''Ran Kevita 1 (The Golden Rod)'', () is a 2007

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 children's fantasy film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and co-produced by Pravin Jayarathne, Dilman Jayaratne, Janitha Marasinghe and Udayakantha Warnasuriya for Millennium Entertainment. Its sequel film '' Ran Kevita 2'' directed by the same director released in 2013. It stars Harith Beddewela and Hisham Samsudeen in lead role along with

Vijaya Nandasiri Ilukpitiya Mudiyanselage Vijaya Nandasiri (6 May 1944 – 8 August 2016 as විජය නන්දසිරි) was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Considered a leading dramatist in Sri Lankan cinema, he was also a ...

and Srinath Maddumage. Music composed by Sangeeth Wickramasinghe. It is the 1084th Sri Lankan film in the

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Plot

12-year-old Suran comes from a village. His pen friend Janith lives in town and he visits Suran's rural village during school vacations. Going around the beautiful village Suran and Janith one day visit a friend's home. There they find a loris. Seeing the animal Suran is reminded of a story he had read in a book and the two friends start to dig out the truth of what he had heard. Getting together with a young novice monk in the temple the two friends find books that mention about a supernatural power that can be obtained using the tears of loris. With the help of the monk they prepare the application which could be used to see the guardian devil of bulls. They further realise if they can have access to the golden rod belonging to the devil they would be able to do wonders. Suran and Janith prepare the application and apply it on their eyelids, see the devil and obtain the rod.

Cast

* Harith Baddewela as Suran * Hisham Samsudeen as Janith * Srinath Maddumage as Vilba *

as Suran's father * Semini Iddamalgoda as Janith's mother *

Bennett Rathnayake Bennett Rathnayake (; born 24 October), is a filmmaker in Sri Lankan cinema and a television director. He has produced several critically acclaimed award-winning films such as ''Aswesuma'', ''Sulanga'' and ''Ira Handa Yata''. He is also the form ...

as Janith's father * Sarath Chandrasiri as Devil * Ariyasena Gamage as Card player * Saman Hemaratne as Dingiya * Gunawardena Hettiarachchi * Susantha Chandramali as Suran's mother

Songs

පැන්සල් පොත් නෑලු - Raminda Dixy

Soundtrack

References

2007 films 2000s Sinhala-language films Films directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya {{2000s-SriLanka-film-stub