Synopsis:
A mother's search for a daughter she has never met.

Sandhya Rani is an ageing film star who was once the darling of the silver screen. Having lost fame and fortune in a changing world, she now lives quietly in obscurity. She ekes out a living by renting out a room in her home to the young film and television stars of today to satisfy their illicit sexual desires.

The popular young film star, Shalika, uses this room to carry on an affair with a young actor. When Shalika’s husband discovers this, the scandal and its publicity forces Rani into the limelight again. Having left her husband, Shalika moves in with Rani and persuades her to join her in acting in a television soap opera. Sandhya Rani’s adoring fans are overjoyed as she returns to the public gaze. As she encounters her past again, the darker side of her rise to fame is revealed.

Her daughter, Priya, whom Rani was forced to abandon when Priya was a just an infant, is now an attractive young woman who works as a hostess in a Karaoke night club. But she is also three months pregnant and infected with HIV. Priya constantly watches her mother acting on television. Priya is bitter about her childhood abandonment and without meeting her face-to-face, Priya makes it known to her mother that she still exists and that Rani is responsible for her present plight. But this only makes Priya more lonely and depressed as she realizes she is hurting her mother. Rani’s guilt at what she did to her daughter in her rise to fame, drives her to search for Priya and seek forgiveness. But the form of her eventual forgiveness is not what she expected.

Festivals:
Pusan International Film Festival
New York (Saiff) Film Festival
Indian International Film Festival
Kerala International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Tiburon International Film Festival
Vesoul International Film Festival
Asiatica Filmmediale
Granada Cinesdelsur Film Festival

Awards:
Silver Peacock Award (Best Actress), Indian 39th International Film Festival (2008)
Jury Special Mention At Vesoul Asian Film Festival (2009)
Best Asian Film (Netpac) Award – Granada Cines
Del Sur Film Festival

Invited:
Brisbane International Film Festival
Fukuoka International Film Festival
New Jersy South Asian International Film Festival

Cast:
Dilhani Ekanayake, Kaushalaya Fernando, Malini Fonseka, Nimmi Harasgama

Crew:
Written & Directed by Prasanna Vithanage
Producers: A. Sreekar Prasad, H.D. Premasiri, Prasanna Vithanage
Cinematographer: M.D. Mahindapala
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
Original Music: Lakshman Joseph De Saram

Drama | 35mm | Dolby 5.1 | 90 minutes | 2008 | Sri Lanka

with English subtitles