''Sarigama'' () is a 2016 Sinhala musical film written and directed by

Somaratne Dissanayake , native_name_lang = sinhala , pronunciation = sōmaratna disānāyaka , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Giriulla , baptised = , nationality =Sri Lankan , other_names = Soma (Nickname) , siglum = , citizenship = , ...

and produced by his wife Renuka Balasooriya for Cine Films Lanka. The film stars

Pooja Umashankar Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, mononymously known as Pooja, is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress, who has primarily appeared in Tamil, Sinhala and Malayalam language films. Early and personal life Pooja's mother, Sandhya, is a Sri Lankan Sinhalese and ...

and

Ashan Dias Ashan Dias ( Sinhala: අෂාන් ඩයස්; born 31 May 1981) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. Started as a newscaster in MBC Networks, Dias turned to be a character actor with several critically acclaimed roles in films such as ''Alim ...

as leading roles while

Malini Fonseka Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malini Fonseka ( Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a director. ...

and Gayani Gisantika also play key supporting roles. It was released on 2 December 2016 only on EAP 3D cinemas.

Origin

The film is an adaptation of the 1965

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award-winning musical ''

Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'', which was based on the autobiography of

Maria Von Trapp Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS (; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987) was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers'', which was published in 1949 and was the inspira ...

in 1949. Changes were made to suit the local setting, and the film avoids politics altogether; the film ends with the marriage of Maria and the Captain. The film was shot in picturesque hill country areas capturing the natural attractions of the island.

Plot

Maria (

), a young and beautiful music-loving girl enters a convent with the intention of becoming a Catholic nun. Her playful behavior and strong desire to make music create difficulties with the convent's administration. She is sent away to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed ex-navy captain (

). Maria's playful friendliness towards the children and the very strict captain attracts the love of both the children and the captain, changing all of their lives.

Cast

as Maria *

as Captain Tony *Gayani Gisantika as Sandra *Somasiri Alakolnga as John *

Malani Fonseka Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malini Fonseka ( Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television as well as a director. ...

as Reverend Mother *

Rathna Lalani Jayakody Jayakodige Dona Rathna Lalani (born 8 January 1964 as inhala, popularly as Rathna Lalani Jayakody, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. She is a teacher by profession. Personal life Rathna Lalani Jayakody was born on ...

as Sister Rita *Sakunathala Sathsarani as Sister Kathy *Bhudhi Randheniya as Sister Lisa *Sherin Ishani as Sister Sofia *Narthana Dhilmini as Sister Eva *Lalith Janakaantha as Max *

Ramya Wanigasekara Kalabhushana Ramya Wanigasekara (born 17 July; si, රම්‍යා වනිගසේකර) inhala, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the earliest pillars of Sri Lankan radio, she worked as a news reader fo ...

as Dalcy *Dasun Madusanka as Michael

Children

*Sinethi Akila as Olu *Thisuri Anjali as Nelum *Kaushalya Nirmana as Saman *Milni Menaara as Manel *Pramuditha Udayakumara as Sandun *Menaaraa Thisanya as Kumudu *Vethuli Umanya as Rosy

Music

The film had music scored by

Rohana Weerasinghe DR. Rohana Weerasinghe (born February 18, 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 Weer ...

and director

wrote the songs. Thirteen songs were released onto CD and sold at cinemas where the film was playing. Singers included

Nanda Malini Mirihana Arachchige Nanda Malini Perera ( Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී: born 23 August 1943), popularly as Nanda Malini, is a Sri Lankan songstress and playback singer. One of the best known and most honored singers of Sri Lanka, Malin ...

Edward Jayakody Jayakody Arachchige Don Edward Timothy Jayakody ( Sinhala:එඩ්වඩ් ජයකොඩි: born 6 April 1952), popularly as Edward Jayakody, is a Sri Lankan musician, singer and composer. Jayakody has directed the music for hundreds of Sinha ...

, Uresha Ravihari,

Sashika Nisansala Sashika Nisansala Jayasumana ( si, සශිකා නිසංසලා: born 28 September 1981), is a Sri Lankan songstress and playback singer. She won the SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards for the Most Popular Female Singer for record seven consec ...

and Harshana Dissanayake.

References

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සම්මානයක් ලැබුණාම ඔළුවට තව බරක් - Gayani Gisanthika
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