Karma (2012 film)

Karma (Sinhala: කර්ම) is a 2012 Sri Lankan Sinhala adult drama film directed by Prasanna Jayakody and co-produced by Ceylon Theater Pvt. Ltd, Sky Entertainers Pvt. Ltd and Magic Lantern Pvt. Ltd. It stars popular musician Nadeeka Guruge in his debut role in cinema and Michelle Herft in lead roles along with Jagath Manuwarna. Music co-composed by Nadeeka Guruge himself with Sumudu Guruge.^[1][2][3][4] It is the 1168th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[5]

Karma
Film poster
Sinhala	කර්ම
Directed by	Prasanna Jayakody
Written by	Prasanna Jayakody Jagath Manuwarna
Produced by	Ceylon Theater Pvt. Ltd Sky Entertainers Pvt. Ltd Magic Lantern Pvt. Ltd
Starring	Nadeeka Guruge Michelle Herft Jagath Manuwarna
Cinematography	Palitha Perera
Edited by	Bathiya Dunusinghe Sudesh Kumarasinghe Rangana Sinharage
Music by	Nadeeka Guruge Sumudu Guruge
Production company	Endless World
Distributed by	CEL theaters
Release date	August 2012 (2012-08)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Plot

Piyal (Jagath) is a youth who dedicates his time to drama, living alone. He suffers from a feeling of guilty for not saving his mother from death. On the other side of the walls of his place, lives a couple: Amanda (Michelle) and Nadee (Nadeeka). Nadee, is Amanda's inattentive lover tells her to abort her child on both times she was to become pregnant. Amanda also suffers from cancer. Piyal feels curious about Amanda who is older than him and later on it turns into a sexual attraction. However it turns into empathy. As a result, Piyal starts to take care and treat Nadee as her mother to get away from his guilty feeling about his mother's death. Meanwhile, Nadee appears to embrace the guilty feeling that he did not care for his girl friend. Concentrating on the dualities of life, the movie takes the viewer through emotional turbulence.^{[6][circular reference]}

Cast

• Nadeeka Guruge as Nadee
• Michelle Herft as Amanda
• Jagath Manuwarna as Piyal
• Avanthi Dilrukshika
• Nadeesha Yapage
• Buddhika Mahesh
• Eric Madanayake
• Lelum Rathnayake
• Priyantha Rathnayake

Song

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Amlakara Wayuwa"	Jayaruwan Bandara	Nadeeka Guruge, Natasha Rathnayake

International participation

• Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea^{[7][circular reference]}
• São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil^{[8][circular reference]}
• Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands
• Chicago International Film Festival
• Bildrausch International Film Festival in Switzerland
• Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco
• Isolacinema International Film Festival in Slovenia

Awards

• 2013 Derana Lux Film Festival Award for the Best Sounds - Lionel Gunaratne and Sasika Ruwan^[9]

References

1. "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
2. "Karma". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
3. "Karma – කර්ම". cinema.lk. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
4. "'Karma' on three characters". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
5. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
6. Prasanna Jayakody
7. Pusan International Film Festival
8. São Paulo International Film Festival
9. "Pooja & Roshan:'most popular'actors at Derana film awards". Sithma.com. Retrieved 5 March 2017.