Gaadi - Children of the Sun

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Vithanage, Prasanna, 1952- director.

Deaf Crocodile Films, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sri Lanka--History--1505-1948--Drama.

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka--Politics and government--1505-1948--Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 min.)

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, California Deaf Crocodile 2023

Summary:

From Prasanna Vithanage, one of Sri Lanka's most acclaimed directors, comes this sweeping historical drama of imperial politics, religion, caste, gender and impossible love. Set in 1814 during the era of repressive British colonial rule in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) and the last days of the Kandyan kingdom, GAADI begins with a collaborationist English agent convincing the local Sinhala Buddhist nobility to attempt to overthrow the rival Tamil king. The subsequent military disaster forces a Sinhala noble woman, Tikiri (Dinara Punchihewa in her debut role) to choose between suicide and marriage to a low-caste outcast Vijaya (Sri Lankan star Sajitha Anuththara, in an irresistible performance). "Come down from your palace, dear princess - come down to marry the outcast," chant the mocking villagers as Tikiri is brutally (and literally) stripped of her jewelry and fine clothes. In the vein of Lina Wertmuller's SWEPT AWAY, the two polar opposites are slowly forced to depend on each other for survival in the dense Sri Lankan forests while the political conflict between Tamil and Buddhist Sinhala armies tightens the noose around them. With stunning cinematography by Rajeev Ravi (GANGS OF WASSEYPUR)

Credits:

Prasanna Vithanage, director

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen

OCLC:

1395478428

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license