Aksharaya

Aksharaya
Directed by	Asoka Handagama
Written by	Asoka Handagama
Produced by	Iranthi Abeyasinghe Laurent Aleonard
Starring	Piyumi Samaraweera Ravindra Randeniya Saumya Liyanage Jayani Senanayake
Cinematography	Channa Deshapriya
Edited by	Ravindra Guruge
Music by	Harsha Makalanda
Release date	September 2005 (2005-09) (San Sebastián Film Festival)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	Template:Film Sri Lanka
Languages	English Sinhala

Aksharaya (A Letter of Fire) is a 2005 French-Sri Lankan film directed by Asoka Handagama.

Plot

A 12-year old boy (Isham Samzudeen) is accused of the murder of one Courtseen. His father was a retired judge (Ravindra Randeniya) and his mother (Piyumi Samaraweera) was also a famous magistrate. The movie depicted a controversial scene where child and his mother both get into a bathtub nude. After the child overcomes the initial shock of seeing her mother completely nude, insists on breastfeeding - a request which then the mother forcefully turns down. The film was banned due to issues of incest, murder, rape and contempt of court.

Cast

• Piyumi Samaraweera
• Ravindra Randeniya
• Saumya Liyanage
• Jayani Senanayake
• Isham Samzudeen

External links

• Aksharaya at IMDb
• A psychoanalysis of the Movie http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/04/26/psychoanalytical-notion-of-aksharaya/
• The controversial scence between mother and son