The Road from Elephant Pass (film)

The Road from Elephant Pass
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChandran Rutnam
Written byChandran Rutnam
Based onThe Road from Elephant Pass
by Nihal De Silva
Produced byChandran Rutnam
StarringSuranga Ranawaka
Ashan Dias
CinematographySuminda Weerasinghe
Edited byChandran Rutnam
Music byAjit Kumarasiri
Production
companies
Gemini Color Lab, Chennai
Distributed byCEL Theaters [1]
Release date
  • 23 October 2009 (2009-10-23)
Running time
120 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
Languages
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil
Budget$2 million

The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 Sri Lankan war film directed, written and produced by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel of the same name by Nihal De Silva about the Sri Lankan Civil War. It stars Suranga Ranawaka and Ashan Dias in lead roles along with Sanath Gunathilake and Joe Abeywickrama. The film's music was composed by Ajit Kumarasiri.[2] It is the 1131st film in Sri Lankan cinema.[3]

It was a blockbuster in Sri Lankan film history.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The film was dubbed into five Indian languages and screened in India, becoming the first Sri Lankan film to be screened in India.[15]

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