‘Rupantharana’ launched
The Muhurath ceremony of the newest Sinhala movie
‘Rupantharana’ was held recently at the Salon Tulip at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo with the participation of several distinguished guests, veteran artistes and professionals from the film industry.
Lakshman Hulugalle - Director General of the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS), Hemasiri Fernando - Secretary for Ministry of Postal Services, Brigadier G. V. Ravipriya - Director of Plans at the Sri Lanka Army graced the occasion as Chief Guests. Many veteran film artists who are also part of the cast of the movie including Ravindra Randeniya, Jeevan Kumarathunga, Ranjan Ramanayake, Mahendra Perera, Angela Senevirathne, Veena Jayakody, Tissa Wijesurendra, Damitha Abeyrathna, Anjula Rajapakshe, Paboda Sandeepani and Sachini Ayendra participated in the event.
Representatives of the main film distributors in Sri Lanka also participated the event. They included Thushan Meemanage - Executive Director of EAP Films & Theatres, K. Jayasundara - General Manager of CEL Films & Theatres, N. Veemanna - General Manager of MPI Films & Theatres and K. Sheila - Manager of LFD Films & Theatres.
The film directed by Nalaka Withanage and produced by Dr. Arosha Fernando, will be shot during the months of September and October in Melbourne, Australia and selected locations in the City of Colombo, scenic locations in Diyatalawa, Nuwara Eliya, Pasikudah beach in Eastern Province, Jaffna, Elephant Pass and Chundikkulam beach in Northern Province of Sri Lanka. “This movie will rebel the memories of people on how we were led by our heroes to victory by putting together the efforts that our heroes did to make a free nation, " Dr. Arosha said.