AKASA KUSUM
Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka)

SYNOPSIS



Akasa Kusum
Sandhya Rani is an ageing film star who has lost fame and fortune in a changing world. She now ekes out a living by renting out a room to film and television stars to satisfy their illicit sexual desires. When a popular young film star’s affair in the room is exposed, the scandal and its publicity thrusts Rani into the spotlight again, forcing her to come to terms with a dark secret from her past.



TECHNICAL DATA



Director
: Prasanna Vithanage

Production
: H.D. Premasiri, A. Sreekar Prasad, Prasanna Vithanage

Screenplay
: Prasanna Vithanage
Cast: Malini Fonseka, Nimmi Harasgama, Dilhani Ekanayake, Kaushalya Fernando, Samanalee Fonseka, Jayani Senanayake
Editors: A. Sreekar Prasad
Cinematography: M.D. Mahindapala
Music: Lakshman Joseph De Saram
Runtime: 90 min.

DIRECTOR


Prasanna Vithanage

BIOGRAPHY
Prasanna Vithanage was born in Sri Lanka in 1962. After graduating he began his career as a theatre director. In 1992 he won nine awards in Sri Lank OCIC (Catholic Organization International Film and Media) with his debut film: Ice on Fire. Four years later filmed Night of the Soul, wich won the Special Jury Mention at the International Film Festival of Pusan as well as several awards from the Forum Film Critic of Sri Lanka. His fourth feature film, Death on a Full Moon Day, won the Grand Prix at the Amiens Film Festival. Flowers of the Sky is his latest work.


FILMOGRAPHY
- Sisila Gini Gani (Ice on Fire), 1992
- Anantha Rathriya (Dark Night of the Soul), 1996
- Pawuru Walalu (Walls Within), 1997
- Purahanda Kaluwara (Death on A Full Moon Day), 1997
- Ira Madiyama (August Sun), 2003
- Akasa Kusum (Flowers of the Sky), 2008