''Parapura'' () is a 2014

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 Sinhalese action thriller film directed by

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 ...

and co-produced by Cletus Mendis himself with Basil Jayasuriya and Srimali Jayasuriya. 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 ...

, Ravindra Randeniya and Sanath Gunathilake along with Ranjan Ramanayake, Nita Fernando and Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi. It is the 1,209th 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 ...

. It was the first acting role for Dilantha Mendis and Jeevan Kumaratunga's daughter, Malsha Kumaratunga.

Cast

as Suranimala; Madhawa, Kamal and Dilanga's father * Ravindra Randeniya as a Parliament Minister Rajamanthri; A kind hearted minister who helped to people * Sanath Gunathilake as Minister Marasinghe; A criticism minister who abducted Dilanga * Ranjan Ramanayake as Madhawa; Suranimala's first son who is a boxer like his father *

Dilhani Ekanayake Dilhani Ashokamala Ekanayake (; born 4 March 1970) is an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the most popular film actresses in Sinhala cinema, Ekanayake has won several awards as the most popular ...

as Sudharma; Madhawa, Kamal and Dilanga's mother * Dilanga Mendis as Dilanga aka Suduputha; Suranimala's third son who had a wizarding power * Kanchana Mendis as Chethana; Madhava's girlfriend * Nita Fernando as Kanthi; Dilanga's adopted mother *

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 ...

as Dilanga's friend * Ajith Rajapaksha as Tyrone; The main villain who tried to kill Dilanga * Buddhadasa Vithanarachchi as Chethana's father *

Kumara Thirimadura Kumara Thirimadura (; born April 17, 1969) is an actor in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is an actor, singer, filmmaker and journalist by profession. He is considered one of five actors who have dominated t ...

as Dilanga's adopted father *

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 ...

as a Police officer Sathyapala * Chillie Thilanka as Musician Kamal aka Mahathun; Suranimala's second son who escaped from home to be a musician *

Dinesh Subasinghe Dinesh (Devanagari: ') is a common Hindu male given name. The Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose i ...

as Music director *

as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) * Wilson Karunaratne * Denuwan Senadhi as Dilanga's friend * Menaka Peries as Iresha * Smanathi Lanaroul as Podi hamina *

Maureen Charuni Kurukulasuriya Maureen O'Hara Perera (born 19 September, 1963 as මොරින් චාරුනී) inhala, popularly known as Maureen Charuni, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema theater and television. Highly versatile actress who dominate ...

as Chethana's mother * Rajasinghe Loluwagoda as Photographer * Malsha Kumaratunga * Christeena Fernando * Sarath Dikkumbura

References

2014 films 2010s Sinhala-language films {{2010s-SriLanka-film-stub