Sri Siddha

Sri Siddha
ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා
Directed byRear admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara
Written bySarath Weerasekara
Based onEarly chronicles
Produced byGunapala Rathnasekara
Thusitha Wijesinghe
Malika Wijayasuriya
StarringDineth De Silva
Ritigala Sumedha
Paboda Sandeepani
Udari Warnakulasooriya
Buddhika Jayaratne
Jagath Chamila
CinematographyChandana Jayasinghe
Edited byPraveen Jayaratne
Music byDinesh Subasinghe
Distributed byLFD Cinemas[1]
Release date
  • 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Sri Siddha (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා), is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese historical thriller film directed by Rear admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara and co-produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara, Thusitha Wijesinghe and Malika Wijayasuriya.[2] The film is based on the early life of Vijayabahu the Great, who demolished Chola dynasty in Sri Lanka and united the nation to build the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, which is written on the Panakaduwa copper plate.[3] It stars Dineth De Silva in titular role as Vijayabahu with Angampora marital artist Ritigala Sumedha as his apprentice soldier where Paboda Sandeepani, Udari Warnakulasooriya, Buddhika Jayaratne and Jagath Chamila made supportive roles.[4][5]

  1. ^ "ඉතිහාසය විකෘති කරන්න බැහැ – රියර් අද්මිරාල් ආචාර්ය සරත් වීරසේකර". divaina.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  2. ^ "ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා 18 වැනිදා තිරයට". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  3. ^ "පනාකඩුව තඹ සන්නසේ ඓතිහාසික අනාවරණය – ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා ළඟදීම රිදී තිරයට". divaina.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  4. ^ ""යුගයක දෝංකාරය": ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  5. ^ "Sri Sidhdha / ශ්‍රී සිද්ධා". films.lk. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-15.