Doosra (Sinhala: දූස්රා) a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhala adult drama film directed and written by Channa Deshapriya and co-produced by Lakshan Abeynayake with Marc Tessier for Bonne Nuit Production and NJee Production.[3][4] It stars Sajitha Anthony and Thilakshini Ratnayake in lead roles along with Shyam Fernando, Lakshan Abeynayake and Vasanthi Ranwala in supportive roles.[5][6] The film marks the debut in Sinhala cinema by Lakshan Abeynayake, who established in French cinema as an actor.[1]
| Doosra දූස්රා | |
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| Directed by | Channa Deshapriya |
| Written by | Channa Deshapriya |
| Produced by | Lakshan Abeynayake Marc Tessier |
| Starring | Sajitha Anthony Thilakshini Ratnayake Shyam Fernando Lakshan Abeynayake Vasanthi Ranwala |
| Cinematography | Dhammika Rathnayake |
| Edited by | Tissa Surendra |
| Music by | Chinthaka Jayakodi |
Production company | Magic Lantern |
| Distributed by | MPI Theatres[2] |
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
| Budget | 25,000,000 LKR (estd.) |
Plot
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Cast
edit- Sajitha Anthony as Ruwan
- Thilakshini Ratnayake as Rathi
- Shyam Fernando
- Lakshan Abeynayake as Lucky
- Vasanthi Ranwala
- Steve Dilla Silva
- Nadishani Peliarachchi
- Jayanath Bodahandi
- Ruwan Madanayake
- Rohith Mannage
- Samantha Paranalianage
- Tharindu Kavinda Gamage
Production
editThis is the second cinema direction by renowned cinematographer Channa Deshapriya after his 2019 blockbuster film U Turn.[7] Cinematography done by Dhammika Ratnayake and editing by Tissa Surendra. Samarasiri Kandanage made composition, whereas Lucky Wijewardene made the art direction.[6] Daminda Madawala is the assistant director, Prasanna Kitalagama is the line producer and Production management handled by Praveen Ranasinghe. Music direction composed by Chinthaka Jayakodi, where lyrics penned by Asoka Handagama. Nipuni Sarada, Sajitha Anthony and Rohitha Jayalath made background vocals.[3][8]
Even though shooting was completed in 2019 and production completed in 2020, the film screening was halted due to COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka.[9]
Release and recognition
editThe film was released in three global film festivals which included: Kolkata International Film Festival in 2022,[10] Moscow International Film Festival in 2023[3] and Dhaka International Film Festival in 2023.[5][11][12] It was screened on 25 May 2024 at the 2 Rure Du cinema in France.[13] The film was released on 3 September 2023 at the Derana Film Awards under the category of "Cinema for Tomorrow".[14][15]
References
edit- ^ a b "දූස්රා හෙට සිට රිදී තිරයේ". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "දුස්රා එනවා…". Divaina. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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- ^ "දුස්රා 9දා සිට". Dinamina. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b "'දූස්රා' ළඟදීම". mirrorarts. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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- ^ "A 'Doosra' from Director of Photography". Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "ප්‍රංශයේ ඉහළ ප්‍රතිචාර ලැබූ චන්නගේ 'දූස්රා '". mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "හැමදේකම වගේ සිනමාවේත් ක්‍රමවේදයක් නෑ….. – අධ්‍යක්ෂ චන්න දේශප්‍රිය". Divaina. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "දූස්රා, මාරියා කල්කටා අන්තර්ජාතික සිනමා උලෙළට". Dinamina. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "ඩකා ගිය දුස්රා". Divaina. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "චන්න දේශප්‍රියගේ 'දූස්රා' ඩකා උළෙලට". mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "දුස්රා ප්‍රංශයට". Dinamina. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "දෙරණ Cinema for Tomorrow – මෙතෙක් නොදුටු නවතම ලාංකීය චිත්‍රපට 06ක්!". cinema.lk. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සිනමාව ජාවාරම්කරුවන්ට යටවෙලා ද? නව සිනමාකරුවන් හයදෙනෙකුගේ නිර්මාණ 6ක්". bbc.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.