The young film director Boodee Keerthisena had to undergo a hard experience which was similar to the group he portrayed in his film to complete production. It took him nearly eleven years to complete the film. The challenges before Boodee were numerous; and most important among them were to do an international film with suitable technical standard with a limited budget.

Having completed his first feature film, Sihina Deshayen (Veils of Maya) Boodee’s second attempt was on a quite a different and novel theme- the real story of illegal immigrants.

The film is about a group of young Sri Lankan musicians illegally migrating to Italy in a baggage compartment of a bus and the film speaks about lost dreams of the Sri Lankan youth that are caught between a civil war and corrupt politics through their journey to reach the land of hope.