ASWASUMA

Director: Bennett Rathnayake

Cast: CAST – Joe Abeywickrama, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Jackson Anthony, Ravindra Randeniya, Mahendra Perera

Synopsis: An 80 years old man makes his way to the nearest police station after his wife’s funeral and insists that he be arrested for crime he had committed 50 years ago, in 1948, the year Ceylon gained its independence from Great Britain. The old man claims he had killed three men and buried their bodies in the jungle. The old couple had promised each other to keep it as a secrete and, now that his wife has died, the old man now wants to be relieved on this mental torment. Apparently, while burying their dead young child, the couple had found a rare gemstone in the jungle. But this fortuitous event brought nothing but jealousy and gangster attacks. They were forced to flee but fate caught up with them. The couple finally understand the meaning of their discovery, making decisions that ultimately won them their true compensation.