Muttrupulliyaa

Muttrupulliyaa is a Sri Lankan film about four individuals of Tamil descent living in Sri Lanka after the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009. This is the first film from Sri Lanka to describe this period

Muttrupulliyaa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sherine Xavier
Screenplay by	Sheirne Xavier
Produced by	The Social Architects
Starring	Annapoorani, Harris Moosa, Shambhavi Madhan, Iffat Fatima, Ajith, Shalini, Afreen Kabir
Cinematography	Ravivarman Neelamegam
Edited by	B. Lenin
Music by	Suren Vikhash, Raanaa Kanthasamy
Production company	The Social Architects
Running time	105.48
Country	Sri Lanka
Languages	Tamil, English and Sinhala
Budget	US$ 250,000

The story of Muttrupulliyaa is told through a former female Tamil tiger rebel living in Jaffna with her three children and her husband missing after he surrendered to the Sri Lankan army,^[1] a historian living in the Vanni; an environmental activist from Colombo and a young journalist from Chennai who travels to Sri Lanka.

The production team had to shoot undercover in Sri Lanka, hiding their real identities because of the risks. Despite these precautions, some of the film team were arrested or forced into hiding.

Muttrupulliyaa premiered at the Jaffna film festival.^[2][3]

Censorship

Muttrupulliyaa was allowed to be screened in Sri Lanka and was approved by the Public Performance Board of Sri Lanka.

Muttrupulliyaa was banned in India by the censor board as it would damage Indo-Sri Lanka relations. The ban was later lifted by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal. However, the filmmaker had to morph the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam flags, cut out photographs of its slain leaders and state that the film was a work of fiction inspired by real events.^[4][5]