- Source: Frangipani (film)
Frangipani (Sayapethi Kusuma) (Sinhala: සය පෙති කුසුම) 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. It stars Dasun Pathirana, Jehan Sri Kanth and Yasodha Rasanduni in lead roles. Music composed by Shantha Pieris. It is the 1260th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
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.
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.
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.”
Soundtrack
Awards and nominations
References
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- Ario Bayu
- Next Goal Wins (film 2023)
- Widika Sidmore
- Frangipani (film)
- Frangipani (disambiguation)
- Adrift (2018 film)
- Next Goal Wins (2023 film)
- Visakesa Chandrasekaram
- Dianna Fuemana
- Frankie Adams
- Derana Film Awards
- 28th Busan International Film Festival
- Rachel House
