''Hathara Denama Soorayo'' ( si, හතරදෙනාම සූරයෝ, italic=yes) is a 2008
Sri Lankan Sinhala action romantic film directed and produced by Neil Rupasinghe. The film is a
remake of 1971 blockbuster of the same name directed and produced by the same person. With that, the film became the second in the history of film industry in the world that the same Producer and Director did a re-make of the same film after 37 years with the same theme creating a world record. The four protagonist roles are played by stars Buddhika Jayarathne,
Roshan Pilapitiya
Roshan Pilapitiya Abhayasinghe (born 21 March 1975: si, රොෂාන් පිලපිටිය), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a singer. Largely active in television serials, Pilapitiya was awarded th ...
,
Jagath Chamila
Jagath Chamila Fernando ( si, ජගත් චමිල: born 6 June 1972) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. He made his film debut in 1992 in the Sinhalese film ''Guru Gedara'', portraying a child. In 2013, he won the aw ...
and
Amila Abeysekara in lead roles along with
Chathurika Peiris
Chathurika Jayamani Peiris (born 2 January 1981) ( si, චතුරිකා පීරිස්) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. She is best known for the roles in television serials ''Sepalika'', ''Swayanjatha'' and ''Hiru Tha ...
and
Kanchana Mendis
Kanchana Mendis, (born June 24, 1980 as කාංචනා මෙන්ඩිස්) inhala is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. She is best known for the roles in movies ''Rajaya Sewaya Pinisai'', ''Rosa Wasanthe'' ...
. Music composed by Jayantha Ratnayake. It is the 1101st Sri Lankan film in the
Sinhala cinema
Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the Sri Lankan film industry. It is a fledgling industry that has struggled to find a footing since its inauguration in 1947 with ''Kadawunu Poronduwa'' produced by S. M. Nayagam of Chitra Kala Movietone. Sri Lanka ...
.
Plot
Cast
* Buddhika Jayaratne as Podde ayya
*
Roshan Pilapitiya
Roshan Pilapitiya Abhayasinghe (born 21 March 1975: si, රොෂාන් පිලපිටිය), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a singer. Largely active in television serials, Pilapitiya was awarded th ...
as Vijay
*
Jagath Chamila
Jagath Chamila Fernando ( si, ජගත් චමිල: born 6 June 1972) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. He made his film debut in 1992 in the Sinhalese film ''Guru Gedara'', portraying a child. In 2013, he won the aw ...
as Jagiriya aka Jaggi
*
Amila Abeysekara as Linton
*
Chathurika Peiris
Chathurika Jayamani Peiris (born 2 January 1981) ( si, චතුරිකා පීරිස්) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. She is best known for the roles in television serials ''Sepalika'', ''Swayanjatha'' and ''Hiru Tha ...
as Nilmini
*
Kanchana Mendis
Kanchana Mendis, (born June 24, 1980 as කාංචනා මෙන්ඩිස්) inhala is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. She is best known for the roles in movies ''Rajaya Sewaya Pinisai'', ''Rosa Wasanthe'' ...
as Soma
* Chinthaka Kulatunga as Harry
*
Duleeka Marapana
Wasala Kulauthum Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Duleeka Kumari Wijekoon Marapana commonly as Duleeka Marapana ( si, දුලිකා මාරපන; born 15 November 1975), is an actress in Sri Lankan stage, television and cinema as well as a public ...
as Soma's mother, Bath amma
*
Chandika Nanayakkara as Police officer
*
Tissa Wijesurendra
Don Bhathiyatissa Wijesurendra (තිස්ස විජේසුරේන්ද්ර 3 April 1949 – 11 May 2020), popularly as Tissa Wijesurendra, was a Sri Lankan actor. One of the most popular actors of the 1970s, Wijesurendra played ma ...
as Mr. Samarasinghe, Nilmini's father
*
Nadeeka Gunasekara
Dissanayake Wijesuriyage Sandhya Darshani Gunasekara (born May 13, 1958 as නදීකා ගුණසේකර) inhala, popularly as Nadeeka Gunasekara, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Gunasekara is best known for the char ...
as Mrs. Samarasinghe, Nilmini's step mother
* Gnananga Gunawardena as Uncle
*
Teddy Vidyalankara
Ganwari Teddy Vidyalankara (born on December 16, 1955, as ටෙඩී විද්යාලංකාර inhala is a Sri Lankan actor, and stunt director. Vidyalankara contributed more than 500 films across all languages including Sinhala, ...
* Nadeesha Alahapperuma as Jaggi's fiancée
* Manjula Thilini as Sumana
* Kavindu Perera as Sumana's brother
Soundtrack
References
2008 films
Sinhala-language films
Films set in Sri Lanka (1948–present)
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