Gaadi

Gaadi
Film poster
Sinhalaගාඩි
Directed byPrasanna Vithanage
Written byPrasanna Vithanage
Produced bySandya Salgado
Alan McAlex
Ajay Rai
H D Premasiri
Prasanna Vithanage
StarringSajitha Anthony
Dinara Punchihewa
Shyam Fernando
Ravindra Randeniya
CinematographyRajeev Ravi
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byK (Krishna Kumar)
Production
companies
Film Island
Jar Pictures
Prasanna Vithanage Productions
Distributed byCEL Theatres
Release dates
  • 8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) (Busan)
  • 10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) (Sri Lanka)
Running time
103 Minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala
Budget$560,000[1]

Gaadi (Sinhala: ගාඩි), also released as Children of the Sun, is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala historical road film directed by Prasanna Vithanage.[2] It is co-produced as a Sri Lankan-Indian joint production by H.D. Premasiri, Sandya Salgado for Film Island, Prasanna Vithanage Productions and Alan McAlex and Ajay Rai for Mumbai-based Jar Pictures, an Indian motion picture production company.[3] It stars Sajitha Anthony with debut actress Dinara Punchihewa in lead roles[4] along with Shyam Fernando and Ravindra Randeniya.[5] Music composed by K.[6]

It is a period drama set in 1814, during the last days of the Kandyan Kingdom. The story revolves around the journey of Tikiri who was stripped from nobility and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarchy.[7][8][9][10]

Gaadi premiered on 8 October 2019 at the 24th Busan International Film Festival amidst stellar reviews.[11][12][13][14][15] The film has been selected one of the 100 Asian films that audiences should watch by International Film Festival 2019.[16]

In January 2020, the film won a Special Jury Award at 18th International Dhaka Film Festival.[17]

Plot

Stripped of her Radala cast and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarch, a woman fights to keep her dignity by rejecting to succumb to her destiny.

Cast

International Screenings

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Busan: Prasanna Vithanage Sri Lankan Auteur Shines With 'Children of the Sun'". variety. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Film Island starts work on Prasanna's epic movie: 'Gaadi'". etthawitthi. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Prasanna bridges Sri Lanka and Bollywood with 'Gaadi'". Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Dinara and Sajitha lead the cast in 'Gaadi'". Daily News. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Gaadi film". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. ^ "'Gaadi': first Sri Lankan – Bollywood co-production". Daily News. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  7. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (7 October 2019). "Busan: Prasanna Vithanage Sri Lankan Auteur Shines With 'Children of the Sun'". Variety. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  8. ^ "In Sri Lankan film 'Gaadi', a searing exposition of the caste system across the Palk Straits". Sri Lanka Foundation. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Prasanna moves to Troubled past on a Road Movie". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  10. ^ "World premiere for 'Gaadi' in Busan". Times Online - Daily Online Edition of The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Children of the Sun Movie Review: A Love Story That Underlines the Identity Crisis". News18. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  12. ^ Ramnath, Nandini. "In Sri Lankan film 'Gaadi', a searing exposition of the caste system across the Palk Straits". Scroll.in. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  13. ^ "A film questioning identity politics". Indiansapidnews.com. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  14. ^ Srinivasan, Meera (19 October 2019). "A film questioning identity politics". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  15. ^ Children of the Sun, retrieved 21 October 2019
  16. ^ "Gaadi included to Asia's Top 100". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Jury Award for Gaadi". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Dinara to dazzle audiences together with Sajitha in Gaadi". Film Island. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Renowned Sri Lankan actor philosopher Jayapalan to star in Prasanna's 'Gaadi'". Daily FT. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  20. ^ "World premiere for 'Gaadi' in Busan". Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  21. ^ ""Gaadi" at the world famous Castro Cinema". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  22. ^ "ගාඩි 09 වැනිදා 24 වැනි කේරළ සිනමා උලෙළේ දී". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

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