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Follows the story of a struggling young woman who pretends to be the wife of a missing soldier to claim compensation money for going abroad, only for the soldier to return alive.
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Follows the story of a struggling young woman who pretends to be the wife of a missing soldier to claim compensation money for going abroad, only for the soldier to return alive.
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Genre:Drama
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Runtime:125 minutes
Studio:Dil Process Lab
Cast
Udayakantha Warnasuriya
Director
Geetha Kumarasinghe
Amali Weerasuriya
Kamal Addaraarachchi
Captain Samantha Weerasuriya
Jackson Anthony
Lionel
Anula Karunathilaka
Samantha's Amma
Mahendra Perera
Kulatunga
Sanath Gunathilake
Colonel Chanuka Hettiarachchi
Jeevan Kumaratunga
Lieutenant Colonel Viraj Thenuwara
Henry Jayasena
Samantha's father
Buddhika Jayaratne
Captain Cyril
Udula Dabare
Amali's mother
Seetha kumari
Samantha's aunt
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