Sikuru Hathe

Sikuru Hathe
සිකුරු හතේ
DVD poster
Directed byGiriraj Kaushalya
Written byGiriraj Kaushalya
Based onGiriraj Kaushalya
Produced byNew Imperial Talkies
StarringVijaya Nandasiri
Anarkali Akarsha
Suraj Mapa
CinematographyRuwan Costa
Edited byRavindra Guruge
Music byTharupathi Munasinghe
Rohana Weerasinghe
Navaratne Gamage
Production
company
The Video Team (TVT)
Distributed byEAP (original release)
Release date
  • 16 August 2007 (2007-08-16)[1]
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Sikuru Hathe (Sinhala: සිකුරු හතේ Translation: Venus at 7th place of the horoscope) is a 2007 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Giriraj Kaushalya and produced by Hans Anton Vanstarex for New Imperial Talkies. The music was composed by the musician Tharpuathi Munasinghe. It stars Vijaya Nandasiri, Anarkali Akarsha and Suraj Mapa in lead roles along with Rodney Warnakula and Susila Kottage.[2] Music composed by Tharupathi Munasinghe, and songs composed by Rohana Weerasinghe and Navaratne Gamage.[3][4] It is the 1092nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[5] One of best comedy films ever produced in the country,[6] Sikuru Hathe became the highest-grossing film in 2007 and won many awards at several local film award ceremonies.[7]

The film earned a record collection of Rs. 26 million for 31 days with nearly 300,000 patrons in 25 cinema theaters across the country.[8] It collected Rs. 50 million with 500,000 patrons on October 30 completes 75th day.[9]

Plot

The story revolves around the match-maker Mangala Jaya (Vijaya), who is a poor, but kind hearted person with a single daughter. A series of hilarious incidents went through the plot, and though he is a match-maker, he fails to find a good boy to his young daughter. At last, his daughter was able to find the soul mate.

Cast

Soundtrack

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Nilata Nile Nil Kateta"Kasun Kalhara, Uresha Ravihari 
2."Samanmali Mage Mali"Rodney Warnakula 
3."Ira Handa Depase Nam"Sunil Perera, Bandula Wijeweera 

Awards

  • 2007 SIGNIS Award for Best Actor - Vijaya Nandasiri
  • Most Popular Actor - Sarasaviya Awards
  • 2007 Sarasaviya Award for Best Up-coming actress - Himali Sayurangi
  • 2007 Sarasaviya Award for Best playback singer - Kasun Kalhara
  • 2007 Sarasaviya Merit Award - Hemantha Iriyagama

Re-release

After its huge popularity in 2007, the director Giriraj Kaushalya discussed about the re-release of the film. With that initiation, the film was re-released at the MPI, LFD and Tharu circuit cinemas on 4 February 2010.[10]

References

  1. ^ "'Sikuru Hathe' kicks off". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ "'Sikuru Hathe' ready for release in August". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Sikuru Hathe (2007)". IMDB. Retrieved 26 February 2017.[unreliable source?]
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Sikuru Hathe: A magnificent comedy". Daily News. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ^ "'Sikuru Hathe' back on screen". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Sikuru Hathe celebrates 50 days at Cinemax, Ja ela". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  9. ^ "'Sikuru Hathe' reaches 75th day of success". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Sikuru Hathe coming on Independence Day". Daily News. Retrieved 26 February 2017.


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