''Vijayaba Kollaya'' ( si, විජයබා කොල්ලය, lit=Sack of Vijayabahu) is a 2019

Sinhalese Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinha ...

historical drama A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure f ...

directed by

Sunil Ariyaratne Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne Kuruwita Bandara (born 28 July 1949 as සුනිල් ආරියරත්න), popularly as Sunil Ariyaratne, is a Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and a l ...

. The film stars

Hemal Ranasinghe Hemal Sachindra Ranasinghe (born 25 August 1984 as හේමාල් රණසිංහ)) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. He earned the critics' award for 'Best Actor' and 'Most Popular Actor' at the Derana Film Awards in bo ...

Senali Fonseka Wanniarachchige Senali Koshila Fonseka () (born 18 September 1992), popularly known as Senali Fonseka, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. Her first appeared film was ''Siri Parakum'' as ''Sirimal Ethana.'' Senali became ...

and

Ashan Dias Ashan Dias ( Sinhala: අෂාන් ඩයස්; born 31 May 1981) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. Started as a newscaster in MBC Networks, Dias turned to be a character actor with several critically acclaimed roles in films such as ''Alim ...

in lead roles. Rohana Weerasinghe composed the film's soundtrack. The film's screenplay was written by

Tissa Abeysekara Deshanabu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist. He is better known as a script writer for th ...

, the last before his death. The story is based on W. A. Silva's 1938 novel ''Vijayaba Kollaya'' on the historical event of the same name. The Vijayabā Kollaya was a succession dispute in 1521 that led to the division of the

Kingdom of Kotte The Kingdom of Kotte ( si, කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, Kottay Rajadhaniya), named after its capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Kotte, was a Sinhala kingdom, Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th cent ...

and eventually its downfall. The love triangle of Nayanananda, Neelamani and Asanga. In theatres both 2D and 3D.

Plot

In 1505,

Lourenço de Almeida Lourenço de Almeida (c.1480 - March 1508) was a Portuguese explorer and military commander. He was born in Martim, Kingdom of Portugal, the son of Francisco de Almeida, first viceroy of Portuguese India. Acting under his father, Lourenço dist ...

, a Portuguese naval ship, landed in Sri Lanka mistakenly due to a storm during a voyage. The story dated to the legends about King

Vijayabahu VII of Kotte Vijayabahu VI was the son of Vira Parakrama Bahu VIII, who was an adopted child of Parakrama Bahu VI who founded the Kingdom of Kotte. He was born in c. 1445 and grew up with his brothers Sri Rajasinghe, Dharma Parakramabahu IX, and Raigam Banda ...

and his sons

Bhuvanaikabahu VII of Kotte Bhuvanaikabahu VII (1468 – 29 December 1550) was King of Kotte in the sixteenth century, who ruled from 1521 to 1551. He was the eldest son of Vijayabahu VII of Kotte, whom he succeeded, and his chief queen Anula Kahatuda. He was born in 1 ...

Mayadunne of Sitawaka Mayadunne ( si, මායාදුන්නේ) (1501–1581) was the King of Sitawaka, ruled the kingdom between 1521 and 1581. Mayadunne was a fierce opponent of the Portuguese, who had arrived on the island in 1505. He devoted his early life t ...

and

Raigama Bandara Raigama Bandara also known as Pararajasinghe was the son of Vijayabahu VII (1521) and brother of Mayadunne and Buvanekabahu VI. When Kingdom of Kotte The Kingdom of Kotte ( si, කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, Kottay Rajadha ...

princes who succeeded King Parakramabahu IX of Kotte. Neelamani is the daughter of the King's army leader, where one of his warriors, Asanga falls in love with Neelamani. However, Nilamani had captured the heart of Nayanananda, a young man from the upcountry who worked as a spy. After betrayal, king's men were after Nayanananda and he hide in army leader's stable. Meanwhile, three sons plan to ascend the throne by killing their father. With several incidents in line, Asanga expressed his love for Neelamni, who refused it due to Nayanananda. Both Nayananada and Asanga went for a war and Asanga promised Neelamani that he will protect Nayanananda. However, Nayanananda is captured during the fight and Neelamani scolds Asanga. Asanga goes to the Portuguese camp where he persuades Nayanananda to escape and Asanga takes his place. He eventually escapes with another girl who happens to be a daughter of an old friend. He returns to Nayanananda and Neelamani who pleads Asanga's forgiveness for her stupidity. Soon after mortally wounded Asanga succumbs to his injuries and passes away

Cast

as Nayananada *

as Neelamani *

as Asanga * Preethi Randeniya as Vindunatha * Buddhika Jayaratne as Kandure Bandara * Erdley Wedamuni as Nayaka Senevi * Chulakshi Ranathunga as Hamidumma * Ariyaratne Kalurachchi as Vijayabahu VI * Hans Billmoria as Lasarda * Ryan van Rooyen * Gavin Ludwyk * Gayana Sudarshani as Devaki * Yash Weerasinghe as Mayadunne

Production

Following the successful

's ''

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'' in 2016, starring

Pooja Umashankar Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, mononymously known as Pooja, is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress, who has primarily appeared in Tamil, Sinhala and Malayalam language films. Early and personal life Pooja's mother, Sandhya, is a Sri Lankan Sinhalese and h ...

and after completing post production ''

Bimba Devi Alias Yashodhara Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara () is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala language epic, biographical drama film written and directed by professor Sunil Ariyaratne. This historical biographical film depicts the life of princess Yashodhara, the wife of Prince ...

'' in 2018, starring

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, Ariyaratne was announced his next project ''Vijayaba Kollaya'' as a film present for celebrating 71st anniversary of Sinhalese Cinema. With cooperation executive film producer

Boodee Keerthisena Vishvanath Buddhika Keerthisena, also known as Boodee Keerthisena, is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He began his career drawing comics before moving into painting, dress design, and visual arts. He moved into music in the late 1980s, and performed in ...

. This was based on Sinhala literature W. A. Silva's novel of the same name. On 21 January 2018, day of Sinhalese Cinema 71st year celebration, Boodee Keerthisena and Sunil Ariyarathne was announced they're next project present to Sinhalese cinema. The muhurath ceremony was held ''Mathura Restaurant'' at

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. Boodee producing under the production house Buddhi Films announced that they would produce a film starring

to be directed by Sunil Ariyarathne.

Songs

The film consists with two songs.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, tt9359348, Vijayabā Kollaya 2019 films 2010s Sinhala-language films Films set in the Crisis of the Sixteenth Century Sri Lankan historical drama films 2010s historical drama films 2019 drama films