Distant Teardrop

Distant Teardrop^[1] is a 2019 Indian drama film written and directed by Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy^[2] and produced by Satish Kaushik under the banner of The Satish Kaushik Entertainment. The film stars Sri Lankan actor Ravindra Randeniya and Indian actor Arjun Chidambaram in lead roles.^[3] At the heart of the story is the Tamil-Sinhala conflict. It could be a metaphor for the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India, the Black and White conflict in America, another father and son tale, is preparing its Indian release.^[4] The film premiered in late 2019.^[5]

Distant Teardrop
Directed by	Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy
Written by	Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy
Produced by	Karan Arora Nishant Kaushik Satish Kaushik
Cinematography	Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy
Edited by	Sanyukta Kaza
Music by	K Krishna Kumar
Production company	Picture Thoughts Production
Distributed by	The Sathish Kaushik Entertainment
Release date	18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	India Sri Lanka
Language	Hindi
Budget	$600,000 (estd.)

75% of the filming has been filmed in Sri Lanka, and remaining were shot in England and Russia.^[6]

Cast

• Arjun Chidambaram as Suresh
• Nithyashri as Gowri
• India Odedra as Sanouber
• Musa Tariq as Shaanth
• Marcia Tucker as Mrs. Edwards
• Aditya Odedra as Adi
• Khushi Modhwadia as Arjun's Niece
• Kunal Modhwadia as Arjun's Nephew
• Shivam Keshwala as Student
• Jonny Deepu James as Aravind
• Sarah T. Cohen as Pregnant Wife
• Atul Sharma as Doctor
• Crystal Wingx as Sikh's Wife
• Karlina Grace-Paseda as Floor Manager
• Ravindra Randeniya
• Sangeetha Weeraratne
• Paul Kaye as Policewoman
• Lampros Kalfuntzos as Lampros
• Ranji Vijayan as Saravanan