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Bhawathra : Out of the ordinary Alians from the planet Bhawathra, will crash land on your living room on May 10 when Rupavahini begins its telecast of a teleseries of the same name; at 8.30 p.m. every Tuesday.
Bhawathra is directed and produced by Sunil Ratnayake. A sci-fe thriller, Bhawathra is the story of the inhabitants of the planet Bhawathra a planet in a galaxy situated three galaxies away from earth and its Milky way, who on learning that their planet will be destroyed in 50 to 100 years, begin an intensive search for a dead planet or one with inhabitants for them to live in. A space ship driven at an incredible speed by the inhabitants crash land on Kendaliyadda, a remote village in the hills. At this time the villagers are performing a Yaga to get rid of a natural disaster. They think the crash landing of the spaceship is a direct result of their ritual. At the end of the Yaga ceremony, villagers remove the wooden structure to be placed in the cemetery. Meanwhile the aliens repair the spaceship and take off. However, the spaceship is destroyed within minutes. Satta, an alien scientist who lands on the village shrub start looking for something to eat. He realises that the bark of a certain tree and the milk from a cow give him adequate bodily strength. Andiris, a poor villager, who ekes out a living by selling firewood suffers from an incurable skin disease and although he takes treatment from a native physician he does not recover. Once he brushes his back against a tree and finds he is partially cured. When he conveys the good news, his wife hesitates to believe him. On the following day he is completely cured and Andiris goes in search of the physician to thank him. The physician who is a cunning man finds out the particular tree and begins to use its bark to cure other patients. Soon he becomes a famous dermatologist. Satta after regaining his physical energy begins his search. He reads books and finds out everything about the village. Then he takes the form of a human being and settles down in the temple. Meanwhile, a young science teacher (Samadhi) develops a love affair with the physician's daughter Dinithi. He comes from the city and is interested in astronomy. Samadhi stays at Podimenika's house and goes to school. Samadhi writes an article to a newspaper explaining the explosion of the alien spaceship, dismissing what villagers believed to be true. Prof. Ruwanwella who is an expert on extra terrestrial beings comes to Kendaliyadda to meet Samadhi. Meanwhile, another person comes to meet him with a Black Box. He is Solomon who witnessed the explosion from a different location. Satta continues to do his research. He also learns Biology, Physics, Medicine, Political Science, Culture and History. At this time many strange happenings take place. An authority is established to probe extra terrestrial beings. Finally Prof. Ruwanwella identifies the alien. With the help of Soloman's Black Box Satta develops contacts with his planet and leaves the earth with the fond hope of returning to it one day.
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| Produced by Lake House |
The tele-serial produced to coincide with the 20th anniversary of
Teleview has used digital technology effects and animation for the first
time in Sri Lanka. The cast includes Joe Abeywickrama, Ravindra Randeniya,
Bandula Vithanage, Mahendra Perera, Sanath Wimalasiri, Senaka Wijesingha,
Anula Bulathsinhala, Susila Kottage, Manjula Thilini, Gamini Hettiarachchi,
Udeni Alwis. 
