Award winning film director G.D.L. Perera’s ‘Rata Giya Aththo’ tele-drama is edited as a film and will have a special screening at the Namel-Malini Punchi Theater, Borella on 29th at 5.00 pm in honor of the veteran director.

‘Rata Giya Aththo’ is the first Sri Lankan tele-drama filmed at a foreign country. The tele-drama was filmed in the United Kingdom and in Sri Lanka. It was directed and produced by G.D.L. Perera in 1981. The cast included Namal Weeramuni, Geethanjali Perera, Malini Weeramuni, Ananda Bandara Ananda Weerakoon, Neela Liyanagedara, Rochel Herman, Madduma Ratnayake, Wasantha Raja, Lanka Bandara and Ben Fernando. The drama is about a family which migrated to The United Kingdom to gain wealth and prosperity.

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