Yahaluvo

Yahaluvo
Directed bySumitra Peries
Written byFahima Sahabdeen [1]
Produced byDr. Namal Senasinghe
StarringPooja Umashankar
Sujeewa Senasinghe
Iranganie Serasinghe
Tony Ranasinghe
Edited byRavindra Guruge
Production
company
CEL circuit cinemas
Release date
  • 11 June 2007 (2007-06-11)
Running time
98 min
LanguageSinhala

Yahaluvo (Friends) (යහළුවෝ), also known as Yahaluwo, is a 2007 Sinhala romantic drama film. It was directed by Sumitra Peries,[2] produced by Namal Senasinghe, the brother of Sujeewa Senasinghe, and scored by Navaratne Gamage.[3] The film stars Sujeewa Senasinghe and Pooja Umashankar in lead roles along with Iranganie Serasinghe, Tony Ranasinghe, Kamal Addararachchi, and Anarkali Akarsha in supportive roles.[4] It is the 1097th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[5]

It was released in December 2007,[6][7] and was a commercial failure despite positive reviews.[8] The film represented Sri Lanka at the 39th International Film Festival of India in Goa in 2008.[9]

  1. ^ "'Yahaluwo' in December". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ "'Yahaluwo' now at Regal". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Muhurath for Sumithra". Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  6. ^ "'Yahaluwo' in December". Wijeya Newspapers. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. ^ Eroshan Ayeshmanth. "Yahaluwo යහළුවෝ Sinhala Full Movie (Pooja Umashankar,Sujeewa Senasinghe,Kamal Addara Arachchi)". youtube. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  8. ^ Indeewara Thilakarathne; Ranga Chandrarathne. "Review - Yahaluwo (Best Friends): Fascinating facet of genuine original art". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  9. ^ "'Yahaluwo' goes to Goa". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.