''Maharaja Ajasath'' () is a 2015

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 epic biographical film directed by Sanath Abeysekara and produced by Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T. Films. It stars

Jeevan Kumaratunga Jeewan Kumaranatunga (born 7 November 1958: ), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television, who later became a politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, parliament and a former cabinet minister. He is a close relativ ...

, Gayan Wikramathilake, and

Palitha Silva Garanduwa Baarage Palitha Silva (born August 30, 1967, as :si:පාලිත සිල්වා, පාලිත සිල්වා) inhala is a Sri Lankan actor, dramatist, producer, director, scriptwriter, and author. He started his caree ...

in lead roles along with

Sabeetha Perera Warnakulasuriya Uswaththa Liyanage Sabeetha Janaki Perera (born December 1, 1962) is an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema and Cinema of Pakistan, old Lollywood cinema of Pakistan. She is the most successful female superstar of th ...

and Hashini Gonagala. Music co-composed by

Rohana Weerasinghe Dr. Rohana Weerasinghe (born 18 February 1949) is a Sri Lankan musician, composer and singer. Early life Weerasinghe was born on 18 February 1949 in Algiriya, Matara in southern Sri Lanka. He was the youngest child to his parents Henry Weeras ...

and Ranga Dassanayaka. A special screening was taken place prior to original screening at Tharangani Cinema Hall, at National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka for Buddhist Monks. The film reveals the story of King Ajasath, who lived in Magadha Empire,

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during the period of

Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...

. The film shows how he who caused the death of his father to achieve the throne later seek refuge in Dharma.

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King Bimbisara Bimbisāra (in Buddhist tradition) or Shrenika () and Seniya () in the Jain histories ( or ) was the King of Magadha (V. K. Agnihotri (ed.), ''Indian History''. Allied Publishers, New Delhi 262010p. 166f. or ) and belonged to the Haryanka dy ...

Kosala Devi Kosala Devī was Queen consort of Magadha as the first wife of King Bimbisara (558–491 BC). She was born a princess of Kashi and was the sister of King Prasenajit. Her first name is Bhadra-śrī. Life Kosala Devī was born to the King of Ko ...

* Gayan Wikramathilake as Maharaja Ajasath *

as Rev. Devadatta Thero *

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 Kakawalli * Hashini Gonagala as

Princess Vajira Vajira (also called Vajirakumari) was queen consort of Magadha as the principal consort of King Ajatashatru. She was the mother of her husband's successor, King Udayibhadra. Vajira was born a princess of the Kingdom of Kosala and was the daug ...

Robin Fernando Pattiyage Robin Steven Fernando (born 15 June 1937 – died 8 January 2022 as රොබින් ප්‍රනාන්දු in inhala, popularly as Robin Fernando, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television as well as a stunt coord ...

as Purohitha *

Rex Kodippili Rex Joseph Kodippili ( Sinhala:රෙක්ස් කොඩිප්පිලි; 6 October 1938 – 24 December 2023), was a Sri Lankan film actor and producer. Primarily acting as a villain for most of his career, Kodippili appeared in more t ...

as Purohitha *

Roshan Ranawana Roshan Ranawana () (born 23 March 1981) is a Sri Lankan film actor and a model. Ranawana was awarded the most popular actors award at the Derana film awards in 2013. Ranawana made his acting debut with ''Hiripoda Wessa'' (2006) and won a Presid ...

as Sonu *

Cletus Mendis Gammada Liyanage Cletus Paulinus Mendis, popularly as Cletus Mendis (born as :si:ක්ලීටස් මෙන්ඩිස්, ක්ලීටස් මෙන්ඩිස් Sinhala language, Sinhala) is a Sri Lankan actor, mainly works in cine ...

as Purohitha *

Wasantha Kumaravila Wasantha Kumaravila (born December 31, 1955, as :si:වසන්ත කුමාරවිල, වසන්ත කුමාරවිල inhala is a Sri Lankan actor, film producer, stunt performer, and stunt director. He is most notable for hi ...

as Maha Senavi * G.R Perera as Mahamathya * Menaka Maduwanthi as Badirawathi *

Geetha Kanthi Jayakody Jayakodige Dona Geetha Kanthi (born November 28, 1957, as ()), popularly as Geetha Kanthi Jayakody, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. theater and television. She is also a dubbing artist. Personal life Geetha Kanthi Jayakody was born on 28 No ...

as Punna * Gnananga Gunawardena * Manel Chandralatha as Servant * Rahal Bulathsinghala as Acharya

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වැරැදි නොකරන මිනිසෙක් ලොවේ නැතතමන්ට ගැළපෙන්නේ නැති අය ඇසුරු කරන්න එපා අජාසත් කියන්නේ එයයි
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