Minnu
{{Infobox film
| name = Minnu
මින්නු
| image = Minnu poster.jpg
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| director = Asoka Athaudahetti
| producer = Renuka Balasuriya {{cite web |url=https://mirrorarts.lk/news/7975-24-4 |title=රේණුකා බාලසූරියගේ නිෂ්පාදනය ‘මින්නු’ |date=26 February 2024 |publisher=mirrorarts.lk |accessdate=26 February 2024}}
Sunil T. Fernando
| writer = Sumitra Rahubaddha
| story = Sumitra Rahubaddha
| starring = Harsha Tennakoon
Menaka Peiris
Kaushalya Fernando
Sujani Menaka
Jayani Senanayake
Iranganie Serasinghe
| music = Suresh Maliyedda
| cinematography = Vishwa Balasuriya
| editing = Ajith Ramanayake
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| distributor = Ridma circuit{{cite web |url=https://divaina.lk/මින්නු-හෙට-එනවා/ |title=මින්නු හෙට එනවා|date=26 February 2024 |publisher=divaina.lk |accessdate=26 February 2024}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2024|02|24}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2024/02/22/26432/මින්නු-24-දා-තිරයට |title=මින්නු 24 දා තිරයට |publisher=sarasaviya.lk |accessdate=25 February 2024}}
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| country = Sri Lanka
| language = Sinhala
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Minnu ({{langx|si|මින්නු}}) is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language drama film directed by Asoka Athaudahetti and co-produced by Renuka Balasuriya and Sunil T. Fernando.{{cite web |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2024/02/15/26430/තුන්පත්-රෑනක-සොඳුරු-අනන්තය-“මින්නු” |title=තුන්පත් රෑනක සොඳුරු අනන්තය “මින්නු” |date=26 February 2024 |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=26 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://mirrorarts.lk/news/7988-24-5 |title=මින්නු' මංගල දර්ශනය 24 වැනිදා සිට |date=26 February 2024 |publisher=mirrorarts.lk |accessdate=26 February 2024}} It stars Harsha Tennakoon and Menaka Peiris in the lead roles along with Kaushalya Fernando, Sujani Menaka, Jayani Senanayake and Iranganie Serasinghe in supportive roles.
The film was screened on 24 February 2024 in Ridma circuit cinemas.{{cite web |url=https://mawbima.lk/2024/02/24/ජීවන-සැඩ-රළ-තරණය-කරන-ආදරය-න/ |title=ජීවන සැඩ රළ තරණය කරන ආදරය නමැති යාත්‍රාව ‘මින්නු’ |date=26 February 2024 |publisher=mawbima.lk |accessdate=26 February 2024}}
Plot
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Cast
- Harsha Tennakoon as Sukhitha
- Menaka Peiris
- Kaushalya Fernando
- Sujani Menaka
- Jayani Senanayake
- Iranganie Serasinghe
- Lakshman Mendis
- Vishwajith Gunasekara
- Dasun Pathirana
- Chandani Seneviratne
- Veena Jayakody
- Dilhani Ekanayake
- Pooja Umashankar (cameo appearance)
- Renuka Balasuriya
- Thisari Wathsala
- Senanga Kappetipola as Minnu
- Wasantha Fortella
- Gayani Gisanthika
- Neeta Samaranayake
- Mangala Fernando
- Vernon Abeysinghe
- Sujith Gunaratne
Production
This is the maiden film directed by Asoka Athaudahetti where his second direction Kandak Sema was screened in 2023 before this film.{{cite web |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2023/11/02/25960/නොපැතු-හදක-බැඳුණු-ආදරේ-කන්දක්-සේමා |title=නොපැතු හදක බැඳුණු ආදරේ කන්දක් සේමා |publisher=sarasaviya.lk |accessdate=25 February 2024}} Story and screenplay made by Sumitra Rahubaddha and co-produced by Renuka Balasuriya and Sunil T. Fernando.{{cite web |url=https://theleader.lk/news/literature-arts/22091-24 |title='මින්නු' 24 වැනිදා සිට රිදී තිරයට |date=26 February 2024 |publisher=theleader.lk |accessdate=26 February 2024}} Vishwa Balasuriya handled cinematography and lighting with the assistance of Majith S. Uyangoda, Mahesh Gunaratne and Poorna Prematilake. Ajith Ramanayake made editing and still photography co-handled by Meesha Gunawardena and Migara Vijayanga. The assistant directors are Vernon Abeysinghe and W. Ravindra. Product Management include Sudath Balasuriya along with executive production by Renuka Balasuriya.
Kumar Karavdeniya is the art director and Aruna Priyantha Kaluarachchi is the sound administrator. Feature composition done by Narada Thotagamuwa, whereas color combination by Ananda Bandara. Chief lighting artist is Ariyaratne Perera, Voice recorder is Sujith Perera and visual effects by Rusiru Pannila. Thushara Vidanagamage is a hair stylist and make-up artist. Suresh Maliyedda is the music director, where Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne, Saman Athavudahetti and Somaratne Dissanayake made song the lyrics. Amarasiri Peiris, Champika Edirisinghe, Suresh Maliyadda and Hiruni Nimeshika Welgama made background vocals. Sankha Abeysinghe is the choreographer.
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