 The film won all the main awards at the 1996 Sri Lanka Film Critics' Forum Awards (affiliated with FIPRESCI), including awards for Most Outstanding Film, Best Director and Best Screenwriter.In 1997 his third feature, "Purahanda Kaluwara" (Death on a Full Moon Day), which he wrote and directed, was produced by NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation).It won the Grand Prix at the Amiens Film Festival.