White Flowers for the Dead

Ahasin Polowata (English: White Flowers for the Dead, Sinhala: අහසින් පොලොවට) is a 1978 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr Lester James Peries and written by Tissa Abeysekara.[1] The film stars Tony Ranasinghe as Sarath, an abusive husband who is haunted by his wife's death.

Ahasin Polowata
Directed byLester James Peries
Written byTissa Abeysekera
Eileen Siriwardene (book)
Produced byU. W. Sumathipala
StarringTony Ranasinghe
Sriyani Amarasena
Vasanthi Chathurani
CinematographyDonald Karunaratne
Edited bySumitra Peries
Music byNimal Mendis
Release date
1978
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Peries made the film as a favour to D. B. I. S. Siriwardene who was ardent that Peries direct a film based on his wife, Eileen's book. It was well received in Sri Lanka, critically and commercially, and made appearances at several foreign film festivals including the Cairo International Film Festival where it won the Best Film from the Third World award.

Plot

Dr.Sarath (Tony Ranasinghe) domineers over his timid wife Vineetha (Sriyani Amarasena). When she is to have a Caesarean delivery of their baby, Sarath refuses to be present even though he himself is a doctor. She dies during surgery and Sarath is forced to live with the spectre of his wife hanging over him.

Cast

Awards

References
  1. "Ahasin Polowata Sinhala Movie". Sumathi Films (Private) Limited. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  2. "Presidential Film Awards - 1979 - National Film Corporation". www.nfc.gov.lk. Retrieved 2019-11-29.


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