It was also interesting to note that the issues tackled by Akasa Kusum though localised to topics in Sri Lanka, the audience, which was made up of a varied group of people found the themes more universal and empathasised with the central women in the film.

The audience were keen to learn more about Malini Fonseka's acting career recognising the stunning beauty from the black and white films as the protaganist of the film. This twist if you like in the film, the joining of the reality of the past celluloid to the present fiction, enticed the audience further into the depths of the films darkness and then back again to the frail light that offers a sense of reality to the eventual out come that is Akasa Kusum...