Eric Madanayake
Actor
Movies2
MovieDramaThe film, “Govi Thaththa” (Father, the farmer) is introduced as the first of its kind in Asia to portray the tragedies people and the environment are faced with today due to moving away from nature-friendly agro practices of the past to adopt chemical-based agriculture. This movie is considered as the first-ever movie directed by a musician and produced by a farmer.
MoviePiyal (Jagath) is a youth who dedicates his time to drama, living alone. He suffers from a feeling of guilty for not saving his mother from death. On the other side of the walls of his place, lives a couple: Amanda (Michelle) and Nadee (Nadeeka). Nadee, is Amanda's inattentive lover tells her to abort her child on both times she was to become pregnant. Amanda also suffers from cancer. Piyal feels curious about Amanda who is older than him and later on it turns into a sexual attraction. However it turns into empathy. As a result, Piyal starts to take care and treat Nadee as her mother to get away from his guilty feeling about his mother's death. Meanwhile, Nadee appears to embrace the guilty feeling that he did not care for his girl friend. Concentrating on the dualities of life, the movie takes the viewer through emotional turbulence.