Red butterfly flies to India
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‘Rathu Samanala Hinayak’- ‘Red Butterfly Dream’ directed by young filmmaker Priayntha Kaluarachchi has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at two film festival in India. The debut direction of Priyantha will be screening in the competitive sections of 9th Bengalaru international film festival while it will be screening at Trissur international film festival in Kerala.Earlier the film screened at the All Lights India Film Festival and the 17th Asiatica Rome Film Festival.
Set in the post war Sri Lanka, the film revolves around Samantha and Ajith who shares a room in a flat close to Colombo. Ajith is a contract killer with connections to the underworld. His friend Samantha and an uncle hold an ancient script which states that a treasure can be attained by sacrificing a virgin with four birthmarks lined in her neck. Samantha meets a young Tamil girl with four birth marks placed accordingly on her neck.