In a serious attack on freedom of speech, Sri Lanka’s United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government has banned screenings of Aksharaya (Letter of Fire) and threatened legal action against the ...

Never in the history of Sri Lankan cinema has so much controversy been generated, against a single filmmaker-Asoka Handagama. Almost all his films have created controversies despite the international ...

The Sinhala film Aksharaya was refused permission not only on charges of child abuse but also on the basis that it debases motherhood and family values. The decision to ban these two movies has ...

The Public Performances Control Board has to submit to the Supreme Court by tomorrow its decision on the fate of Ashoka Handagama’s film ‘Aksharaya’. The Supreme Court ordered last Tuesday that the ...