COLOMBO: Former Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake who is currently serving a prison sentence in Welikada Prison, went to the Gold Class Theatre at Scope Cinema at the Colombo City Center yesterday (19) to watch the movie ‘The Game’ in which he acted.
Ranjan Ramanayake was taken by the prison officers to the theatre at around 2.30 pm yesterday under strict security and a limited number of people attended the scene.
The Film Director had made a written request to the Minister of Justice to allow Ramanayake to watch the movie and accordingly he had been granted special permission.
It is reported that for the first time in the history of the Prisons Department that a famous actor was allowed to go to a cinema to watch a special screening of a movie in which he acted.CDN
