Sri Siddha

Sri Siddha
ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා
Directed byRear admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara
Written bySarath Weerasekara
Based onEarly chronicles
Produced byGunapala Rathnasekara
Thusitha Wijesinghe
Malika Wijayasuriya
StarringDineth De Silva
Ritigala Sumedha
Paboda Sandeepani
Udari Warnakulasooriya
Buddhika Jayaratne
Jagath Chamila
CinematographyChandana Jayasinghe
Edited byPraveen Jayaratne
Music byDinesh Subasinghe
Distributed byLFD Cinemas[1]
Release date
  • 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Sri Siddha (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා), is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese historical thriller film directed by Rear admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara and co-produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara, Thusitha Wijesinghe and Malika Wijayasuriya.[2] The film is based on the early life of Vijayabahu the Great, who demolished Chola dynasty in Sri Lanka and united the nation to build the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, which is written on the Panakaduwa copper plate.[3] It stars Dineth De Silva in titular role as Vijayabahu with Angampora marital artist Ritigala Sumedha as his apprentice soldier where Paboda Sandeepani, Udari Warnakulasooriya, Buddhika Jayaratne and Jagath Chamila made supportive roles.[4][5]

Plot

Cast

Production and release

This is the second cinema direction by Rear admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara, who previously directed the award-winning blockbuster Gamani in 2011.[1][2] He also wrote the screenplay and lyrics in the film. Co-producers of the film are, Gunapala Rathnasekara who won the Best film award for the Maharaja Gemunu at the 2015 Sarasaviya Awards, Thusitha Wijesena who won the Best film award for the Aloko Udapadi at the 2017 Sarasaviya Awards and Dr. Malika Jayasuriya.[7]

Cinematography handled by Chandana Jayasinghe and Dhammika Pathirana made still photography.[4] Praveen Jayaratne is the editor, Wimal Deshapriya is the assistant director and Nimal Wijesiri Senadheera contributed in the production management. Costume designed by Kumara Karavadeni and makeup by Priyantha Dissanayake. Ritigala Sumedha is the stunt director. Award-winning musician Dinesh Subasinghe is the music director, whereas Saman Lenin, Viraj Bhathiya and Meena Prasadini made background vocals.[3]

According to the director, he had consulted all the books mentioned about Vijayabahu and took about six months to complete the script.[1] The shooting commenced in 2018 and post productions ended in 2020.[7] The release of the film was delayed due to the Corona pandemic in Sri Lanka. The media screening and special screening of the film was held at Scope cinema in Colombo on 9 October 2024.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "ඉතිහාසය විකෘති කරන්න බැහැ – රියර් අද්මිරාල් ආචාර්ය සරත් වීරසේකර". divaina.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  2. ^ a b "ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා 18 වැනිදා තිරයට". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  3. ^ a b "පනාකඩුව තඹ සන්නසේ ඓතිහාසික අනාවරණය – ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා ළඟදීම රිදී තිරයට". divaina.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  4. ^ a b ""යුගයක දෝංකාරය": ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  5. ^ "Sri Sidhdha / ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා". films.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  6. ^ "මම රෙද්දක් ඇඳගෙන තනියම යද්දී අමුතුවට බැලුවා - පබෝධා සංදීපනි". deshaya.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  7. ^ a b "කීර්ති විජයබා පාදක කරගනිමින් ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා තිරයට සරත් වීරසේකරගේ අධ්‍යක්ෂණයක්: සරසවිය 2015 හොඳම නිෂ්පාදක සහ 2017 සිනමාකර්ෂණීය නිෂ්පාදක එක්වෙති". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  8. ^ "'ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා' සිනමාපටයේ විශේෂ දර්ශනය හා මාධ්‍ය දර්ශනය". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.