Irasma
{{Infobox film
| name = Irasma
ඉරැස්මා
| image = Irasma sinhala film DVD poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD poster
| director = Ariyaratne Vithana
| producer = NFC Films
| writer = Ariyaratne Vithana
| based_on = Anoma Ratnayake's Novel Irasma
| starring = Ama Wijesekara
Douglas Ranasinghe
Iranganie Serasinghe
| music = Victor Ratnayake
| cinematography = Suminda Weerasinghe
| editing = Denzil Jayaweera
| studio =
| distributor = Film Corporation circuit{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020203/tv.html | title='Irasma' after school vacation| publisher=Sunday Times | accessdate=29 November 2019}}
| released = {{Film date|2003|06|20|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = Sri Lanka
| language = Sinhala
| gross =
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Irasma ({{langx|si|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.{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/030601/tv/1.html | title='Irasma' seeks parental love | publisher=Sunday Times | accessdate=18 August 2019}} Music composed by Victor Ratnayake. This is the first children's film funded by Film Development Fund of the National Film Corporation as well.{{cite web |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2002/01/26/fea07.html |title=Children's film on parental love |work=Daily News |accessdate=11 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/10/29/?fn=sa15102916|title=එදා මෙදා තිරගත වූ සිංහල චිත්රපට|publisher=Sarasaviya|accessdate=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012024839/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2015/10/29/?fn=sa15102916|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}} The film also screened at many film festivals.{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/030622/tv/3.html |title='Irasma' portrays value of parental love |publisher=The Sunday Times |accessdate=11 March 2017}}
The film has received mainly positive reviews by critics.{{cite web | url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2003/07/07/fea10.html | title=Irasma - Call of the child | work=Daily News | accessdate=3 October 2016}} It is the 1012nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | title=Sri Lanka Cinema History | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=3 October 2016}}
Plot
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Cast
- Ama Wijesekera as Irasma Wijesundera aka Ima
- Hirushini Abeygunawardana as little Ima
- Douglas Ranasinghe as Sonali's husband
- Iranganie Serasinghe as Ima's granny
- Maureen Charuni as Sonali, Ima's aunty
- Duleeka Marapana as Paali, Ima's mother
- Priyankara Rathnayake as Tharintha Wijesundera, Ima's father
- Romesh Sugathapala as Mahil
- Saranga Disasekara as Ima's eldest cousin
Award
- Merit Award at Prix Leonardo Film Festival, Italy
References
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Category:2000s Sinhala-language films
Category:Films set in Sri Lanka (1948–present)
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