Yal Devi – Movie Trailer from YouTube Starring Bhadraji
March 18th, 2009A movie starring Bhadraji Jayathilaka opening on screen Sat. March 21st, 2009 in West Hills, California, Laemmle (Fallbrook 7) .
Description: The train, “YAL DEVI” (the queen of Jaffna), that used to connect the Northern & the Southern cities of Sri Lanka is no longer running her full journey after she became a victim of a bomb blast carried out by the LTTE (one of the most ruthless terrorist groups in the world fighting for a separate Tamil Homeland within Sri Lanka). The motion picture, based on a fictional love story, depicts how the ethnic conflict originated back in Sri Lanka has spilled over to those settled in Los Angeles, where the film was shot. Taking the story as a metaphor, will there be peace again in Sri Lanka for “Yal Devi” to reunite the North & the South of this beautiful island nation?
Dialogues- Sinhala, Tamil & English; With English subtitles