‘Kadulla’, a landmark play back on Rupavahini

Veteran filmmaker Chandran Rutnam’s newest play “May Wage Adarayak” (A love like this) is now being screened at Regal Colombo, Milano Kegalle, Donz Plaza Kalutara, NIT Kurunegala and Sky Lite Matara.

The film revolves around Roshan a young flight instructor at a reputed Aviation School in Colombo. He hails from an aristocratic Kandyan family whose father is a powerful Cabinet Minister. Serena is an Engineering student at the same aviation school and from an average middle class Christian family. Her father owns a bicycle shop. They fall in love and Roshan wishes to get his father’s approval but fails to do so. Instead the minis-

‘Kadulla’, the evocative teledrama that explored the societal changes that took place in mid twentieth century Ceylon, is back on the small screen for a new generation of television audiences every Sunday at 8.30 pm on Rupavahini. The teledrama is a landmark in the history of Sri Lankan teledra- ter tries to help Roshan to be employed at Sri Lankan Airlines as a pilot. Becoming a pilot at Sri Lankan is a long cherished dream for Roshan too. However he refuses his father’s approach to it since he wants to do it solely on his own merits.

In spite of the ministers atrocities they finally marry and starts to live separately in a rented house. After some time when they consult a gynecologist over their inability to have a baby they come to know that Serena is seriously ma industry.

Directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja, one of the most prolific and recognised film directors and screenwriters of Sri Lanka who directed many award winning films, documentaries and teledramas, Kadulla addresses the emergence of the affluent elite that