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Machan

Machan

2009•1h 49m•6.9/10
DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.9/10(20)

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.

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Production

Redwave Films, Babelsberg Film, Shakthi Films, StudioUrania, RAI Cinema

Language

SI

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Dharmapriya Dias

Dharmapriya Dias

Stanley

Gihan De Chickera

Manoj

Dharshan Dharmaraj

Dharshan Dharmaraj

Suresh

Namal Jayasinghe

Namal Jayasinghe

Vijith

Sujeewa Priyalal

Piyal

Dayadewa Edirisinghe

Naseem

Pitchchei Selvaraj

Nesa

Kumara Thirimadura

Kumara Thirimadura

Oaf

Pubudu Chathuranga

Pubudu Chathuranga

Spoilt Son

S. Selvsekaran

Father

Pradeepan Puwabalasingham

AJ

Sarath Karunaratne

PK

Mangala Pradeep Kumara

VD

Saumya Liyanage

Saumya Liyanage

Angry Foreigner

Mahendra Perera

Mahendra Perera

Ruwan

Lalith Janakantha

Lalith Janakantha

Piyal's second cousin

Vajira Kodituwakku

Vajira Kodituwakku

Bangala Man

Nino Jayakody

Nino Jayakody

Afghani Youth

Janaka Ranasinghe

Janaka Ranasinghe

Afghani Man

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