Love, Marriage, Family and Children - Part 6 - Biggest Enemy

So, I'm afraid to raise children, because I'm lazy? Maybe because I'm afraid to pass my unhealthy genes? My illnesses? Am I afraid to see a suffering child specially when the reason is me along?

Is it maybe because I met a partner who agreed to a partnership without children? Even though I really want to believe Love, I know it fades. I mean I believe love as a solid thing but the affection slowly fades. Is it evolved in that way to populate the gene pool with variety. Love and affection are initially there to make a couple go crazy and make children. But then children become a reason for them to hold on to each other. I've stayed almost 10 years married and I now know somethings are meant to be learnt by firsthand experience. I'm happy with the decisions I've made and I'm pretty sure that in a way or another, I'll end up being the same me. But I know many relationships would make the offspring varied. Not my problem though.

What drives people to keep reproducing? Whatever it is, it is always a winner.

If you don't have children, you should be on alert for another thing. Make yourself busy. Occupy your mind in something. Otherwise, the boredom will make you go nuts. Usual days with your partner might make you want to get out of the same routing and would end up damaging the relationship. So, you must maintain a 'happening' life.

Some people make kids and say that they wanted kids just for the sake of their lust of having kids. They don't expect the kids to look after them when they are old so basically, they are just parents with no regrets. They just make kids and let them go out to the society. Not expecting anything else from the kid. So ultimately the only thing they gain from making kids is the happiness of looking after them and see them being grown into adults.

If you really need the joy of having kids you can have it in many other ways. Adopt a dog and you can have the joy of looking after it and watching it growing into an adult and expect nothing from it. I know it's rude to say. So, All I say is making a child is an option. If you feel it's worthy, go for it. And remember you have to stay with them for some time. Otherwise, you are cruel even than me.

Speaking of releasing children to the society, I recently visited one of my friends and the last time I visited him is for his wedding. How he's a father of 2 kids, 8 and 2 years old and the 8 year one is a disaster. He's trying to show himself off to us strangers. He was climbing trees and riding his bicycle with hands off. We took them a pack of chocolates and the parcel was on a chair. I called the guy and said we bought it for him and he can take it. But he was so shy to take the chocolate in front of us. That's how exactly we were when we were young. We were afraid of strangers because there wasn't many. And what I felt is, this young fellow must do everything his father did and whatever he become, he'll be living the same life. We call it life but it's just the nature (Or whatever) surviving through another body.

It says people need a hope to live. It's a fundamental thing as I've noticed. In many days my hope of the day is to have a tea or pulp drink with a cigarette in the evening. Then maybe have a cigarette before sleeping. Just two hopes to run. Less fuel for life.

If you considered it more, living without hope is the real challenge. It doesn't mean you have to face it. But for some, living in the edge could be the meaning of life. Not making the next generation.

We try to give huge meanings to the word 'love'. We try to give it universal values, but practically the word 'love' exists in stereotype form in the world. The hardest thing is to maintain love without any expectations. If it is not reflected in the social or family system, it will lose its value. Love has a definition. If your love doesn't fit, such love becomes lonely. But even being alone like that, maintaining love is a challenge. After two people fall in love, get married and have a child, other values are added to the bond between them. Even if it is a chemical thing for the survival of the system, we have given values to it. If you cross that line, the challenges faced by two people who are together just for love are huge. We think that those challenges are from the outside society, but the real challenge is between them. That's what makes living together just for love a challenge. You have to save your love from your selves because you are the biggest enemy of it.

Love, Marriage, Family and Children - Part 5 - Time Scales

Now this series of posts are becoming lazy to write. But I have already drafted the framework of the posts. So even though I feel terribly sleepy, better complete this, post and put aside with my peace of mind. Since this is being written since 2018, when I see some of the early ideas, I feel considered. Sometimes terrible. Am I the same person now?

I see how other people are struggling to survive. I see their struggle to make their kids strong. That's not easy. The world is rushing towards a severe condition to live. It's becoming worse in every way. Even These environmental situations are not good for kids. Air is polluted. It's getting hot. Food is poisoned. Medicine is even worse. Most of the medical practitioners are myth believing stupids. Humans are evolving into morons and they change their living surroundings into chaos. So if you think your child will be born into a better world, you are wrong. It's time to wake up. You have ruined the world just by existing on it. It won't get any better.

In assumption, most popular and major reason for all the climatic disasters we are yet to face is the population. We are consuming earth resources at a rate that the world cannot tolerate. So today's child will be suffering as an adult in the future than you do today.

You may argue that this ideology is against the nature. It's natures way to have kids and continue the genes isn't it?. Then I ask why? Humans have the ability to change their surroundings according to their comfort. Humans are defining the nature itself while being a part of it. Humans are the internal gear of nature. And since nature is everything, it's a failed statement itself.

And a child with either my kind of or her kind of genes will surely hate us for giving it it's life.

And all you want is fuck and have kids for your own satisfaction.

It's always debatable. So let's keep unborn children away from the equation. We really don't know how they'll feel when they are old enough to understand and question their existence. Most people don't bother questioning the existence today and the proportion of those kind will be the same.

And who knows, what if suddenly the world leaders become sensible and make decisions to undo the bad things happening. What if that lead the world to a heaven in 20 years? What if the world with it's inhabitants learned to coexist alone with all the disasters and pollution? What if animals ultimately evolved to survive the disaster. What if the polluted air becomes breathable? So many what-ifs... Isn't the future unpredictable?

The way we move is not good and that's a fact. But who am I to judge that? A human only live for about 70 years and earth is 4.5 billion years old. Individual ideas are merely tiny specks in it's timeline. 

Bringing Tony Home

I worry because I cannot write exact feelings I had throughout the read. And even worry much that it took me a wait of few days to write about this and now I cannot recall the thoughts I had just after finishing it. And that reminds me that I was amazed by how good Mr. Abeysekara remembers his childhood so in a way I almost went to a conclusion about writing. 'To be a good writer, you must have a good detailed memory. Otherwise, what you write will be like a flat desert.'

If you are a dog lover and have a passion for history and have memories around Pannipitiya and Highlevel road, I guess you will enjoy reading this. Though I cannot guarantee you'll enjoy it as I did, I like to kindly remind you that we don't have many reading material about experiences with pets in Sri Lanka for adults.

I recall what I felt was something like sorrow. Not exactly that but something close. With Mr. Abeysekara's narration, I felt something nostalgic. I remembered all the dog friends I had since childhood. So I let the train of thoughts to cross here.

Starting from MENIKE, a small dog owned by Samadara nenda (my aunt) who was living with us. I remember MENIKE had a bad front leg and and she walked like jumping. She was light brown and small. She had fur in her ear tips. I think I was like 3-4 years old. Maybe it's a long lost jumbled memory. Then there was LAIKA named after the famous Russian astronaut Laika. She was a year older than me and lived with us for 17 years. Later after MENIKE, nenda also adopted a fluffy puppy named JAMBO. Don't remember whether he was a child of Laika but most of the ones we had were Laika's children. JAMBO was a chubby one. He fell down from the front wall and injured his front leg. Then the leg was shivering time to time and never recovered. Maybe it's a nerve damage. He just lived for a year or so. There was an old Black and cream color coated male dog named COLONEL. He lived at MENIKE's time. The oldest dog I have in memory. I remember he having a badly opened wound in his testicles and we took him to the vet in a kichi kichi Delika van. This happened about 35 years ago and the only vet we had is the government one. It was nearly impossible to take a time from him back then. 

I remember my bappa doing GODA WEDAKAM for all the dogs we had. Bappa once took home a survivor from the road and named him CARLO because his snout was black and coat as ash/ brown. He was in a really bad situation with lots of ticks, fleas and badly exposed skin with wounds. Bappa carefully treated him and he become the most beautiful one in the area. After a year or two while he was unleashed, he went missing. Bappa was furious and looked everywhere but couldn't find a clue. Later we received news that someone who came from a van took him away. A person from the village has seen the dog inside the van. 

Among many kids LAIKA had, BROWN was lucky to stay with us. He was big and completely brown. He was loved mostly by my Amma. He lived about 6-7 years or so and the whole neighborhood was feared of him. One day when we returned from home, Amma was crying and said someone has poisoned BROWN. Later that evening, BROWN died while Amma looking at him. I still remember seeing Ammas face from the window of my room. Her eyes getting wet while watching her favorite pet having a painful death. She was never interested in adopting a dog for a long time afterwards. 

In late 90s, Taththa's friend Jayasinghe uncle brought home a puppy. DINGO! A son from his own pet girl at his home Ragama. It was a cream colored Terrier and was the first non local breed we had. He also had this record book with his family history and all and it was quite an experience for us. Being a terrier, he was quite an active one and a disaster. He live with us for years and then Taththa gave him to my uncle Manoj. He lived with them for years and one day got hit by a lorry while he was playing on the road. What I now remember is DINGO never went old. He was maybe 10 years when he died but all the time he was fluffy, woolly and full of life. And as I remember, he's the first dog that we have pictures. After 2000, I came to Colombo and lost track of the dogs at home. I remember a Rottweiler like dog named BRUNO living at home for some time. He was not a Rottweiler but he must have had an ancestor.

Now as an adult, I have lived with 5 Black German Shepherds once at my current home. My wife had a lady named PATTIE. She was very old when I met her. After she left, MICKEY came as a puppy in 2010, she had 7 babies in 2012 and 3 of them stayed with us. They were COLIN, ROSY and PODDY. They all had different characters and I do not want to write extensively on them because it'll be a really long essay. While the 4 of them staying, PODDY had a baby with COLIN and he was BRUNO. He was not a healthy one from the beginning. PODDI left us in 2017 after trying really hard breaking us all badly. Her son left us later the same year with a kidney failure after a huge struggle. ROSY left us in 2020 giving us the same pain. 

MICKY mom and her son COLIN still living with us and they are our world if I say it in a single word. COLIN has a weired attachment to me and sometimes it's a pain in the ass :-D and I say MALA WAATHAYAK to him.

Apart from these, I have countless dog friends in the road, at the temple, at the shops in the village and at my office premises. With a wife who has a craziness for dogs, we make dog friends everywhere we go.

I can say I know dogs. I feel them. They feel me. I know and may have felt the exact feeling little Tissa had. I may have done the same if I was him. Maybe I'd me more skeptic and plan the whole adventure more carefully. Maybe the story I write will be a totally different one. 

Love, Marriage, Family and Children - Part 4 - Choice matters...

Standing against a typical 'living the given way person' is not always easy. The whole system is built upon justifying their believes. So it's not an easy task arguing against them. Regarding children, we two are keeping our mouths shut all the time but there is always pressure in situations others put on us. Pressure still pushes me and I'm sure that it pushes her too. And I'm pretty sure that it will remain the same throughout our entire lifetime. (Well, at least till the age we are no longer capable if we lived that much) Also, I'm sure it's the same for all the people who live by their own set of rules set by their own choice. Choices people make derail them for an alternate direction, or to stand still. All of them are naturally becoming the victims of "standard" society. Even if the different style of them isn't hurting anyone, the heavy currents of the 'river of standards' continue to flood on them.

I know you might think of all of those points others make as irrelevant. But I'm making a point here about the people we have to deal with. There's nothing more to that. Believe what you think correct and that belief must based on solid grounds. Understanding other people is a way to distinguish yourself among them and it's important to know them in that aspect. So if you plan to have an alternate decision, your partner or anyone who cares about you should be concerned. How would the decision affect them?

I'm worried about her because of that. Though we had the decision together, we are not always together. And sometimes people with an alternate choice are always trying to escape from a problem and easily falling into another one. It's always a life with unusual problems. Probably unexplored. The solutions are not properly studied. One has to find the best solution but it's like a blind test. Because it's always a new problem and there is not a moment like that before. Definitely not an accessible recorded version. If you are a heavy reader, you may have come across characters who faced a similar situation. But the solution may not be useful in the same way. Always have to find your way.

So the topic about the child was again on the table. And again we couldn't find any reason to make one. Things were not in there best state at that moment. So we buried it temporarily to consider in a moment we both feel comfortable. Probably a moment which is never going to come.

I can't help this post being this much longer, I intended to write something else but this isolation lead my hands to obey my mind and type the shit coming out without thinking twice.

The major reason I don't want a child is because I don't want to get out of the current zone of comfort. Don't want to give up the freedom I have. Even after being married, I am almost a free man. And I believe I have given that space to her too. I don't know how she took that either. But she seemed fine apparently. I know for sure that every stupid thing I did because I wanted to keep the connection.

Does 'she being fine' (Remember, she looked OK to me but she was not) mean that she doesn't need a kid? In the discussion, she had some logical reasons for not having kids might comfort her. But again I have doubts whether she really means that. She doesn't need a child all alone?
Or is it me? the reason? Am I not the person she wants to have her child?
Or maybe she had seriously thought that out and decided it's better for her to stay plain.

Only she knows.

To be continued

The boy who harnessed the wind

The movie was a coincidence. I had no idea such a movie existed till someone posted about it in a facebook movie group. I watched it and immediately wanted to read the book. And here are some of the words crossed my mind while I was reading.

It's the story of history of the people of Malawi. At least of some of them. Even though it's a vastly distant region from where I live, I could see many similarities. And at some points, I was amazed from the fact that how similar humans have evolved culturally over the past few thousand years.

It's funny and dramatic. We are so similar and yet we've found many differences among us.

The small details of the book are making quality pictures about the situation. It's almost life like. I know the movie helps to have them drawn. But movies doesn't have them all as always.

The relationship between William and his father reminded me of my father. We had many ups and downs in our relationship but over time, while I was being matured, I've realized he's always been a part of me. My father has passed over 10 years ago and I feel for him remembering the moments we had together. How William describes him and his father, how their connection heated and cooled pictured some exact moments I had with my father.

Some moments of the book was so dramatic and heartfelt and it made me feel the moment to my bones. It happened largely because the characters are already drawn in my mind. I know how Chiwetel Ejiofor would act in those specific moments and I know how he would make me feel the moment. Those moments are written superbly.

It's interesting how he expands his character. He's curious and has questions all the time. And he doesn't get any certain answer from anyone. Yet, he never stops exploring. The engineer inside of him awakes slowly. And we are supporting him unconditionally. 

Political harshness of the era was not new to me. I also live in a same kind of country. Well, not entirely but close, really close. Those power greedy, selfish morons always work with the same agenda in mind. Stay in power and do everything to keep it. Comparatively, I believe we happen to live in a better environment than Malawians but I highly doubt it would remain the same in the future.

And isn't it funny? The Malawian president? As William himself says in multiple occasions? Isn't the government a joke? They take the advantage of the short sighted people. Mostly people only see the shortcomings of a situation. The president once promised to give each Malawian a pair of shoes if he win the election and people voted him. After when people questioned for their shoes, he went on the radio and said do I look like crazy? How do I know shoe sizes of every Malawian? I never promised shoes. 

Maybe people forget it after. We could say that, with the lack of media and knowledge, people may have been deceived. But believe me, here in my country, we have access to variety of media and knowledge these days and we still are being cheated always.

One reason for me to consider reading this book is because I thought I would get a fair picture about the life of Africa. The movie does help to some extent so the book must go far beyond. And if you are a reader who love that kind of reading where it talks about the life and struggle of a society which is alien to you, go for this book. It's detailed to the soul of William Kamkwamba. A typical but ambitious Malawian.

We all struggle in our lives. The things we struggle and how much is the struggle are different from each other. Obviously for the different reasons. Here in my country, we struggle for mental and social reasons rather than for the basics. But in this story in Malawi, their struggle for food is so intense that it made me think constantly about my life. Actually about all of our lives. Why the hell we are worried for... We have a great life compared to them and yet there are thousand things we complain for. You may say everything depends on the economy and social expendability but yet in this globe where we have humans all over, some are even struggling for the very basic things. And it made me wonder... how can we call ourselves humans? As a race, we have failed. Not only ourselves, but the whole animal kingdom we share the blue ball alone with.

And the effort the writers has taken to recreate the exact moments William experienced is tremendous. We can simply transform ourselves and live the moment. Probably feel the moment too. And yes, liveliness of the book is something I say here repeatedly.

If you think extensively for a moment about the many problems people suffer, you may find those problems occur mainly because of the leaders. When the leader is shitting on his people, there's no way the people could win. Improper decision making always strike back in the long run. Greed of the leader leave so little for a country. And those greedy leaders consciously promote being greedy and hence give birth to many greedy henchman in his below levels. And it spreads to the entire society. Greed and power dominates. Slowly there are 10 per cent of greedy people holding 90 per cent of the wealth of the country. And the rest of the 90 per cent of people suffer with the little 10 percent of wealth they have. And I once again realized that truth. Greed always leads a country to poverty.

But this is a book about victory. And a tough journey of a single guy towards it. In William's stories of hard times, there are moments that would bring a smile to your face and probably a tear to your eyes. A forgiving father by the name of the god and few kind words and actions of a teacher who wished all the success for a student, might fire you up in tears. It's just those little things that make you happy. And better not forget the goosebumps you'll have when you join with the emotions of the characters in some wonderfully written moments.

One good thing I love about the country I live is the free education and healthcare. Of course it's not perfect and has many drawbacks but still what we have is better than nothing. So the fact that Malawians have to pay for the higher education is something I felt terrible.

The most interesting thing about this kind of a story is it has that underdog tone. At least that's something I loved about that. In fact, almost all the people love a story where once ignored guy becomes the hero.

Another thing I could connect tightly with William is because what he does is straightforward to me. With the little electrical knowledge I have, I totally understood how his mind worked. And how he thinks of matters and reverse engineering the result to an initial state is exactly the logical way anyone could think of. He remembered me the childhood I had with small motors and batteries. And many other things I tried to make. But all I made was a cob web remover. It's just a rod attached to a small motor powered by a single D type battery. The rod was a 1.5 feet long eakle taken from a coconut leaf. and it was attached to he metal rod of the motor by a plastic inner ink tube of a ball point pen. The spinning of the eakle removes the cob webs almost perfectly. It's not much but the fun was remarkable. Anyway, with those memories colliding with William's story lured me to a combined journey together.

I know that this is one success story and there could be hundreds, maybe thousands of unsuccessful stories. Their achievements are only staying with them due to the lack of recognition nevertheless they enjoy every moment on the journey achieving it. Recognition is the reason that we got to knew the story of William Kamkwamba. But that doesn't mean Williams story is less. He's now a hero of mine.

Avilenasului (2020) - Sinhala Movie

Today's movie lovers in Sri Lanka are in love with movies not because of Sinhala movies nor because they love the theater experience. Most people watch movies at home in TVs, PCs or mobile devices than in a theater. That's why we have to face some specific issues while watching a movie in theater. For example, when you watch a non-Sinhala movie with a subtitle and if you miss a dialogue, there is no way to backward it for a few seconds. And if a particular scene takes too long to process in mind, we miss the progression. Because of these things, watching a movie in a theater is a different experience than watching a movie in any other private way. In a theater, our comprehension and processing ability are tested.

I wanted to tell this because there were many occasions I felt the need to backward the movie few seconds and re-watch. This was not because of a processing issue but because I simply wanted to re-watch the scene. And it's the first time this happened while watching a Sinhala movie. That's because it's frames and camera work was excellent. So, till I watch the movie in the future in another format, I thought of writing down some thoughts about it. Actually, this is not entirely about the movie. Just a few things I felt later about the surroundings of the movie.

I realized that I was not alone in meeting Tarantino and David Lynch in the movie after reading some relevant material about it. The style of the scenes, the use of colors, the music used, the nature of the events and the violence are some features I spotted in Avilenasului. I've seen almost all the Tarantino movies, but only seen a few of Lynch's. I wanted to clarify what I saw in Lynch’s movies so what I read and watched helped me to understand Awilenasului a bit more. I have not properly learned about these things. Therefore, these ideas may not be 100% fundamentally correct.

Lynch is considered a surrealist moviemaker. He talks about an idea that exists outside or inside what is actually seen on screen in his movies. Sometimes he takes the person who watches the movie, into the movie. An improbable event or object constructs events of the movie. Understanding them also depends on the capacity of the person who watches. Lynch presents a series of events rather than a perfectly standardized story. Interpretations can vary according to what each person feels and understands through those events. And I have not heard that Lynch explained any of his movies. He says that he makes a movie in the language of movies. They cannot be understood in any other language. In that sense, he is a director who never gives the audience any chance or forgiveness.

Avilenasului is technically a nearly perfect Sinhala movie. The camera operates at a range never seen before in a Sri Lankan movie. It is a new experience to see such frames. There is certain loneliness behind the colors. It is very rare for a local movie to express itself in colors. Like I said before, there were a number of scenes that I felt I should watch again. Overall the look of the movie is attractive. It's a quality job.

I heard the same quality in the music. ‘Manike mama aye gedara enawa’ is a theme in a way. Anyone can link to the repetitious consent in the song to the movie. The small part of Priyantha Sirikumara among the actors pops up differently from the rest. He should be given more opportunities.

Usually the fantasy of the Sri lankan cultural people is to get married. 'Then' make children, take care of them and spend the cycle of nature. But there is very little cultural talk about the challenges after that 'then' section. It says that problems of the family should keep inside the family. As a result, one is less likely to know about the unpleasant situations and stress that he/ she may face when living together for a long time. People live on the ground and understand the rules can manage this. But I think the chances of that not happening are very high. By now, social media is absorbing some of that family pressure. However, even after being released on social media, one cannot predict the decisions one will make regarding a difficult family situation. Avilenasului kind of ignited that thought inside me.

We Sri Lankans are grown with stories. Stories with a beginning, a middle and an end are the common type of stories we’ve heard. Many people become movie lovers as an extension of the desire to listen to and enjoy stories. Serious movie lovers are constantly on the lookout for different types of movies. Enjoy different flavors along the way. Awilenasului is a film with a different flavor that was developed in Sinhala cinema. If you go for a story behind it, it'll be a mess for you. This is more of a series of events than a story. May be you’ll feel that there are several stories behind it. Or are there two instances of the same story? Or two representations of the same story? A present encounter with the past? Or is it a simple story that includes only what you see and nothing more?

It is up to the person to sort it out. Even if you go to the theater with a group, the movie gives you a personal experience. Yes, all the movies are like that but this is extraordinary.

This is not a movie that suits everyone. But if Sri Lankan cinema is to develop, films like this are needed. That diversity is essential to attract Sri Lankan film fans that enjoy international cinema with a variety.

Soosthi (2020) - Sinhala Movie

I went to the theater in an empty background about the movie without even watching the trailer. All I could remember was that it was a road trip movie starring Dasun Pathirana. Until about fifteen minutes into the movie, I thought Dasun would play a main character. :P

If you take the whole idea I had about the film, I have to say GREAT! If polished a bit more, it would have been REALLY GREAT! Right now, a significant number of people in Sri Lanka are at least internationally familiar with quality movies and teledramas. So you can't fool them. It's something that can be felt by a person who usually watches any type of movies. So that's what I think. It’s a great job. A little more polish would have made it really great. Nevertheless it's great as a movie made in Sri Lanka. Soosthi is not the kind of movie that most people would watch anyway. But further efforts to diversify the tastes of the majority must continue. No need to be stuck in two ‘thousand five hundred’ and ‘five hundred and fifty’. Soosthi is a film that can appeal to traditional audiences as well. So it should be promoted by the non-majority who has tasted it. This effort is for that.

‘Soosthi’ is a film that will not fool the audience who are looking for diversity in cinema. I've seen a lot of Hollywood or European movies like this, but this is different. Because behind this road trip, they were able to catch the current truth in Sri Lanka right now. ‘Susthi’ is a film that punch our face with the nakedness of the society. I love this emerging branch of Sinhala cinema and I wish it to be strong. Because this movie comes from a study of films and society. It doesn't seem to have come out just because there are tools to make films. Such a thing would only come up completely if people watched it in theater.

I knew about Kalana's writings because I had read that he had published a book of poetry. After watching an interview on YouTube, I had the idea that he was a man with a reading about the whereabouts. So there was hope for his writing.

The writing is in a very good place, but I have the impression that it could have been done better. The dialogue that develops within the film is advanced. But behind some dialogues I got caught at one or two places that are not practical. It feels like a glitch in a video. I don’t know if those conversations within the movie could be brought down a bit more. Maybe the extension of their discussions about this film will come out in the next production as well.

Much of what was said above is negligible due to the performances of Kalana and Samanali. I have never seen a Samanali act before and I have not even watched Kalanas Koombio teledrama in its entirety. I think Samanali's acting is wonderful throughout the film. Kalana's dialogue delivery is probably very natural maybe because he wrote it himself. Both of them understand the character and realized they are in the scene.

On the other hand, I don't think characters of parents need in this. Those few scenes break the flow and the fact that they didn't exist doesn't bother the theme of the story. Perhaps Kushan and Kalana wanted to put an unreadable angle behind the film during the discussions between the two lead actors.

The vibe is great with the music and the lyrics. Camera operation is a next level job. There were several scenes that were filmed for quite a time in a single shot. I had never seen Sinhala films with such work before. The dialogue behind those long scenes means that the group has taken the work seriously.

I think the current social change in our country (and perhaps in the world) is due to the disruption of education. There are many people who do not know words like patience and discipline. They do not understand how to look at a problem from different angles, and do not understand how to work with mutual respect. It was not an instantaneous thing. With the change in the economic and social systems, the methods of adapting to them are not updated. It is now widespread throughout our society. Something that is so ubiquitous and repetitive. Someone who is tired of all that and bored might want to kill him/ herself. Would a second be enough to make you want to see life differently?

I think this film is an experiment in a way. The distance that a script like this can go in Sri Lanka is being tested. Although there are action level creations about politics, I have not seen a film that was made from a philosophical point of view. I think this is a good approach to work like that. A film that puts a headline reading and conversation about society. Since everyone is a socio-political analyst these days, I think this one would have value. This is what Sri Lanka needs.