LET ME FLY / THE FIRST TEACHER / GURU GEETHAYA

LET ME FLY / THE FIRST TEACHER / GURU GEETHAYA – Sri Lanka, 2016, 87 min., Drama

Director: Upali Gamlath

Writers: Chingiz Aitmatov,Upali Gamlath

Cast: Roshan Ravindra, Kalpani Jayasinghe, Gamini Hettiarachchi, Damayanthi Fonseka, Hyacinth Wijeratne

Altynai is an orphan girl living in a remote mountain area. Though she is in her youth, Altynai never got a chance to have a proper education. With the founding of a new administrative structure, the government mediates to establish the education system in the rural areas. One day, Duishen an attractive stranger comes to the village to provide education facilities for the children in the village. He starts a school in the village. Young Altynai also joins the school to study. Together with the other ordinary villagers who don’t know the value of education, both aunt and uncle of Altynai also try to destroy the school. Altynai tries her best to continue with her studies amid of all the hardships she faces