Irasma

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Irasma
ඉරැස්මා
DVD poster
Directed byAriyaratne Vithana
Written byAriyaratne Vithana
Based onAnoma Ratnayake's Novel Irasma
Produced byNFC Films
StarringAma Wijesekara
Douglas Ranasinghe
Iranganie Serasinghe
CinematographySuminda Weerasinghe
Edited byDenzil Jayaweera
Music byVictor Ratnayake
Distributed byFilm Corporation circuit[1]
Release date
  • 20 June 2003 (2003-06-20)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Irasma (Sinhala: ඉරැස්මා) is a 2003 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Ariyaratne Vithana. It stars Ama Wijesekera in lead role along with Douglas Ranasinghe and Iranganie Serasinghe.[2] Music composed by Victor Ratnayake. This is the first children's film funded by Film Development Fund of the National Film Corporation as well.[3][4] The film also screened at many film festivals.[5]

The film has received mainly positive reviews by critics.[6] It is the 1012nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[7]

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Cast[edit]

Award[edit]

  • Merit Award at Prix Leonardo Film Festival, Italy

References[edit]

  1. ^ "'Irasma' after school vacation". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. ^ "'Irasma' seeks parental love". Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Children's film on parental love". Daily News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ සිංහල චිත්‍රපට". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ "'Irasma' portrays value of parental love". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Irasma - Call of the child". Daily News. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.