Accolade for BENNETT’S ‘Ira Handa Yata’

Bennett Ratnayake's latest film 'Ira Handa Yata' (Beneath the Sun and Moon) won the Best Film Award at the 2013 Fiji Film Festival recently.

‘Ira Handa Yata' earlier won a special Jury Honorary award at the Los Angeles Film Festival and represented Sri Lanka at the 23rd Singapore International Film Festival in the competitive section and was recommended for a special award. It also represented Sri Lanka at the Pyongyang International Film Festival to be held in Korea as well.

The cast includes Mahendra Perera, Palitha Silva, Chandani Seneviratne, Roger Seneviratne, Kaushalya Fernando, Damitha Abeyratne, Bimal Jayakody, Udara Rathnayake, Saumya Liyanage, Swineetha Weerasinghe, Veena Jayakody, Jagath Benaragama, Suminda Sirisena, Rangana Premaratne, Ajith Lokuge, Bennett Ratnayke, Sathischandra Edirisinghe, Kumara Thirimadura, Baghya Ratnayake, Nadaraja Sivam, Samanmalee Hewamanne, Dee. Ga. Somapala, Sampath Jayaweera, Darshan Dharmaraj and newcomers Sheryl Decker and Dharshani Tasha.

The film jointly scripted by Bennett Ratnayake and Sarath Gamlath was produced by Samanmalee Hewamanne, Oliver Fernando, Ruwan Jayasinghe, Vijitha Herath (UK) and Dilan Fernando.

(RU)