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Release Date:
January 22, 2012
Original Title:
මාතා
Genres:
Drama | War
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 112
Two lovers, Yoga and Parvathi, meet on the battlefield of the Sri Lankan civil war. As the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attack the Sri Lankan army and tighten their grip on the Tamil people, Yoga and Parvathi struggle with feelings for each other and their own commitments to the LTTE. Parvathi's family is relocated to a concentration camp and Yoga is sent on a mission to Colombo by a jealous LTTE commander. But they soon meet again in battle and Parvathi becomes pregnant with Yoga's child. In the final days of the war, the Sri Lankan army closes in on the LTTE and rescues the Tamil refugees, and the lovers desperately flee the army and the LTTE for the sake of their baby.
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Assistant Decorator:
Chathurangi Rasikala Pathirage
Casting:
Chathurangi Rasikala Pathirage
Cinematography:
Donald Karunaratne
Director:
Boodee Keerthisena
Director of Photography:
Milton Kam
Editor:
Stephen Philipson
Music:
Lakshman Joseph De Saram
Producer:
Ruwan Jayasingha
Vijaya Rathnayake
Sanath Ranaweera
Production Design:
Prasanna Weerakkody
Sound Mixer:
Alok De
John Taylor
Shantanu Akerkar
Special Effects:
Joe Andreas
Special Effects Coordinator:
Jor Van Kline
Visual Effects:
Namal Dantanarayana
Ranitha Gayan Silva
Damith Lakmal
Christopher Fernando
Ravihara Weerathunge
Ireshan Wickramasinghe
Ravihara Perera
Chaminda Lakmal
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Boodee Keerthisena
Writer:
Ariyaratne Athugala
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