Despite being cleared by Sri Lanka’s Public Performance Board (PPB) for adult viewers, the film was by a government minister.

The boy is caught at school watching pornography with a friend. Terrified of police retaliation, they hide in an abandoned building where the boy accidentally kills a prostitute, mistaking her for an intruder.

A central point of contention was a scene depicting the mother and son in a bathtub, which the government labeled as child abuse.

The director and cast were even taken to court, and the government threatened contempt of court charges, claiming the film brought the judiciary into disrepute. Cast and Production Director: Asoka Handagama