Father, The Farmer

Overview
This film is based on a true story about a farming community in a picturesque hamlet known as ‘Unagalawehera’, in the ‘Polonnaruwa’ District of Sri Lanka. The protagonist is ‘Premaratne Dissanayake’, a traditional farmer.
He was popularly known as ‘Ukkun Mahaththaya,’ a pet name his father used to call him by in his childhood. Although young ‘Premaratne’ was heir to all his parents’ farmland after his father’s untimely demise, his crafty relatives seized every single acre of it, leaving him nothing. Undaunted, ‘Premaratne’ forged ahead with farming, the virtuous livelihood which was his heritage. He married the comely lass ‘Biso Menike’ who fell in love with him and had three children.
Director: DARSHANA RUWAN DISSANAYAKE
Writer: DARSHANA RUWAN DISSANAYAKE
Producer: SARATH BANDARA KOKWEWA
Key Cast
JAGATH CHAMILA “Ukkun Mahatthaya”
HIMALI SAYURANGI “Biso Menike”
DARMAPRIYA DIAS
SANATH WIMALASIRI
DIMUTHU CHINTHAKA
GAMINI JAYALATH
SANATH CHANDASEKARA
ERIC MADANAYAKE
NIROSHA VIRAJINI
NADEESHA RANGANI
SOORIYA DAYARUWAN