’Praana’ hits the big screens

The Praana (Seeds) Sinhala movie premiered at the Liberty Cinema theatre in Kollupitiya. The Sri Lankan trilingual thriller movie was directed by Sanjaya Nirmal and produced by Janaka Perera. Leading film artistes Shyam Fernando, Niranjani Shanmugaraja, Darshan Dharmaraj are playing leading roles, whereas Nita Fernando and King Ratnam play supportive roles. The film is based on the true story of the Great Christian Massacre of nearly 700 Christians in 1544 in Mannar and the chain of events related to the same massacre repeated in 1560. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel