Arosha and Sadesh Kumar appointed to MPI film circuit board
In an unprecedented move, former Working Director of ITN, former Senior Consultant of Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRC-SL) and a well known film producer, Dr. Arosha Fernando and high budget film producer R. Sadesh Kumar have acquired shares of one of the five film circuits in Sri Lanka, Movie Producers & Importers Company Pvt. Limited, also known as MPI film circuit at an undisclosed price, and subsequently got themselves appointed to the board of directors.
It’s a historical move as this is the first time in the history that the ownership of a film circuit has been purchased by a new party since the establishment of the five film circuits in Sri Lanka in year 2002.
MPI film circuit has a total of 34 film theatres including both Sinhala centres and Tamil centres spread across the country including North & East. It’s one of the largest film circuits in Sri Lanka after the state owned Rithma film circuit which comes under the National Film Corporation having 57 theatres.
MPI is licensed to produce, distribute and screen Sinhala films as well as import, distribute and screen Tamil, Hindi and English films.
Dr. Fernando has been recognised for producing the highest number of films in the recent time, 16 films within a short span of 4 years including the movie ‘Eka dawasaka api’, while Kumar has produced the popular films Super Six, Pravegaya and Maya.
Responding to the questions raised regarding the new acquisition, Dr. Arosha said ‘We know that once developed, any film circuit can be a lucrative business and we endeavour to work closely with the other board directors to make a solid plan to develop MPI to different heights by end of the year’.