"Maya" - By Torana Video Movies

"MAYA" A Film By Sumithra Peries

The film "MAYA" is based on a novel on re-in carnation by Manel Abayaratne.
Six year old Kumari is an only child living with her mother in a large house in Kandy, her father a professor, an academic, is the away in London.
Through loneliness and boredom Kumari's mother is having a love affair with a young married government clerical servant. One fine day in a moment of passion the young man accidently kills his mistress in her bedroom. Returning from a concert six year old Kumari is a witness to the killing. The lover in his desperation pushes little Kumari down the stairs to her untimely death.
At about the same time a child is born to a village woman in the Kothmale Hills. As Nelum grows up she starts remembering her past life.
The story of the re- in carnation is picked up by the news papers and given wide publicity. Kumari's Father who has come back from England reads the story of the re-birth of Kumari as Nelum and goes and search of the child. The murder who has gone up the social ladder as a Government Agent feels threaten and attempts to kill little Nelum for fear of been recognized by her. The dramatic tension thus created builds up to the final climax.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Maya
• Ravindra Randeniya
• Dimuthu Chandani Kuruppu
• Tony Ranasinghe
• Swarna Mallawaarachchi
• Geetha Kumarasinghe
• Sanath Gunathilake
• Ashoka Peries
• Tharanga Ramanayake.