Dekala Purudu Kenek

Dekala Purudu Kenek
Directed byMalith Hegoda[1]
Written byBoopathy Nalin Wickramage
Produced byVinode Films
StarringBimal Jayakodi
Samadhi Laksiri
CinematographyM.D. Mahindapala
Edited byMalith Hegoda
Music byRuwan Walpola
Production
company
Real Fiction Films
Distributed byMovies Works, CEL, Ridma Theaters
Release dates
  • 23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) (World premiere-Montreal World Film Festival)
  • 8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) (Sri Lanka)
Running time
133 mins
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Dekala Purudu Kenek (Sinhala: දැකල පුරුදු කෙනෙක්; The Strange Familiar) is a 2019 Sri Lankan film directed by Malith Hegoda and co-produced by Lal Hegoda, Malith Hegoda, Rasanga Dissanayake, Mohamed Adamaly and Nadira Adamaly for Vinode Films.[2] The film stars Bimal Jayakodi and Samadhi Laksiri in lead roles along with Jagath Manuwarna and Prasanna Mahagamage. It is the 1324th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[3]

The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics.[4] The script will be released at the Tower Foundation Auditorium on Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo on the evening of 18 March 2020.[5]

  1. ^ "Interview with director of film Dekala Purdu Kenek". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Malith's maiden movie at PVR: Film 'Dekala Purudu Kenek'". sundaytimes. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Film Review: Strange Familiar (Dakala Purudu Kenek): A peek at the Lankan bourgeoisie". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ^ "දැකලා පුරුදු කෙනෙක් තිර නාටකය එළිදකී". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 13 March 2020.