Apeksha

Apeksha is a 1979 Sri Lankan film directed by H.D. Premaratne.

Plot

Niranjala (Malini Fonseka), a member of the English speaking elite, and Nimal (Amarasiri Kalansooriya), a young university graduate, regularly meet at the gas station where he works. They are attracted to each other, and over time, start meeting outside of the station's confines.

One of these occasions occurs at Niranjala's university fair. Nimal comes to meet her, but during the fair, one of Niranjala's friends is attacked by a gang of men. Nimal and his close friend Pradeep (Robin Fernando) help the friend get out of trouble. Later, when Nimal returns to the gas station, this gang of men come after him, and the fighting leads to the gas station owner firing Nimal.

Niranjala heads back to her family's tea estate in the hill country after she finishes university. Her father informs her that she will meet Samson (Ranjan Mendis), the son of an old friend and the new estate manager. Samson was educated in the UK and is returning to Sri Lanka.