The biggest love on earth
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Motherly love that goes beyond all boundaries and the trouble that a mother will take to bring up her children is the story of ‘Amma’ a teledrama based on writer and teacher Upul Shantha Sannasgala’s novel on the same title. It will be telecast at 9 pm on TV Derana starting on December 1. The teledrama will feature Nilmini Tennakone, Sarath Kothalawela, Gayana Sudarshani, Nihal Fernando, Damayanthi Fonseka, Samadhi Arunachaya, Sarath Karunarante, Kokila Pavan Jayasuriya and Ananda Kumara Unnehe in the stellar cast.
Mudiyanse, a rich aristocrat who had many a dream for him and his family has fallen to the depth of poverty now. With his wife Punna, he is in a battle to provide for the family of ten children. Even though the extreme poverty has left him to behave ruthlessly at times, Mudiyanse generally is a man full of kindness and goodness. The pride of his family history batters him whenever he thinks about the present poverty stricken life he undergoes.
The story starts with the birth of the youngest child. He is obviously a weak child at his very birth. This enrages Mudiyanse and he even tries to sell this child. But Punna, the mother with so much motherly love determines to bring the child up somehow. ‘Amma’ is mainly woven around the courageous journey of Punna who brings up all her children despite all the obstacles.
Sajith Ratnakara handles make up in ‘Amma’ while Nilantha Ranasinghe does the art direction, Jagath Weeratunga does the editing and Janaka Fonseka the music. Kalana Gunasekara wrote the screenplay of the play for television while Janaka Siriwardena produced and Thilina Borelessa directed it.