Ponmani (1977)
Overview
Dharmesena Pathiraja's only Tamil language film, Ponmani (Younger Sister) is about a starkly different socio-economic culture and political climate. Set in the northern city of Jaffna, it traces the fortunes and concerns of an economically depleted upper caste, lower middle class family. An evocative film about land, women, romance and tragedy, narrated in an idiom of understatement.
Cast
Wickrama Bogoda
Wimal Kumara de Costa
Amarasiri Kalansooriya
Vijaya Kumaratunga
Swarna Mallawarachchi
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