''Wada Bari Tarzan'' ( si, වැඩ බැරි ටාසන්, italic=yes) is a 2007

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 comedy film co-directed by Sudesh Wasantha Peiris and

Sunil Soma Peiris Pattiyage Sunil Soma Peiris (Pattiyage Sunil Soma Peiris, 13 April 1948 – 10 December 2021) ( si, සුනිල් සෝම පීරිස්) was a Sri Lankan screenwriter, actor, editor and filmmaker in Sri Lankan cinema. He was a prolif ...

and produced by Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T. Films. It stars

Tennyson Cooray Merengnnage Edward Tennyson Cooray (සිංහල: මෙරෙඤඤගේ එඩ්වඩ් ටෙනිසන් කුරේ) (30 April 1952 – 28 September 2020) was an actor and comedian in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the most ...

Jeevan Kumaratunga Jeewan Kumaranatunga (born 7 November 1958: si, ජීවන් කුමාරතුංග), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television, who later became a politician, a former member of the parliament and a former cabinet ministe ...

Rex Kodippili Rex Joseph Kodippili (born 6 October 1938: Sinhala:රෙක්ස් කොඩිප්පිලි) is a Sri Lankan film actor and film director. Primarily acted as a villain for the most of his career, Kodippili appeared in more than 130 ...

, and Piyumi Purasinghe in lead roles along with Premadasa Vithanage, Chathura Perera and Jeevan Handunnetti. Music Composed by Keshan Perera. It is the 1085th 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 ...

. This film has brought debut cinema acting for Piyumi Purasinghe. It is inspired by

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

Plot

Cast

as Tarzan * Piyumi Purasinghe as Maheshi *

as Professor Devaka *

as Treasure hunter * Premadasa Vithanage as Gurunnanse 'Guruji' * Chathura Perera as Perera *

Susila Kottage Hewamunaweerage Susila Devi de Silva (born January 30, 1957 as සුසිලා කෝට්ටගේ) inhala, popularly known as Susila Kottage, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema theater and television. One of Sri Lanka's best female comed ...

as Nimbula * Jeevan Handunnetti as Nanna *

Sunil Hettiarachchi Sunil Edmund Hettiarachchi (8 April 1937 – 3 December 2015) was a well-known Sri Lankan comedian and character actor known for his bald appearance with a full beard and skinny frame. Career Hettiarachchi began his film career in 1982 playing a ...

as Silva * Manjula Thilini as Anjali * Buddhika Rambukwella * Ariyasena Gamage * Dayaratne Siriwardena as Kiri Honda * Rizwan Fa as Devaka's ally

Sequel

The directors made the sequel ''

Wada Bari Tarzan Mathisabayata ''Wada Bari Tarzan Mathisabayata'' ( si, වැඩබැරි ටාසන් මැතිසබයට, italic=yes), also as Wada Bari Tarzan 2, is a 2008 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film co-directed by Sudesh Wasantha Peiris and Sunil Soma Pei ...

'' in 2008.

References

2007 films 2000s Sinhala-language films 2007 comedy films Sri Lankan comedy films {{SriLanka-film-stub