''Prabhakaran'' ( si, ප්‍රභාකරන්) is a 2008

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n bilingual biographical war film directed by Thushara Peiris and produced by Osmond de Silva. It stars

Priyankara Rathnayake Priyankara Rathnayake (born June 3, 1964 as si, ප්‍රියංකර රත්නායක) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Highly versatile actor mostly engaged in theater and cinema, Rathnayake is a lectur ...

, Anuruddhika Padukkage and Dasun Madhusanka in lead roles along with

Darshan Dharmaraj Darshan Dharmaraj ( ta, தர்ஷன் தர்மராஜ், si, දර්ශන් ධර්මරාජ්; 2 March 1981 – 2 October 2022) was a Sri Lankan actor in film, theatre and television. He made his first television appear ...

and Sarath Dikkumbura. Music composed by Mahesh Denipitiya. It is the 1104th film in Sri Lankan cinema. The film gained notoriety after Peiris was attacked by a mob in

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, India during a visit to work on the film's

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version. The attack was a result of an opposition towards the film by

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

(LTTE) supporters in the midst of ongoing

protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War Between 2008 and 2009, major protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War (often referred to as the Tamil protests by Western news media) took place in several countries around the world, urging national and world leaders and organisations to take a ...

. The film screened successfully in Rome and 25 theaters around Europe and earned 18,000 Euros.

Plot

The film revolves around the life and incidents of an LTTE cadre and his brother in the Wanni.

Cast

as Piyasoma * Anuruddhika Padukkage as Kamalini * Dasun Madhusanka as Kamalini's brother * Sarath Dikkumbura *

* Chamila Gamage * Kumara Ranapura * Aishara Athukorala * Hashinika Karaliyadda * Kamal Siriwardana * Harsha Udakanda

References

Cinema database
2008 films 2000s Sinhala-language films Films shot in Sri Lanka Films about the Sri Lankan Civil War {{SriLanka-film-stub