Stark realities in life

Sudu Kapuru Pethi and Laabai Apple teledrama maker Thushari Abeysekara's latest teledrama Hopalu Arana is unfurling on the mini screen these days. The teledrama is captured on camera by Vishvajith Karunaratne and focuses on a village set up.

Scenes from Hopalu Arana

The story is centered on a well-to-do, high society family in close proximity to the Galle town which is undergoing rapid cultural damage with the advent foreign influences.

The family also hails from a generation that has been influenced by British imperialism. This story opens up with a beautiful girl of this family who is exposed to taste the stark reality in society by sacrificing all the luxuries in life including parental affection and family property.

It depicts the tragedy triggered by poor relationships between children and parents, lack of mutual understanding and how such children are forced to face the grim reality in society. Just like water takes the shape of the vessel in which it's placed, the fate of children inevitably depends on the influence of parents. It eventually decides the future path of the child.

Hopalu Arana is a forest which has been ruined by severe drought and now left with only the dried out skeletal remains of trees.

Just like this forest yearning for a drop of rain,the young and old people here are longing for love and affection.

The romantic tale that flows in the story is indeed a gripping one underlining the spiritual bonds associated with it.

The teledrama stars Roshan Ravindra, Tharaka Wanniarachchi, Uddika Premaratne, Rebecca Nirmalee, Damayanthi Fonseka, Janaka Kumbukage, Lucian Bulathsinhala and others.

Hopalu Arana is telecasting on Swarnavahini every Sunday at 8.30 pm. It is produced by Vinyl Gems and Swarnavahioni.