Itineraries

Flowers of the Sky

Akasa kusum

SRI LANKA 2008. 35 mm. Color. 90’

Sandhya Rani is an ageing film star who was once the darling of the silver screen. Having lost fame and fortune in a changing world, she now lives quietly in obscurity. She ekes out a living by renting out a room in her home to the film and television stars of today to satisfy their illicit sexual desires.
The popular young film star, Shalika, uses this room to carry on an affair with a young actor. When Shalika's infidelity is unmasked by her husband, the scandal and its publicity forces Rani into the limelight again.
In the spotlight once again, Rani is suddenly forced to come to terms with a dark secret of her past - a secret she thought she had buried forever. As she confronts the demons of her past, she journeys in search of a truth she abandoned long ago…


  • Director: Prasanna Vithanage
  • Producer: H.D.Premasiri, A.Sreekar Prasad, Prasanna Vithanage
  • Screenwriter: Prasanna Vithanage
  • Director of Photography: M.D. Mahindapala
  • Artistic Director: Sujeewa Paranahewa, Shermila Fernando
  • Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
  • Sound: A. Lakshminarayanan
  • Music: Lakshman Joseph de Saram
  • Cast: Malini Fonseka (Sandhya Rani), Nimmi Harasgama (Priya), Dilhani Ekanayake (Shalika), Kaushalya Fernando (Mallika), Samanalee Fonseka (Bunty), Jayani Senanayake (Leela)
  • Language and Subtitles: Sinhalese with English and Spanish subtitles

Prasanna Vithanage

No translation available

Filmography

Sisila Gini Gani (Ice on Fire), 1992; Anantha Rathriya (Dark Night of the Soul), 1996; Pawuru Walalu (Walls Within), 1997; Purahanda Kaluwara (Death on A Full Moon Day), 1997; Ira Madiyama (August Sun), 2003; Akasa Kusum (Flowers of the Sky), 2008