Everything was planned and prepared for a screening of the film on July 28 but on Friday July 21, I was informed that it had to be suspended due to the war situation. And I was also told that when the normalcy returned to the country, I would be informed about the possibility of showing the film. Since then the screening of Pura Handa Kaluwara has been suspended indefinitely. At times these governments have declared that the security situation is good, and on other occasions they declare otherwise. Pura Handa Kaluwara is now being banned because the security situation is bad, but the media claim it is good.
Different people interpret the situation according to their whims and fancies.
We heard that, even before the ban, the government had raised objections against the film. Today what you see is only a portion of Pura Handa Kaluwara 's original script. The full script could not be produced without using army equipment and that needed Defense Ministry consent. But when the screenplay was submitted to the Defense Ministry they refused to cooperate. When I presented a revised screenplay, they again refused to assist, giving four reasons.