''Selvam'' ( si, සෙල්වම්, italic=yes; ) is a 2011

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 war drama film directed by Sanjaya Leelaratne and produced by M. Mohamed. It stars two debutants Santhalingam Gokularaj and

Shalani Tharaka Gonakumbura Pangukarage Shalani Tharaka Wijayabandara ( sinhala: ශලනි තාරකා; born 15 November 1990), popularly known as Shalani Tharaka, is a Sri Lankan actress and model. One of the most popular television actresses in Sri La ...

in lead roles along with

Malini Fonseka Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malini Fonseka ( Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a director. ...

and

Joe Abeywickrama Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama ( Sinhala:ජෝ අබේවික්‍රම) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), popularly as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Initially famed ...

. Music composed by

Rohana Weerasinghe DR. Rohana Weerasinghe (born February 18, 1949), is a Sri Lankan musician, composer and singer. Early life Weerasinghe was born on 18 February 1949 in Algiriya, Matara in southern Sri Lanka. He was the youngest child to his parents Henry Weer ...

. The main protagonist Pushparaja is played by Santhalingam Gokularaj, an ex-LTTE soldier. The director cast him after seeing him in a rehabilitation camp after the end of war. It is the 1166th film in the Sri Lankan cinema.

Plot

Cast

* Denny Abinesh as Selvam * Santhalingam Gokularaj as Pushparaja *

as Medhavi *

as Madhuvani *

as Sathyawel *

Chandika Nanayakkara Chandika Nanayakkara ( චන්දික නානායක්කාර) inhala, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Nanayakkara won the award for the most popular actor in Sumathi Awards in two consecutive years, 2009 and 2010. He ...

as Captain Migara * Lakshman Mendis as Mathara Mudalali *

Jayani Senanayake Kapuwela Vidanage Senanayake Mudiyanselage Jayani Chamathka Dharmadasa Senanayake (born as ජයනි සේනානායක; February 1, 1974), popularly as Jayani Senanayake, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Hig ...

as Vijitha, Mudalali's wife * Sanjaya Leelaratne as Bhathiya * Nadaraja Sivam * Anuruddhika Dilrukshi * N. Puvanalogany * Sasindi Nawanga Hewapatha *Bithum Chabee Chanakya * Prabath Maduranga Jayawardhana ( Child actor)

Soundtrack

Awards

* 2011 Kuala Lumpur Film Festival Award for the Best Asian film of the year 2011 * 2011 Kuala Lumpur Film Festival Award for the Best Upcoming Director

References

2011 films 2010s Sinhala-language films Films about the Sri Lankan Civil War {{SriLanka-film-stub