The movie is directed by Prasanna Vithanage and headlined by Darshana Rajendran and Roshan Mathew.
Director Prasanna Vithanage receives award at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival. (Instagram)
The Malayalam film Paradise, starring Darshana Rajendran and Roshan Mathew, has won the Audience Jury Award at the 23rd Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival in Spain.
The movie is directed by Prasanna Vithanage and co-written by Prasanna and Anushka Senanayake.
The story has an essence of emotion, struggle, and resilience.
Newton Cinemas produced Paradise, while Mani Ratnam is presenting it under his banner Madras Talkies.
Entirely shot in Sri Lanka, Paradise is the inaugural Indian film at the 23rd Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival.
It was screened in the World Cinema category at the event.
Pre-selected members of the audience pick the winner for the Audience Jury Award from the feature films showcased in the Official Feature Films Section at the film festival.
Director Prasanna Vithanage received the award at the closing ceremony of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival on Monday, 29 April.
It gives an insight into Sri Lanka’s economic crisis in 2022.
Paradise also casts Shyam Fernando and Mahendra Perera.
Rajeev Ravi handled the cinematography. A Sreekar Prasad was the editor.
Tapas Nayak was the sound designer. K (Krishna Kumar) was the music director.
Mani Ratnam released the trailer of Paradise. The movie marks the debut of Madras Talkies in the Malayalam film industry.
Paradise bagged over 30 international awards and is the 10th feature film of Prasanna Vithanage.
The movie is expected to be released in June.
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