Machan

Story

Synopsis

Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.

Director

Uberto Pasolini

Writers

Uberto Pasolini, Ruwanthie De Chickera

Language

Sinhala, Sinhalese

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Sri Lanka

Release date

7 May 2009

Budget

$5,000,000

Box office

$282,884

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Dharmapriya Dias

  Stanley

• Gihan De Chickera

  Manoj

• 

  Dharshan Dharmaraj

  Suresh

• Namal Jayasinghe

  Vijith

• Sujeewa Priyalal

  Piyal

• 

  Dayadewa Edirisinghe

  Naseem

• Pitchchei Selvaraj

  Nesa

• 

  Kumara Thirimadura

  Oaf

• 

  Pubudu Chathuranga

  Spoilt Son

• S. Selvsekaran

  Father

• Pradeepan Puwabalasingham

  AJ

• Sarath Karunaratne

  PK