"Akasa Kusum" Begins Principal Photography in Colombo

Work on "Akasa Kusum," the first film by Prasanna Vithanage in five years, began shooting its first scenes on R. A. De Mel Mawatha in the Heart of Colombo overnight on Sunday (23 Dec. 2007). The crew literally hit the ground running, as all the sequences shot were of moving vehicles and coversations inside them.
Stars Malani Fonseka and Dilhani Asokamala braved a 16-hour work schedule that saw wrap at 7 a.m. on Christmas Eve to shoot sequences that director Vithanage wanted to resonate emotionally, building up to the strong emotional core of his story.
Apart from a few fixable technical glitches, shooting went off smoothly, with camera rigs being erected on two trishaws and two cars, with the actresses travelling in both of them. The film will shoot in three staggered schedules that will see principal photography wrap in March. Director Vithanage hopes to have the film ready by mid-2008, and see a domestic release somewhere in early 2009.