''Tsunami'' ( si, සුනාමි) is a 2020

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 disaster drama film directed by

Somaratne Dissanayake Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, Screenwriter and Producer. He is the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka (FMG). He won the Peace prize of Chicago Internation ...

and produced by his wife Renuka Balasooriya for Cine Films Lanka. It stars

Niranjani Shanmugaraja Niranjani Shanmugaraja also known as Niranjani Shanmugarajah ( ta, நிரஞ்சனி சண்முகராஜா, si, නිරන්ජණි ශණ්මුගරාජා) is a Sri Lankan award-winning actress in Cinema of Sri Lank ...

and

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 ...

in lead roles along with

Himali Sayurangi Himali Sayurangi Ranaweera (born July 18 as හිමාලි සයුරංගි) Sinhala_language">Sinhala.html" ;"title="Sinhala_language.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Sinhala language">Sinhala">Sinhala_language.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Sinhala l ...

and

Bimal Jayakody Jayakodige Dona Dhanuka Bimal Jayakody (born on 21 June 1977: as බිමල් ජයකොඩි), popularly known as Bimal Jayakody is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Highly versatile actor, Jayakody is known for many dramati ...

. Music composed by

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. The film is based on incidents occurred in Sri Lanka during

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

on 26 December 2004. The screening halted due to

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. In October 2020, the film has qualified to represent the competition section of the Byelsa International Film Festival in Yonago, Nigeria, in which later won the Best Actress Award as well as Best Director Award. Dissanayake won the Best Director award at the Moonwhite Films International Film Fest in the Feature Film International category at the Moonwhite Films International Film Fest held on 8 December 2020 in India. In addition, the film was nominated for Best International Film.

Plot

The film is based on a true story about a war of love for a mother and a devoted mother who lost a child in the tsunami.

Cast

as Kuchchaveli Kalyani *

as Selvam * Menara Weeratunga as Prabha *

as Sriyani *

as Kapila *

Giriraj Kaushalya Silmesthri Giriraj Kaushalya (born November 13, 1964) (), popularly known as Giriraj Kaushalya, is a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Highly versatile actor from drama to comedy, Kaushalya also has worked as an ...

as Lawyer * Anuruddhika Padukkage as Varuni *

Kumara Thirimadura Kumara Thirimadura (born April 17, 1969 as කුමාර තිරිමාදුර) [Sinhala) is an actor in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is an actor, singer, filmmaker and journalist by profession. ...

as Thovilakaru * Sarath Chandrasiri as Gurunnanse * Lalith Janakantha as Buddhist monk * Sampath Tennakoon as Sinhala teacher * Wishwajith Gunasekara * Ranjani Rajmohan * J. Yogaraja

Production and release

The film was shot over a period of 50 days. The tsunami wave was created in an abandoned shrimp box at Molagoda, Negombo. It was Ranmihithenna which was used built the scene where the bus was toppled. The big coconut palm trees and palm trees were transported to the scenery. The film was initially planned to released in August 2019 in 75 theaters islandwide by Ben Holdings’ Savoy Cinemas (formerly EAP Films and Theaters). In November, the film was premiered in nine theaters with state-of-the-art equipment, which were opened recently at Galle face Shopping complex in Colombo one. The film was initially planned to screen on 26 December 2019, it was delayed to the screening of ''Rush'' and ''Vishama Bhaga''. The film was officially premiered at Savoy Premier Theater, Wellawatte on 16 January 2020. It is the first

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film in Sri Lanka.

Soundtrack

The film consists with two songs.

References

External links

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