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Machan
Genres
DramaComedy
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$5000000
Revenue
$282884
Runtime
109 min
Release Date
2009-05-07
Status
Released
Original Language
Sinhala
Vote Count
19
Vote Average
6.7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Mangala Pradeep Kumara
VD
Saumya Liyanage
Angry Foreigner
Mahendra Perera
Ruwan
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