According to Mathew- My modest story about the origin-by Dr Harold “My act was basic, no memorising, holding the chalice with both hands, collapsing to death through an overdose of insulin” Alston Koch acclaimed today a popular and a prodigious film actor- phoned me at my Wellawatte apartment about 6 years back, during the initial stages of the preparation of ‘The Oscars’ nominated film- “According to Mathew”, and invited me to meet Chandran Rutnam-(Film Director), and Christie Eliezer (Producer-screenplay) and others, at the Hilton Hotel, Colombo. With no hesitation, my wife Irangani and myself accepted the invitation and met them in one of the executive apartments in Hilton. We sat down at a round table, and whilst having a cup of tea and eats Chandran asked me what I knew about Father Mathew when I was a boarder at Father Basil Jayawardena (Chaplin at St Paul the Apostle, Kinsey Road), ...

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