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Machan
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Machan

May 7, 2009
1h 49m
★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Drama
Comedy

Production Companies

Redwave Films
Babelsberg Film
Shakthi Films
StudioUrania
RAI Cinema

Machan Trailers

Cast

Dharmapriya Dias

Stanley

Dharmapriya Dias

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Manoj

Gihan De Chickera

Dharshan Dharmaraj

Suresh

Dharshan Dharmaraj

Namal Jayasinghe

Vijith

Namal Jayasinghe

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Piyal

Sujeewa Priyalal

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Naseem

Dayadewa Edirisinghe

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Nesa

Pitchchei Selvaraj

Kumara Thirimadura

Oaf

Kumara Thirimadura

Pubudu Chathuranga

Spoilt Son

Pubudu Chathuranga

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Father

S. Selvsekaran

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AJ

Pradeepan Puwabalasingham

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PK

Sarath Karunaratne

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