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Sri Siddha (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා), is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese historical thriller film directed by Rear admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara and co-produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara, Thusitha Wijesinghe and Malika Wijayasuriya. The film is based on the early life of Vijayabahu the Great, who demolished Chola dynasty in Sri Lanka and united the nation to build the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, which is written on the Panakaduwa copper plate. It stars Dineth De Silva in titular role as Vijayabahu with Angampora marital artist Ritigala Sumedha as his apprentice soldier where Paboda Sandeepani, Udari Warnakulasooriya, Buddhika Jayaratne and Jagath Chamila made supportive roles.




Plot






Cast


Dineth De Silva as Kiththi aka Vijayabahu the Great
Ritigala Sumedha as Soldier Budalna
Udari Warnakulasooriya as Vijayabahu's queen consort
Paboda Sandeepani as Sugula
Jagath Chamila as Sugula's husband
Geetha Kanthi Jayakody as Sugula's mother
Kumara Thirimadura
Damitha Abeyratne
Sachithra Weerasekera as Kiththi's father
Buddhika Jayaratne as Raja Raja Chola
Udeni Alwis as Purohitha
Oshadi Hewamadduma as Kiththi's mother
Ruwan Wickramasinghe as Buddhist monk
Kumara Karunananda
Rajitha Rudrigo
Janindu Chamath Kumara
Wasantha Vittachchi
Melanie Asoka




Production and release


This is the second cinema direction by Rear admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara, who previously directed the award-winning blockbuster Gamani in 2011. He also wrote the screenplay and lyrics in the film. Co-producers of the film are, Gunapala Rathnasekara who won the Best film award for the Maharaja Gemunu at the 2015 Sarasaviya Awards, Thusitha Wijesena who won the Best film award for the Aloko Udapadi at the 2017 Sarasaviya Awards and Dr. Malika Jayasuriya.
Cinematography handled by Chandana Jayasinghe and Dhammika Pathirana made still photography. Praveen Jayaratne is the editor, Wimal Deshapriya is the assistant director and Nimal Wijesiri Senadheera contributed in the production management. Costume designed by Kumara Karavadeni and makeup by Priyantha Dissanayake. Ritigala Sumedha is the stunt director. Award-winning musician Dinesh Subasinghe is the music director, whereas Saman Lenin, Viraj Bhathiya and Meena Prasadini made background vocals.
According to the director, he had consulted all the books mentioned about Vijayabahu and took about six months to complete the script. The shooting commenced in 2018 within 40 days and post productions ended in 2020. The release of the film was delayed due to the Corona pandemic in Sri Lanka. The media screening and special screening of the film was held at Scope cinema in Colombo on 9 October 2024.




References






External links


Sri Siddha official trailer on YouTube

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