Desa Nisa | |
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Directed by | Lester James Peries |
Written by | Gunasena Galappatty |
Produced by | Lester James Productions Northwestern Enterprises |
Starring | Joe Abeywickrema Sriyani Amarasena Ravindra Randeniya |
Cinematography | Sumitta Amerasinghe |
Edited by | Gladwin Fernando |
Music by | Premasiri Khemadasa |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Language | Sinhala |
Budget | 200,000 rupees |
Desa Nisa (English: A Certain Look) is a 1975 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries.[1] The film stars Joe Abeywickrema as Nirudaka, 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.