A Tamil movie by a Sri Lankan director has been making waves across the world long before its release in the country.
Slated for release today [December 21, 2012], Ini Avan is the first Tamil movie to be made on LTTE post-war. And that is reason enough to trigger curiosity among Lankan film buffs worldwide.
The title 'Ini Avan' is a beautiful play of words. When used separately it means 'Him, Here, After' and when used as one word 'IniAvan', it means 'a sweet person'. It's only when you hear Asoka Handagama, Director, you realise the title could not have been more apt. "I wanted to give a [message] to Sinhala audience through this film. Often an 'ex-militant' is portrayed as a 'bad guy'. They suffer a negative image in society and I wanted to challenge that."
Going by the response the film has generated at the three international film festivals - Dubai, Toronto and Edinboro - he has, indeed, pulled it off. "We had live discussions in all places, especially in Toronto and Dubai. Now I am waiting for the response in Sri Lanka," says Handagama.
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