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The Newspaper
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The Newspaper

Feb 7, 2020
1h 43m
★ 7.0

Overview

A small poor family in a remote village at dry zone who faced a series of miseries due to a wrong news report published in the national media stating that their son is involved in a suicide bomb blast carried by L.T.T.E terrorists.

Genres

Drama

Cast

Kumara Thirimadura

Kumara Thirimadura

Sarath Kothalawala

Sarath Kothalawala

Dharmapriya Dias

Dharmapriya Dias

Pubudu Chathuranga

Pubudu Chathuranga

Gihan Fernando

Gihan Fernando

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