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Desa Nisa is a Sri Lankais film directed by Lester James Peries with Joe Abeywickrama
Desa Nisa (1972)
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Add to a movie listDesa Nisa (Sinhala: A Certain Look) is a 1972 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries. The film stars Joe Abeywickrema as Nirukada, an ugly man who worries that his blind wife will leave him if she regains her sight.
Peries made the film as a vehicle for Joe Abeywickrema. The source material was a Gunasena Galappatti play which was made more accessible to a lay audience by Galappatti on Peries' urging. Critics were puzzled by the film and wrote that it was Peries' most mysterious.
Synopsis
Nirudaka (Joe Abeywickrema) is an ugly man who is only loved by his mother (Denawaka Hamine) and taunted by others. He falls in love with blind Sundari (Sriyani Amarasena) and they get married.Actors
Joe Abeywickrama
(Nirudaka)
Ravindra Randeniya
(Hermit)
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