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Running time 110 mins | 9/10 IMDb Produced by Saranga Sahru Nirmane Release date 1978 Initial release 1978 Music director Premasiri Khemadasa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Malini FonsekaVijaya KumaratungaJoe Abeywickrema Cast Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Malini Fonseka, Joe Abeywickrama Similar Golu Hadawatha, Hanthane Kathawa, The Treasure, Welikathara, Gehenu Lamai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bambaru avith haduna gattoth oba maa
Bambaru Avith (Sinhala, The Wasps are Here) is a 1978 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan director Dharmasena Pathiraja. It explores tradition and exploitation following the introduction of capitalism to a tiny fishing village and the subsequent clash between the local boss and the urban outsider.
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Plot
The film is set in a fishing village. Anton Aiya is an exploiter who outwardly resembles and acts like a regular fisherman. He feeds off the other fishermen. Into this setting arrives members of the urban entrepreneurial youth. They have adapted to Western Culture, dressing like Westerners and preferring Western music.
Conflict arises between Anton Aiya and Baby Mahattaya (Victor), a representative of the urban youth. A middle-class leftist Weerasena is also of this group. The arrival of these youths has clearly caused a social crisis requiring a solution and all Weerasena can do is stand on a platform and deliver a speech that no one listens to. He finally leaves for the city.
Music
Premasiri Khemadasa composed the music for the film. The two main songs are "Udumbara" and "Handunagathoth Oba Ma."