Machan
- 2008
- 1h 49m
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7.7/10
2.3K
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A group of sad slum residents, living on the limits of society under immense pressure, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria.A group of sad slum residents, living on the limits of society under immense pressure, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria.A group of sad slum residents, living on the limits of society under immense pressure, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria.
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- TriviaThe actor playing the policeman also absconded in Germany after shooting had finished. In real life this actor is also a goldsmith. He disappeared on the last day and never turned up to the bus, or the airport. One of the other actors this guy was closest to had been warned in advance that he was going to hook it. He had been picked up in a car by relatives. A few months later he had made it to London from Germany without a passport and was doing rather well as a goldsmith.
- GoofsWhen they are researching handball online, you can see that the "search page" is actually a saved document on the computer; the file address is visible at the top of the screen.
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This is a truly excellent Sri Lankan movie which we have not seen for ages in this Island. The subtle way the director has used the humor superbly depicts poverty and people's continuous struggle for living in the capital city.
The dialogs are excellent with superb directing and full credit should go to the Italian director, Uberto Pasolini for his wonderful effort to make a world class Sri Lankan movie. He has been able to grasp the authenticity of Colombo life through the camera with wonderful script writing of Ruwanthi De Chikera.
The selection of the cast and their performance is also superb with not so popular names in cinema like Dharmapriya Dias, Gihan De Chikera and can go on with many other names. Everything else in this movie is excellent including music, art direction, camera etc.
It is rather unfortunate that this film did not get more attention among the viewers in this country perhaps because of the less media publicity given to this compared to some other contemporary movies.
Anyway, this movie stands at the top among all other contemporary local movies & once again well done everyone who contributed to this superb effort.
My vote is 10 out of 10, since we have not seen such high quality Sri Lankan movies before.
The dialogs are excellent with superb directing and full credit should go to the Italian director, Uberto Pasolini for his wonderful effort to make a world class Sri Lankan movie. He has been able to grasp the authenticity of Colombo life through the camera with wonderful script writing of Ruwanthi De Chikera.
The selection of the cast and their performance is also superb with not so popular names in cinema like Dharmapriya Dias, Gihan De Chikera and can go on with many other names. Everything else in this movie is excellent including music, art direction, camera etc.
It is rather unfortunate that this film did not get more attention among the viewers in this country perhaps because of the less media publicity given to this compared to some other contemporary movies.
Anyway, this movie stands at the top among all other contemporary local movies & once again well done everyone who contributed to this superb effort.
My vote is 10 out of 10, since we have not seen such high quality Sri Lankan movies before.
- yasasdeemantha
- Nov 16, 2008
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- Budget
- €5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $282,884
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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