Gindari 2
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{{Infobox film
| name = Gindari 2
ගින්දරී 2
| image = Gindari 2 poster.jpg
| director = Udayakantha Warnasuriya
| producer = Udayakantha Warnasuriya
| writer = Udayakantha Warnasuriya
| starring = Paboda Sandeepani
Mahendra Perera
Rodney Warnakula
Srinath Maddumage
| music = Ananda Perera
| cinematography = K.D Dayananda
| editing = Pravin Jayaratne
| studio =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2022|12|01}}
| runtime =
| language = Sinhala
| budget =
| gross =
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Gindari 2: Bahubuthayo 3 ({{langx|si|ගින්දරී 2 - බහුබූතයෝ}} 3) is a 2022 Sinhalese comedy mystery film written and directed and produced by Udayakantha Warnasuriya.{{cite web |url=https://divaina.com/daily/index.php/visheshanga3/25650-2019-03-21-11-20-40 |title=Gindari 2 is on the way |publisher=Divaina |access-date=3 April 2019}} The film served as a sequel to the 2015 film Gindari,{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2020/07/16/18022/ගින්දරී-2-ඇවිළෙන්න-සූදානම් |title=Gindari 2 ready to fire |date=15 July 2020 |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=17 July 2020}} which is the third installment of Bahubuthayo film series.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2019/01/03/1965/බහුභූතයෝ-3-ගින්දරී-2-ජනවාරියේ-වැඩ-අරඹයි |title=Gindari 2 kick on shooting January |date=2 January 2019 |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=11 March 2019}} Rodney Warnakula, Mahendra Perera and Paboda Sandeepani in reprise their lead roles along with Saman Hemaratne and Srinath Maddumage.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2019/02/28/3221/පොලිස්-විසිල්-එකට-රඟන-යකින්නියක්-පිටකොටුවේ |title=Plot of Gindari 2 |date=28 February 2019 |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=11 August 2019}} Music composed by Ananda Perera.{{cite web |url=https://www.slstory.com/?p=33459 |title=Gindari 2 kick on shooting |publisher=SL Story |access-date=11 March 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.srilankamagazin.com/2019/05/2.html |title=Devils topple on human world |publisher=Sri Lanka Magazine |access-date=11 March 2019}}
Production
The filming starts in January 2019.{{cite web |url=https://mirrorarts.lk/news/4572-gindari-2-cast |title=Gindari 2 starts January |publisher=Mirror Arts |access-date=3 April 2018}} Scenes in the film were shot in and around the towns of Colombo, Sri Lanka for 45 days.{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/sunday-times-sri-lanka/20190421/283068415715199 |title=Gindari 2 shooting completed |publisher=Sunday Times |access-date=3 April 2018}}
Plot
{{No plot|date=October 2019}}
Cast
- Paboda Sandeepani as Tikiri
- Mahendra Perera as Lanti
- Rodney Warnakula as Bunty
- Tishen Wanhof as Supiri
- Richerd Manamudali as Chaminda
- Srinath Maddumage as God
- Saman Hemaratne as S Dantha, god's apprentice
- Chulakshi Ranathunga as Devil princess
- Sarath Chandrasiri
- Teena Shanel as Devil
- Tharindi Fernando as Devil
- Ananda Atukorale as Thug
- Chanchala Warnasuriya as Devil
- Nilmini Kottegoda as God's wife
- Sarath Kothalawala
- Chathura Perera
- Wasantha Wittachchi
International screening
The special screening of the film was held during "The Scope Film Festival" which was held daily from the 4th to the 8th of September 2020 at the Liberty Cinema Hall, Colombo at 10.30, 2.30 and 7.00 screenings.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2020/09/03/18565/මේ-අපූරු-සිනමා-සොම්නස-විඳින්න-ඔබටත්-ආරාධනා |title=We invite you to enjoy this wonderful movie |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=4 September 2019}} On 20 December 2020, the film's first international premiere will take place at 7pm at Mill Park and Narre Warren in Melbourne, Australia.{{Cite web |title='Gindari' in Down Under |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/201227/magazine/gindari-in-down-under-426263.html |access-date=2021-01-11 |website=Sunday Times}} All tickets for these seasons were distributed online and are now sold out.{{Cite web |title=Tickets for the Gindari 3 Kangaroo Land are out |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2020/12/17/19512/ගින්දරී-3-කැන්ගරු-දේශයේ-ප්%E2%80%8Dරවේශපත්%E2%80%8Dර-සියල්ල-අවසන් |access-date=2020-12-17 |website=Sarasaviya}}
The movie was screened on the 13 February 2021 at 4.30 pm at the Cinema Village Hobbit in Tasmania. This was the first time that a Sri Lankan film was screened in Tasmania.{{Cite web |title=Gindari goes to Tasmania |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2021/02/11/19848/ගින්දරී-තස්මේනියාවට-යයි |access-date=2021-02-13 |website=Sarasaviya|date=10 February 2021 }}