Bherunda Pakshiya: A Film Archive with a Railway Through the Hills

Field notes

The archive frames the film’s central conflict as a collision between inherited village knowledge and the railway survey’s instruments, gradients, and completion date. It records the film’s 2006 setting, Sinhala and colour format, major credits, and award history, while also tracing the work back to Dharmasiri’s Sinhala novel from Godage International Publishers. A linked trailer and external catalogue and newspaper references extend the page beyond a simple synopsis.