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- NZ joint venture ‘Sara’ on ITN The story woven around “Sara” is a 15-year-old girl. Her father is Carl Siriwardena and stepmother is Veronica. William and Catherine are her stepbrother and sister. Carl is a university lecturer. While living in New Zealand they get caught up in a nuclear war. The whole country is devastated by this nuclear war. It is announced that the nuclear dust is fatal and would cause death within a limited time. Veronica is trapped in a room with the children. All the while Carl is trapped in a Nuclear Prevention Centre with a young European girl and he is perverted from leaving the Unit. He is informed that everyone who lived in his humble hometown had passed away. During this time he has an affair with the European girl, with whom he is trapped in the centre. Veronica in the meantime is doing all she could to save her life and the childrens too. Sara, who lives with them, is working with her stepmother and tries hard to help save her step siblings. Carl and the European girl have a daughter together and after seventeen years they decide to come back to Carl’s humble hometown. They are amazed by the after effects of the nuclear war. New Zealand-Sri Lanka joint cast for the major roles in “Sara” include Duleeka Marapana, Ama Wijesekara, Keerthi Pasquel, Bejamin Mitchell, Alex Lee, Anastasia Smirnova, Duneeshya Gunasekara. Scripted, produced and co-directed by Sumithra Rahubadde in association with Sudath Devapriya, the tele-play is edited by Ravindra Guruge. Music director for the teledrama is Tharupathy Munasinghe. In 1998, Sumithra Rahubadde translated Norwegian actress Liv Ulmann’s autobiographical novel “Changing” under the financial support of Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD). She won the famous Bunka Cultural Award for her translations. The teledrama “Sara” is also produced with the financial support of NORAD. |
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