Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli (Sinhala: ගිනි අවි සහ ගිනිකෙළි, English: Firearms and Fireworks) is a 1998 Sri Lankan crime film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and produced by Ranjith Jayasuriya, based on a popular fictitious novel written by Anura Horatious.
[1] The plot revolves around the ascension and downfall of Padmasiri (Jackson Anthony), a gang leader in Sri Lanka.
The film also provides a clear overview of the underworld thuggery and political corruption during the latter part of the 1980s in Sri Lanka.
[2][3][4][5][6][7] Since the entire film is focused on the rise and demise of Padmasiri, the storyline will be described according to important milestones of his life.
Padme whilst polishing his shotgun mentions to mudalali, his desire to shoot a fat-bellied man.
Mudalali with a laugh tells Padme that it could easily be done by making a visit to the town at night time.
Soon after the police jeep left, Padme yells at villagers to make a pile of all cans and containers in front of his house.
The ex-inspector advises Padme to stop selling illicit liquor to people and try to become a good person.
A majority of local youth were addicted to heroin and Padme's men were complaining on a daily basis on the difficulty of finding labour for their businesses.
Padme was also approached by many parents in the village to bail-out their sons whom were taken into custody by the Police when caught with drugs.
After a series of confrontations between the two, Padme befriends a petty thug in the area named "Rambo"; in order to kill Lokayaa.
However Padme finds out soon that he cannot protect himself without the help of even more powerful MPs, when Rambo was killed violently by gang maintained by another politician.
The score was composed by Kala Keerthi Premasiri Khemadasa and includes a song popular to this day; sung by Amarasiri Peiries named "Divimakulu Esa" (a poisonous spider's eye).