“Oba Nathuwa…” nominated for Asia pacific Screen Awards 2013

Acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage’s “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka” (With You, Without You) which so far won 5 international awards including best picture in France and Italy, has earned its latest nomination for best picture at 2013 Asia pacific Screen Awards in Australia, to its growing number of global accolades. The film will be screened on December 1 in Brisbane at Australian Cinematheque Gallery of Modern Arts. Director Prasanna Vithanage’s 2009 film “Akasa Kusum” (Flowers of the Sky) will also be screened on the same day celebrating the golden jubi- lee of lead actress Malini Fonseka’s acting career. Six nominations in the best picture category at APSA include internationally acclaimed critical darlings like “Like Father, Like Son” (Japan), “Omar” (Palestine), “The Past” (France/Italy), “Television”(Bangladesh) and “The Turning” (Australia).

“Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka” is a bilingual film (Sinhala/Tamil) which stars Shyam Fernando, Indian actress Anjali Patil, Wasantha Moragoda and Maheshwari Ratnam. M.D. Mahindapala a(Cinematographer), A. Sreekar Prasad (Editor), Lakshman Joseph De Saram (Music Composer), Tapas Nayak (Sound Designer) and Rob Nevis (Production Designer) have contributed to “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka”. Daminda D. Madawala is the assistant director and Ebert Wijesinghe handled the make-up.

A co-production between India and Sri Lanka, Lasantha Nawarathna and Mohamed Adamaly produced “Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka”. Rahul Roy, Iranthi Abeysinghe, Sunil Fonseka and Nadira Adamaly joined as the executive producers.