7th September 1997
" Feeling in the mood for a challenge last Saturday , the Chunk accompanied by Pere and MereChunk decided to brave the insane scrum that is Majestic City on the weekend and take in "Blendings" the film that is currently playing at the cinema there. It tells the tale of three families in the hillcountry of Sri Lanka during the 1800's - a British planter and his ladywife, an educated Sinhala middle class family and a dirt poor Tamil family of Indian descent who work in the tea plantations. Interlinked byall manner of exciting challenges ( cholera, leopards, race riots,burning linerooms, bankruptcy yes, all in the same film) they struggle through the turmoil that was Sri Lanka at the time. The end of an empire and the beginning of a nation but with an applaudable message of tolerance, racial diversity and love that conquers all.
Ambitious of the creators to attempt a film in all three languages, and it works for the most part, except for Jon Adams insistence on speaking execrable Tamil which had the entire audience in stitches. Augmented by his penchant for cavorting in the lake in a ludicrous pair of bloomers. Mohan Niyaz's direction owes a little too much to the Sinhala teledrama school , which calls for mind numbingly long reaction shots from every single person on screen every time something happens. But Sabitha is radiant, the supporting cast is strong and the score by HarshaMarkalande is noteworthy.Then later on......... "
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