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Desa Nisa
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Wikipedia article
'Desa Nisa' (English: 'A Certain Look') is a 1972 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries. The film stars Joe Abeywickrema as Nirudaka, an ugly man who worries that his blind wife will leave him if she regains her sight.
Peries made the film as a vehicle for Joe Abeywickrema. The source material was a Gunasena Galappatti play which was made more accessible to a lay audience by Galappatti on Peries' urging. Critics were puzzled by the film and wrote that it was Peries' most mysterious.
Plot
Nirudaka (Joe Abeywickrema) is an ugly man who is only loved by his mother (Denawaka Hamine) and taunted by others. He falls in love with blind Sundari (Sriyani Amarasena) and they get married.
The mother then feels obliged to cure Sundari's blindness much to Nirudaka's chagrin and takes her to a hermit (Ravindra Randeniya) with healing powers. Nirudaka does not wish her to regain her sight, but against his underlying wish he and his mother accompany Sundari to get her healed with the aid of the hermit, who resides atop a mountain.
Cast
* Joe Abeywickrama as Nirukada
* Sriyani Amarasena as Sundari
* Denawaka Hamine as Nirukada's mother
* Ravindra Randeniya as Hermit
* Seetha Kumari as Nirukada's aunt
* Preethi Randeniya as Younger village girl
* Agra Sajivani as Older village girl
* Sriyani Perera as Hermit's former patient
* Somapala Dharmapriya as Shirtless villager
* Victor Wickremage as Villager with mustache
References
Category:1972 films
Category:Films directed by Lester James Peries
Category:Films set in Sri Lanka (1948present)
Category:1972 drama films
Category:Sri Lankan drama films
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