Sri Lanka, Nov. 18 -- It may not be quite right to call Soosthi a biker movie. But, after Motorbicyle by Shameera Rangana screened in 2016, this is the second youth-oriented movie to focus on bike-riding youth, their frustrations and aspirations.
Would anyone call Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles, based on the epic motorcycle journey undertaken by a very young Ernesto Guevara and his friend Dr Alberto Granado across Latin America a biker movie?
Probably not, but it has one essential ingredient of the genre - the riders are rebels at heart, at odds with the system.
It won't be quite right to call either of these movies offshoots of The Easy Rider, the 1968 cult classic in which two young men (Henry Fonda and Dennis Hopper) set out on ...