Ali Kathawa

Ali Kathawa
අලි කතාව
Theatrical poster of Ali Kathawa
Theatrical poster of Ali Kathawa
Directed bySunil Ariyaratne
Written bySunil Ariyaratne
Produced bySipvin Films
StarringKaushalya Nirmana
Yehani Hansika
Dhananjaya Siriwardena[1]
CinematographyChanna Deshapriya
Edited byThissa Surendra
Music byRohana Weerasinghe
Distributed byEAP Theatres
Release date
  • 18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Ali Kathawa (An Elephant's Tale) (Sinhala: අලි කතාව) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne[2] and produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films. It stars a child artist Kaushalya Nirmana in lead role along with Ravindra Randeniya, Tharuka Wanniarachchi, Dhananjaya Siriwardena and Yohani Hansika. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.[3][4][5] It is the 1276th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[6] The film is based on the novel Anusha Saha Raja Kumaru written by Leticia Boteju.

Cast

Production

The script based on a story by Leticia Botheju, Anusha and Raja Kumaru. All scenes of baby elephants were filmed in Chiang Mai - Thailand. Other scenes were shot in Sri Lanka.[7]

Soundtrack

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Magul Magul Eheth Magul[8]"Sunil AriyaratneRodney Warnakula 
2."Punchi Hora Mage"Sunil AriyaratneNanda Malini 
3."Nil Thanakola Budintai"Sunil AriyaratneIroshan Madushanka 
4."Seetha Gagul Ada Hale"Sunil AriyaratneVidusha Nethranjali 

References

  1. ^ "Ali Kathawa child actors". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ^ "This is Going Back to My Childhood - මහාචාර්ය සුනිල් ආරියරත්න අලි කතාව ගැන හෙළි කරයි". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ^ Ali Kathawa (2017), retrieved 2017-05-07
  4. ^ a b "Two hours of childish happiness". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Ali Kathawa plot - මිනිස් දරුවකු හා අලි පැටවකුගේ මිතුදම ගැන කියන 'අලි කතාව'". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "අලි කතාව හදද්දී අලි ඇබැද්දි රැසක්". www.sarasaviya.lk. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  8. ^ "Sri Lanka film history". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.