''Sulanga Apa Ragena Yavi'' ( si, සුළඟ අප රැගෙන යාවි) is a 2016

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 drama film directed by Nuwan Jayathilake and co-produced by director himself with Maya Nawagaththegama for Nawagaththegama Films. 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 ...

and Suranga Ranawaka in lead roles along with Sujeewa Priyalal and

Iranganie Serasinghe Kala Keerthi Iranganie Roxanna Meedeniya, (born 9 June 1927"Irangani As Told to Kumar de Silva", Kumar de Silva, Samaranayake Publishers, 2013), popularly as Iranganie Serasinghe, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Since h ...

. Music composed by

Chitral Somapala Peragaswatte Chandana Chitral Somapala (born 4 November 1966: si, චිත්‍රාල් සෝමපාල), aka Chity Somapala, is a Sri Lankan hard rock and heavy metal vocalist and a music director. He is known for his work with Europ ...

. It is the 1326th 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 successfully passed 100 theatrical days.

Plot

Cast

as Edward * Suranga Ranawaka as Kumari * Sujeewa Priyalal as Rasika * Anjana Premarathna as Duminda * Sampath Jayaweera as Ranji *

as Granny * Sanath Hennayaka as Nandapala * Sisira Thadikara as Farmer * Lanka Bandaranayake as Farmer's wife * Wasantha Muhandiram as Podi Vijay * Denushka Weerapperuma as Aunt * Chamal Ranasinghe as Apple salesman * Dinal Asanka as Kapuwa *

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 ...

as Elder father *

Bandula Vithanage Bandula de Silva Vithanage (born 11 September 1940 – died 1 September 2014 as බන්දුල විතානගේ) inhala was an actor and director in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television as well as a translator, director, play ...

as Monk * Semini Hennayaka as Nihansa * Praween Katukithula as Vihanga * Sudam Katukithula as Kasun * Dayadeva Edirisinghe as Policeman

Songs

The film has only one song sung by Himasha Manupriya.

Production

The film has been done on a tight budget. It was shot in around 15 days.

Awards and Screening

The film had a special autumn screening with director Q&A session on October 16 at Munich in Germany. The film has won several awards at international film festivals. * 49th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival 2016 - Remi Award * 18th London Asian Film Festival 2016 - Screened * Cinekid screening club in Netherlands - Competitive section * Cinema Di Ringhiera in Italy - Screened * Cinema De Mando in Rome - Screened * Indian Film Festival in Melbourne - Screened * European Children's Film Association - Sold in European film market * Toronto World International Film Festival - Screened * Held special shows in Munich in Germany, Verona, Brescia and Milano Italy, Sidney, Perth and Melbourne in Australia

References

External links

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சர்வதேசத்தின் கவனத்தை வென்ற இலங்கைத் திரைப்படம் ‘Sulanga Apa Regana Yaavi – The Wind Beneath Us’

ගින්නෙන් උපන් සීතලට පසුව “සුළඟ අප රැගෙන යාවි”

නුවන් ජයතිලකගේ “සුළඟ අප රැගෙන යාවි”

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