Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka Hong Kong premiere

A scene from Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka

Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka which won the Cyclo D’Or at the 19th edition of the International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (FICA) last month in Vesoul, France, will have its Hong Kong premiere at 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival held from March 17 to April 2.

Director Prasanna Vithanage’s latest and 7th feature film Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka is a bilingual film (Sinhala/Tamil) which stars Shyam Fernando, Indian actress Anjali Patil, Wasantha Moragoda and Maheshwari Ratnam. M D Mahindapala (Cinematographer), A Sreekar Prasad (Editor), Lakshman Joseph De Saram (Music Composer), Tapas Nayak (Sound Designer) and Rob Nevis (Production Designer) have contributed to Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka. Daminda D Madawala is the assistant director and Ebert Wijesinghe handled the make-up. Kalpana Ariyawansa and Vindana Ariyawansa contributed as Line Producers.

A co-production between India and Sri Lanka, Lasantha Nawarathna and Mohamed Adamaly produced Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka. Rahul Roy, Iranthi Abeysinghe, Sunil Fonseka and Nadira Adamaly joined as the executive producers.