Thahanam Gaha

Thahanam Gaha තහනම් ගහ
Directed by	Christy Shelton Fernando
Written by	Christy Shelton Fernando
Produced by	Winson Films
Starring	Anoja Weerasinghe Cyril Wickramage Dilhani Ekanayake
Cinematography	Andrew Jayamanne
Edited by	Elmo Halliday
Music by	Sarath Wickrama
Distributed by	CEL Circuit
Release date	18 July 2002 (2002-07-18)
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Thahanam Gaha (Forbidden Tree) (Sinhala: තහනම් ගහ) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala political thriller film directed by Christy Shelton Fernando and produced by Ranjith K. Perera for Winson Films.[1] It stars Anoja Weerasinghe, Cyril Wickramage and Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with Asoka Peiris and Shashi Wijendra. Music composed by Sarath Wickrama.[2] It is the 1165th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[3]

Plot

Cast

• Anoja Weerasinghe as Seetha, Nirmala's mother
• Asoka Peiris as Roland Wijewardena
• Sunethra Sarachchandra as Helen
• Cyril Wickramage
• Dilhani Ekanayake as Nirmala
• Shashi Wijendra as Wasantha
• Razi Anwar
• Indrajith Navinna
• Richard Weerakody
• Bandula Suriyabandara
• Sarath Silva

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sihinen Suwadak Wage"	Karunarathna Divulgane, Pradeepa Dharmadasa
2.	"Neela Wana Rekhawa"	Nanda Malini, Ivo Denis
3.	"Thahanam Deshaye"	Ivo Denis, Nanda Malini, Karunarathna Divulgane, Pradeepa Dharmadasa
4.	"Sadarala Peralena"	Nanda Malini, Ivo Denis

References

1. "'Thahanam Gaha': A film with a political flavour". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
2. "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
3. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.