# Desa Nisa

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{{Infobox film
| name = Desa Nisa
| image = DVD Cover image of the Sri Lankan film Desa Nisa.jpg
| caption = DVD Cover
| director = [Lester James Peries](/source/Lester_James_Peries)
| producer = Lester James Productions <br /> Northwestern Enterprises
| writer = [Gunasena Galappatty](/source/Gunasena_Galappatty)
| starring = [Joe Abeywickrema](/source/Joe_Abeywickrema)<br />[Sriyani Amarasena](/source/Sriyani_Amarasena)<br />[Ravindra Randeniya](/source/Ravindra_Randeniya)
| music = [Premasiri Khemadasa](/source/Premasiri_Khemadasa)
| cinematography = Sumitta Amerasinghe
| editing = [Gladwin Fernando](/source/Gladwin_Fernando)
| distributor =
| country = [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
| released = {{Film date|1975}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| language = [Sinhala](/source/Sinhalese_language)
| budget = 200,000 rupees
}}
'''''Desa Nisa''''' ([English](/source/English_language): ''A Certain Look'') is a 1975 [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)n [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Lester James Peries](/source/Lester_James_Peries).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.films.lk/desa-nisa-sinhala-film-1088.html |title=Desa Nisa - දෑස නිසා |publisher= Sinhala Cinema Database |accessdate=30 November 2019}}</ref> The film stars [Joe Abeywickrema](/source/Joe_Abeywickrema) as Nirudaka, an ugly man who worries that his blind wife will leave him if she regains her sight.

Peries made the film as a vehicle for Joe Abeywickrema. The source material was a Gunasena Galappatti play which was made more accessible to a lay audience by Galappatti on Peries' urging. Critics were puzzled by the film and wrote that it was Peries' most mysterious.

==Plot==
Nirudaka (Joe Abeywickrema) is an ugly man who is only loved by his mother (Denawaka Hamine) and taunted by others. He falls in love with blind Sundari (Sriyani Amarasena) and they get married.

The mother then feels obliged to cure Sundari's blindness much to Nirudaka's chagrin and takes her to a hermit (Ravindra Randeniya) with healing powers. Nirudaka does not wish her to regain her sight, but against his underlying wish he and his mother accompany Sundari to get her healed with the aid of the hermit, who resides atop a mountain.

==Cast==
* [Joe Abeywickrama](/source/Joe_Abeywickrama) as Nirukada
* [Sriyani Amarasena](/source/Sriyani_Amarasena) as Sundari
* [Denawaka Hamine](/source/Denawaka_Hamine) as Nirukada's mother
* [Ravindra Randeniya](/source/Ravindra_Randeniya) as Hermit
* [Seetha Kumari](/source/Seetha_Kumari) as Nirukada's aunt
* Preethi Randeniya as Younger village girl
* Agra Sajivani as Older village girl
* Sriyani Perera as Hermit's former patient
* [Somapala Dharmapriya](/source/Somapala_Dharmapriya) as Shirtless villager
* Victor Wickremage as Villager with mustache

==References==
{{Reflist}}
Category:1975 films
Category:Films directed by Lester James Peries
Category:Films set in Sri Lanka
Category:1975 drama films
Category:Sri Lankan drama films

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