As I was starved of the benefit of a quality Sinhala art-house film for quite some time for want of such high standard productions in the local cinema circuit, I thought of browsing through the commercial section of a local daily -- to figure out if there was such a movie available at all.
To my surprise there was one which was released to the circuit from March 4 titled Nidiyahana Kelambei, roughly translated to in English as ‘The Disturbed Bed’ being screened under a strictly ‘for adults only’ tag.
I decided to see it at a theatre close to my residence in Colombo South last Monday (March 7), and at the outset, it must be stated that the director of the film Sudesh Wasantha Peiris has indeed chosen a timely message to be
conveyed to society through his latest creation.
That message is about a husband (Sameera) who contracts venereal disease (VD) through his promiscuous behaviour -- when invited to a party by one of his close friends who is portrayed as a lady boy in the film.
The venereal disease happens to be gonorrhoea and Sameera then proceeds to pass it on to his expectant wife Nirasha, and their bed ‘gets disturbed’ with dire consequences felt by the couple.
In fact Sameera’s father-in-law demands his daughter leaves him for the shame and disgrace brought on their family and relatives, and his daughter reluctant at first, later agrees with him.
Sameera’s world collapses, as he confides to his most trusted friend at his workplace that after being inebriated at a party, he had been seduced by a woman carrying VD.
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