Leader (2009 film)

Leader
Film poster
Sinhalaලීඩර්
Directed byRanjan Ramanayake
Written byRanjan Ramanayake
Based onCleatus Mendis
Produced byBevan Perera
P. Arooran
StarringRanjan Ramanayake
Adeen Khan
Anusha Damayanthi
Babu Antony
CinematographyA.Velmurugan
Edited byAjith Ramanayake
Ayesha
Music bySuneth Kalum
Release date
  • 23 January 2009 (2009-01-23)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala
Budget40 Millions [1]
Box office4 SL Millions

Leader (Sinhala: ලීඩර්) is a 2009 Sri Lankan Sinhala action thriller film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake and co-produced by Bevan Perera and P. Aruran.[2] It stars Ranjan Ramanayake and Adeen Khan, along with Babu Antony, Robin Fernando and Anusha Damayanthi. Music composed by Suneth Kelum.[3] Public Performance Board of Sri Lanka removed some controversial political parts of the film.[4] Leader is the film in Sinhala cinema history that had been screened with the most number of copies with 50 film theaters.[5][6]

Some of the political clips were removed from the film due to Public Performance Board (PPB).[1] The film was screened free of charge for two weeks from February 27 and producer decided to direct Rs. 1 from each ticket sold in all the theaters to Ranaviru fund.[7] In April 2009, producer donated one day's collection of the film in all 50 theaters to the construction of Jaffna Cultural Center.[8]

It is adopted from 1994 Hong Kong Film The Bodyguard From Beijing.

Plot

Pooja is a daughter of a kind politician named Kadirgamar. Kadirgamar wins the election between with a gangster named Raguvaran. Raguvaran kills Kadirgamar in front of Pooja and threatens her.

Cast

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Suneth Kalum. The song "Rata Rakaganna" is based on "Arjunaru Villu" from Ghilli (2004).

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Sansare Charikawe"Ranjan Ramanayake, K. Sujeewa 
2."Jokerla Set Ekak"Ranjan Ramanayake, Sunil Perera, Gemunu Wijesuriya 
3."Awath Chandeta"Ranjan Ramanayake 
4."Rata Rakaganna"Bachi Susan 

References

  1. ^ a b "'Leader' in trouble". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Bevan enters cinema with 'The Leader'". Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "'Leader' in trouble". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ "'Leader' makes appearance". The Daily News. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. ^ "'Leader' lands with 50 copies". Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. ^ "'Leader' : Free shows for war heroes". Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  8. ^ "'Leader' donates to Jaffna Cultural Centre". Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 December 2019.


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