeywickrema as Nirukada, an ugly man who worries that his blind wife will leave him if she regains her sight.

Peries made the film as a vehicle for Joe Abeywickrema. The source material was a Gunasena Galappatti play which was made more accessible to a lay audience by Galappatti on Peries' urging. Critics were puzzled by the film and wrote that it was Peries' most mysterious.

Plot

Nirudaka (Joe Abeywickrema) is an ugly man who is only loved by his mother (Denawaka Hamine) and taunted by others. He falls in love with blind Sundari (Sriyani Amarasena) and they get married.

The mother then feels obliged to cure Sundari's blindness much to Nirudaka's chagrin and takes her to a hermit (Ravindra Randeniya) with healing powers. In the climatic scene the hermit cures Sundari's blindness on a large rock. She laughs at Nirudaka and tries to leave, but is captured by the hermit. Nirudaka begs the hermit to let her go and takes off to not offend her.

The hermit realizes his folly and lets Sundari go. She again finds Nirudaka and they reconcile.

Cast


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ravindra Randeniya — Infobox actor bgcolour = silver name = Ravindra Randeniya imagesize = 215px caption = Ravindra Randeniya birthdate = June 5 cite web|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/2004/02/12/feat/2.asp|title=Stars embroiled in mystery|accessdate=2007 04… …   Wikipedia

  • Cinema of Sri Lanka — South Asian cinema Cinema of Afghanistan Cinema of Bangladesh Bengali cinema Cinema of India Assamese cinema Bengali cinema Bhojpuri cinem …   Wikipedia

  • Lester James Peries — Infobox Actor imagesize = 150px name = Lester James Peries birthdate = birth date and age|1919|04|25 location = flagicon|Sri Lanka Dehiwela, Sri Lanka spouse = Sumitra Peries death date = death place = occupation = FilmmakerLester James Peiris… …   Wikipedia

  • Sriyani Amarasena — is a Sri Lankan actress and producer. Sriyani has appeared in several Lester James Peries movies including Golu Hadawatha , Desa Nisa and Ahasin Polawata .cite news| url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/03/24/life/8.asp|title=The romance lingers… …   Wikipedia

  • Denawaka Hamine — Dona Meraya Denawaka (1906–2001) was a Sri Lankan actress. The grand old lady was known for portraying elderly characters. Hamine was born February 20, 1906 in Imbulgoda, Gampaha. She was by profession a school teacher until a chance encounter… …   Wikipedia

  • Lester James Peries — Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie 2.1 comme réalisateur 2.2 comme scénariste …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of hospitals in Malaysia — This is a list of government and private hospitals in Malaysia.Government Hospitals Kedah *Hospital Alor Setar *Hospital Kulim *Hospital Baling *Hospital Sik *Hospital Langkawi *Hospital Yan *Hospital Jitra *Hospital Kuala Nerang *Hospital Sungai …   Wikipedia

  • Liste von Vornamen — Männliche Vornamen sind mit dem Symbol ♂ und weibliche Vornamen mit dem Symbol ♀ markiert. Vornamenslisten zu bestimmten Regionen, Sprachen, Dialekten oder Kulturkreisen findet man unter: Vornamen nach Regionen Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”