Back in the early 90s Nalan Mendis’s Doodaruwo marked a turning point in our teledrama industry. And through this series and many other teledramas that were produced in that decade Yashoda Wimaladharma emerged as the ‘girl next door’ whose delicate femininity captured the hearts of viewers’ island wide.

From the small screen to the silver screen, Yashoda has come a long way portraying various types of characters. But her most challenging role played today by her own admission, is still to unfold on the silver screen. This role is the character played for the film – Vaishnavee directed by Sumitra Peries. According to Yashoda, one of the most significant factors about this film is that the script was written by Dr. Lester James Peries. It is therefore the first script written by the master filmmaker as Yashoda explained saying that the Peries’ are eagerly waiting to see it come alive on the big screen.