Overview
Maruthaya is a very honest, daring, and dramtic exposure of the traumatic experiences of an honest politicain and his family. Director Vasantha Obeysekera’s frank and sensitive handling of an age old topic, conveys a clear message that in politics, honesty is not always the best policy! And politicians are losers everytime! Maruthaya highlights the tragic plight of a politician’s family, which had tasted all the perks of power when the going was good, and the shattering experience of being faced with defeat at the elections, and all the evil that comes with it in Sri Lanka.
Cast
- Sangeetha Weeraratne as Kumari
- Kamal Addaraarachchi as Priyath
- Yashoda Wimaladharma as Renuka
- Veena Jayakody as Geetha Wickramaratne
- Jagath Chamila as Nimal
- Neil Alles as Truck Molester
- Daya Alwis as Dharme's associate
- Mahendra Perera
- Palitha Silva as Dinesh
- Mervyn Jayathunga as Inspector Palitha