Ali Kathawa

2017 Sri Lankan film
  • 18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)
CountrySri LankaLanguageSinhala

Ali Kathawa (An Elephant's Tale) (Sinhala: අලි කතාව) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne[2] and produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films. It stars a child artist Kaushalya Nirmana in lead role along with Ravindra Randeniya, Tharuka Wanniarachchi, Dhananjaya Siriwardena and Yohani Hansika. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.[3][4][5] It is the 1276th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[6] The film is based on the novel Anusha Saha Raja Kumaru written by Leticia Boteju.

Cast

  • Kaushalya Nirmana as Bhanu ( Main Actor )
  • Yohani Hansika as Sumangali
  • Dhananjaya Siriwardena as King
  • Tharuka Wanniarachchi as Queen
  • Ravindra Randeniya as Hermit      
  • Duleeka Marapana as Veddah Gomari         
  • Rodney Warnakula as Kinnara leader    
  • Sarath Kothalawala as Handuna veddah 
  • Kumara Thirimadura as Gobila veddha  
  • Wilson Gunaratne as  Maha Amathi
  • Deepani Silva as God beseecher
  • Giriraj Kaushalya as King's physician [4]
  • Jayantha Muthuthanthri as Kinnara leader's servant

Production

The script based on a story by Leticia Botheju, Anusha and Raja Kumaru. All scenes of baby elephants were filmed in Chiang Mai - Thailand. Other scenes were shot in Sri Lanka.[7]

Soundtrack

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Magul Magul Eheth Magul[8]"Sunil AriyaratneRodney Warnakula 
2."Punchi Hora Mage"Sunil AriyaratneNanda Malini 
3."Nil Thanakola Budintai"Sunil AriyaratneIroshan Madushanka 
4."Seetha Gagul Ada Hale"Sunil AriyaratneVidusha Nethranjali 

References

  1. ^ "Ali Kathawa child actors". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ^ "This is Going Back to My Childhood - මහාචාර්ය සුනිල් ආරියරත්න අලි කතාව ගැන හෙළි කරයි". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ^ Ali Kathawa (2017), retrieved 2017-05-07
  4. ^ a b "Two hours of childish happiness". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Ali Kathawa plot - මිනිස් දරුවකු හා අලි පැටවකුගේ මිතුදම ගැන කියන 'අලි කතාව'". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "අලි කතාව හදද්දී අලි ඇබැද්දි රැසක්". www.sarasaviya.lk. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  8. ^ "Sri Lanka film history". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

External links

  • Ali Kathawa at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • අලිකතාවෙන් සම්මාන දිනූ ඉරෝෂන් මධුෂංක
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