''Hathara Denama Soorayo'' () is a 2008

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

n Sinhala action romantic film directed and produced by Neil Rupasinghe. The film is a remake of 1971 blockbuster of the same name directed and produced by the same person. With that, the film became the second in the history of film industry in the world that the same Producer and Director did a re-make of the same film after 37 years with the same theme creating a world record. The four protagonist roles are played by stars Buddhika Jayarathne,

Roshan Pilapitiya Polwatta Rajapaksa Rajakaruna Rajawasala Mudiyanselage Chethiya Roshan Bandara Abeysingha Pilapitiya (born 21 March 1975: ), popularly as Roshan Pilapitiya, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a singer. Largely ac ...

Jagath Chamila Jagath Chamila Fernando (, born 6 June 1972) is an actor in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. He made his film debut in 1992 in the Sinhalese language, Sinhalese film ''Guru Gedara'', portraying a child. In 2013, he w ...

and

Amila Abeysekara Amila Sampath Abeysekara (born 7 March 1983: ), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Mostly engaged in television, Abeysakara is best known for the role ''Amantha'' in the serial ''Paba'', where he won the most popular actor award in ...

in lead roles along with

Chathurika Peiris Chathurika Jayamani Peiris (born 2 January 1981) () is an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema and television. She is best known for the roles in television serials ''Sepalika'', ''Swayanjatha'' and ''Hiru Thanivela''. Personal life ...

and

Kanchana Mendis Kanchana Mendis (born June 24, 1980 as :si:කාංචනා මෙන්ඩිස්, කාංචනා මෙන්ඩිස්) inhala is an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama, and television. She is best know ...

. Music composed by Jayantha Ratnayake. It is the 1101st 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 Lan ...

Plot

Cast

* Buddhika Jayaratne as Podde ayya *

as Vijay *

as Jagiriya aka Jaggi *

as Linton *

as Nilmini *

as Soma * Chinthaka Kulatunga as Harry *

Duleeka Marapana Wasala Kulathun Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Duleeka Kumari Wijekoon Marapana commonly as Duleeka Marapana (; born 15 November 1975), is an actress in Sri Lankan stage, television and cinema as well as a public speaker, director, producer and philanth ...

as Soma's mother, Bath amma *

Chandika Nanayakkara Nanayakkara Wasan Pallage Viraj Chandika Nanayakkara, popularly as Chandika Nanayakkara ( චන්දික නානායක්කාර) inhala, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Nanayakkara won the award for the most popular ...

as Police officer *

Tissa Wijesurendra Don Bhathiyatissa Wijesurendra (තිස්ස විජේසුරේන්ද්‍ර 3 April 1949 – 11 May 2020), popularly as Tissa Wijesurendra, was a Sri Lankan actor. One of the most popular actors of the 1970s, Wijesurendra played ma ...

as Mr. Samarasinghe, Nilmini's father *

Nadeeka Gunasekara Dissanayake Wijesuriyage Sandhya Darshani Gunasekara (born May 13, 1958 as නදීකා ගුණසේකර) inhala, popularly as Nadeeka Gunasekara, is an actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a perso ...

as Mrs. Samarasinghe, Nilmini's step mother * Gnananga Gunawardena as Uncle *

Teddy Vidyalankara Ganwari Teddy Vidyalankara (born December 16, 1955, as :si:ටෙඩී විද්‍යාලංකාර, ටෙඩී විද්‍යාලංකාර inhala is a Sri Lankan actor, and stunt director. Vidyalankara contributed more t ...

* Nadeesha Alahapperuma as Jaggi's fiancée * Manjula Thilini as Sumana * Kavindu Perera as Sumana's brother

Soundtrack

References

2008 films 2000s Sinhala-language films Films set in Sri Lanka (1948–present) {{2000s-SriLanka-film-stub