Sri Lanka, March 17 -- Movies today are produced locally and consumed globally. Therefore, it is time our producers turned to co-producing and making movies which not only cater to the global film industry but are also infused with local and foreign cultures and traditions.

Award-winning Sri Lankan writer-director Prasanna Vithanageis not alien to this path. His sixth feature film as a director 'Akasa Kusum' (Flowers of the Sky) too was a co-production with India. After collaborating with A.Sreekar Prasad in the production, he embarked on the same track once again when he directed his first Indian-language film 'Paradise'.

Produced by Newton Cinema and presented by Mani Ratnam's Madras Talkies, the movie was recently nominated for a han...