''Sama Kumaru Kathawa (Tale of the Prince of Peace)'' ( si, සාම කුමරු කතාව), is a 2019
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 Sinhala Buddhist epic biographical film directed by Nishantha Seneviratne and produced by Udara Palliyaguru for Guththila Strategic Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. It film stars
Wimal Kumara de Costa
Wimal Kumara de Costa (4 July 1948 – 20 November 2016 as විමල් කුමාර ද කොස්තා inhala was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. One of the most popular comedy artists in 1980s and 1990s, he started cinema career ...
, Rohana Beddage,
Geetha Kanthi Jayakody
Jayakodige Dona Geetha Kanthi (born November 28, 1957 as ()), popularly as Geetha Kanthi Jayakody, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. theater and television. She is also a dubbing artist.
Personal life
Geetha Kanthi Jayakody was born on 28 Nov ...
and many new child cast. It is the 1332nd 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 ...
.
The film was released on 31 May 2019 to fill the film gap.
Plot
The film is based on the Buddhist epic novel called ''Pansiya Panas Jathaka Potha'', which contain nearly 550
Jataka tales
The Jātakas (meaning "Birth Story", "related to a birth") are a voluminous body of literature native to India which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. According to Peter Skilling, this genre is ...
about the pre-incarnations of Gautama Buddha.
Cast
*
Wimal Kumara de Costa
Wimal Kumara de Costa (4 July 1948 – 20 November 2016 as විමල් කුමාර ද කොස්තා inhala was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. One of the most popular comedy artists in 1980s and 1990s, he started cinema career ...
*
Geetha Kanthi Jayakody
Jayakodige Dona Geetha Kanthi (born November 28, 1957 as ()), popularly as Geetha Kanthi Jayakody, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. theater and television. She is also a dubbing artist.
Personal life
Geetha Kanthi Jayakody was born on 28 Nov ...
* Rohana Beddage
* Nalaka Daluwatte
* Himaya Bandara
* Dineth de Silva
* Nanda Wickramage
* Deshapriya Bandara
* Rahal Bulathsinhala
* Ashoka Priyadarshana
* Shan Fernando
Child cast
* Dimirthi Palliyaguru
* Deertha Palliyaguru
* Akash Vihanga as Sama Prince
* Rizon Lehansa
References
External links
Official Facebook pageOfficial trailerසාම කුමරු තිරයට
2019 films
2010s Sinhala-language films
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