Thaththa

Thaththa
තාත්තා
Directed byPrasad Samarathunga
Written byLalith Warnapriya
Prasad Samarathunga
Produced byRusha Creations
StarringKumara Thirimadura
Nilmini Tennakoon
Sinethi Akila
CinematographySisikirana Paranavithana
Edited byShaan Alwis
Music byDinesh Subasinghe
Distributed byEAP Theatres
Release date
  • 17 December 2023 (2023-12-17)
[1]
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Thaththa (Father) (Sinhala: තාත්තා) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language drama film directed by Prasad Samarathunga and produced by Rushantha Wijenayake for Rusha Creations.[2] It stars Kumara Thirimadura and Nilmini Tennakoon in lead roles along with Sinethi Akila, Thisew Wijenayaka, Rushantha Wijenayaka and Kumara Wandurassa in supportive roles.[3]

Plot

Cast

  • Kumara Thirimadura as Rathnapala, Ruwan's father
  • Nilmini Tennakoon as Ruwan's mother
  • Sinethi Akila as Teacher
  • Thisevi Satsilu as Ruwan
  • Oneli Himahansi as Ruwan's younger sister
  • Kumara Wadurassa as Kalu mudalali
  • Upul Nishantha as School principal
  • Sanet Dikkumbura
  • Sanath Ratnayake
  • Sadev Walimuni
  • Rushantha Wijenayake
  • Kusheya Anagi
  • Upul Weerasinghe
  • Laknima Upendri

Production

The film marks second film direction by Prasad Samarathunga, after his 2019 film Iskoleta Man Awa,[3] where it became the film that was aired on the highest number of television channels within a short period of time.[4] The film is produced by Rushantha Wijenayake, and screenplay done by director himself with Lalith Warnapriya. Cinematography by Sisikirana Paranavithana and assistant direction done by Tharindu Ilangakoon.[5] Art Direction by Githani Seneviratne and editing by Shaan Alwis.[6] Production management and media coordination handled by Upul Nishantha.[7] Chethiya Lahiru worked as the still photographer. Tharaka Adhikari is the makeup artist. Popular musician Dinesh Subasinghe is the music director and theme lyrics penned by Dr. Shani Anthony.[2] Nalin Perera and Upekha Nirmani made background vocals.[7]

The Muhurath festival as held at Bellanwila Rajamaha Vihara in February 2022.[3][8] The film was released on 17 December 2023 in EAP Theatres during the "Savoy Cinema Festival 2023".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "උඳුවප් මහේ සිනමා වසන්තය…". Divaina. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "ප්‍රසාද්ගේ 'තාත්තා' හැදුණු හැටි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "නිල්මිණි-තිරිමාදුර එක්කොට "තාත්තා" ඇරඹෙයි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ "'තාත්තා' ළඟදීම". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ^ "'Thaththa'- 'A Father: Film on father's love". sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ "මාධ්‍යවේදී ප්‍රසාද් සමරතුංගගේ 'තාත්තා' රිදී තිරයට! ප්‍රසාද්ගේ දෙවැනි සිනමා අධ්‍යක්ෂණය…!". mawratanews.lk. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b "'තාත්තා' පසු නිෂ්පාදන අවසන්". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ^ "තාත්තා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 January 2024.