Funny Boy (2020)
Coming at December 10, 2020 in theaters.
Drama
Heartbreaking and clear-eyed, Deepa Mehta’s visually striking adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s award-winning novel ranks among her best work. The hero is the precocious Arje, whose discovery of his sexuality in late 1970s and early 1980s Sri Lanka coincides with rapidly escalating tensions between his country’s Tamil minority and Sinhalese majority.
His beloved aunt dotes on him, but he’s tormented by his martinet father, who stubbornly refuses to see how divided the country is until it’s too late. Mehta expertly shuttles between home and the world, wisely noting that while the latter can do untold damage, it can be the dismissal of a family member that cuts the deepest.
Director: Deepa Mehta
Writers: Deepa Mehta, Shyam Selvadurai
Stars: Arush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema Biswas, Rehan Mudannayake, Shivantha Wijesinha
►Cast
| Agam Darshi | ► | |
| Nimmi Harasgama | ► | |
| Ali Kazmi | ► | Appa |
| Rehan Mudannayake | ► | Shehan |
| Seema Biswas | ► | |
| Ruvin De Silva | ► | Anil |
| Arush Nand | ► | Young Arjie |
| Shivantha Wijesinha | ► | |
| Brandon Ingram | ► | Older Arjie |
| David Hamilton | ► | Male Club Member |
| Peter Cockett | ► | TV Announcer |
| Prasad Pereira | ► | Uncle 2 |
| Hidaayath Hazeer | ► | Older Diggy |
| Orlando Giraldo | ► | Man with Hockey Bag |
| Amar Fernando | ► | Male Cousin 1 |
| Chalin Manuranga | ► | Hostile Boarder |
| Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke | ► | English Teacher |
| Tracy Holsinger | ► | Kanthi Aunty |
| Arjun Wignaraja | ► | Anil’s Father |
| Nara Ethirveerasingam | ► | Muruges |
| Ruchith Ranasinghe | ► | Salgado’s Crony 2 |
| Liz Gruszka | ► | Director (Female) |
| Araina Nand | ► | Young Sonali |
| Vehara Abeygunawardane | ► | Older Sonali |
| Jhehan Aloysius | ► | Uncle 1 |
| Paul Perera | ► | Piano Player |
| Francisca Mudannayake | ► | Lounge Singer |
| Kanishka Ranabahu | ► | Rajan |
| The Workshop Players | ► | The King & I troupe |
| Dmitri Gunatilake | ► | Aunt 2 |
| Maithili Venkataraman | ► | Older Tanuja |
| Nandun Dissanayake | ► | Policeman |
| Dhara Gunawardene | ► | Anna |
| Nethaya Hewgamage | ► | Girl Cousin 1 |
| Avlok Wignaraja | ► | Young Diggy |
| Ashok Ferrey | ► | Male Club Member |
| Bandhuka Ravindra Ellawala Premawardhana | ► | Chelliah |
| Dhanushka Dias | ► | Tamil Inmate |
| Kaif Sally | ► | Salgado’s Crony 1 |
| Pavithra Wickramasinghe | ► | Landlady |
| Nadeepa Ranasinghe | ► | Aunt 1 |
| Rithmaka Karunadhara | ► | Salgado |
| Vidur Bharatram | ► | Male Club Member |
| Surein De S. Wijeyeratne | ► | Director (Male) |
| Medeesha Anuththara | ► | Male Cousin 3 |
| Thenaya Senarie Geeganage | ► | Young Tanuja |
| David McKinnon | ► | Male Club Member |
| Anuga Wijesinghe | ► | Male Cousin 2 |
| Aksshana Kanageswaran | ► | Young Lakshmi |
| Leah Sadini Jayagoda | ► | Meena |
| Serayah Welihindha | ► | Young Girl |
| Shimalka Perera | ► | Lakshmi |
| Dinusha Nihara | ► | Anil’s Mother |
| W. Jayasiri | ► | Mr. Perera |
| Pathmakumarie Kukapalan | ► | Janaki |
| Vamsi Krishna | ► | Reporter |
| Mandy Mudannayake | ► | Female Club Member |
| Dayawanse Ranaweera | ► | Shehan’s Servant |
| Charindrika Weerasinghe | ► | Policewoman |
| Priya Ranasinghe | ► | Mrs. Perera |
| Lalith Felix | ► | Priest |
| Armugham Thiyagaraja | ► | Dead Tamil Priest |
| Rajith Rubesinghe | ► | Thug 2 |
| Victoria Walker | ► | Female Club Member |
| Kamalasiri Mohan Kumar | ► | Tamil Mother |
| Kusheiya Anagi | ► | Girl Cousin 2 |
| Chavika Samaraweera | ► | Salgado’s Crony 3 |
| Melanie Samsudeen | ► | Rajan’s Mother |
| Flame | ► | Band |
| K.D. Christine Dona | ► | School Nurse |
| Pahandi Nethara | ► | Girl Cousin 3 |
| H.S. Asmi | ► | Butcher |
| D.M. Jayasooriya | ► | White-haired Woman |
| Siddeek Mohamed | ► | Tamil Man on bus |