Bawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part II (1997)

• 69%
• 1997
• Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
• Jackson Anthony
• Ravindra Randeniya
• Swarna Mallawarachchi

A continuation of "Bawa Duka"; via Peduru's family, the narrative exposes the social stasis/class discrimination encouraged by the local Sinhalese Buddhist clergy, while the arrival of the Christian missionaries signals a more progressive mindset, though at the cost of conversion to a monotheistic faith. Tyranny is not only practiced by the British colonials but equally facilitated by local traditional institutions--thus, the resultant suffering (Duka) of Peduru is a combination of the two.