My Red Comrade
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| name = My Red Comrade
රතු අතු අග
| image = My Red Comrade poster.jpg
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| director = Sudath Mahaadivulwewa
| producer = Red Circle Production {{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Sudath breaks two decades silence with ‘My Red Comrade’ |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/240428/magazine/sudath-breaks-two-decades-silence-with-my-red-comrade-555396.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=sundaytimes.lk}}
| writer = Sudath Mahaadivulwewa
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| starring = Asiri Allage
Tharindi Fernando
| music = Nadeeka Guruge
| cinematography = Ruwan Costa
| editing = Ajith Ramanayake
| studio =
| distributor = NFC cinema circuit
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2024|05|17}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = Sri Lanka
| language = Sinhala
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My Red Comrade ({{langx|si|රතු අතු අග}}), is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese political drama film directed by Sudath Mahaadivulwewa and produced by Red Circle Productions.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=My Red Comrade : ඔබ ඡන්දය හිමි වැඩිහිටියෙක් නම් මේ ඔබේ සිනමාවයි |url=https://theleader.lk/news/literature-arts/22068-my-red-comrade-2-20240219 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=theleader.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=My Red Comrade චන්දය හිමි, අවුරුදු 18 වැඩි, "වැඩිහිටියන්ට පමණයි“ |url=https://wedabima.lk/art/my-red-comrade-18 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=wedabima.lk}} The film features only two lead roles, both making their debut in cinema: Asiri Allage and Tharindi Fernando.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=MY RED COMRADE සහ විසල් ආදරේ හෙට සිට රිදී තිරයේ |url=https://sarasaviya.lk/my-red-comrade-සහ-විසල්-ආදරේ-හෙට-සිට-රිද/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=sarasaviya.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=‘විසල් ආදරේ’ දිවයින පුරා |url=https://www.dinamina.lk/2024/05/03/featured/86897/කොටකෙතන-රූ-ගත-කිරීම-අරඹ/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=dinamina.lk}}
The special media screening was held at One Galle Face PVR Cinema on 1 May 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=MY RED COMRADE විශේෂ දර්ශනය දා |url=https://sarasaviya.lk/my-red-comrade-විශේෂ-දර්ශනය-දා/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=sarasaviya.lk}} The film received positive reviews from critics for its theme and acting.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Our “Red Comrades” Need To Listen To The Rain Falling Outside Their Window |url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/our-red-comrades-need-to-listen-to-the-rain-falling-outside-their-window/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=colombotelegraph.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Go watch ‘My Red Comrade’ |url=https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2024/05/05/montage/22286/go-watch-my-red-comrade/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=sundayobserver.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=‘My Red Comrade’ හිත ගැස්සුණු චිත්‍රපටියක් – සිසිර යාපා |url=https://lankatarget.lk/my-red-comrade-හිත-ගැස්සුණු-චිත්රපට/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=lankatarget.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=චිත්‍රපටි ශාලාවකදී ඔබේ MY RED COMRADE පරික්ෂා කරවා ගන්න අවස්ථාවක්… |url=https://sinhala.lankanewsweb.net/02/20/98314/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=lankanewsweb.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=MY RED COMRADE : අළුත් පරම්පරාවට හොඳ පාඩමක් - (විෂ්ණු වාසු) |url=https://theleader.lk/news/literature-arts/22807-my-red-comrade-2-20240328 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=theleader.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=My Red Comrade: Beyond the glorification of the left |url=https://sundaytimes.lk/online/opinion/My-Red-Comrade-Beyond-the-glorification-of-the-left/158-1145646 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=sundaytimes.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=My Red Comrade මැයි 17 සිට : 'දිවුලා සිනමාව කියල දුන්නු කෙනෙක්' - හඳගම |url=https://theleader.lk/social-media/23518-my-red-comrade-17 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=theleader.lk}}
Cast
- Asiri Allage as Red Comrade
- Tharindi Fernando as Strange girl
Production and release
This is Sudath Mahaadivulwewa's second cinematic direction, after Sudu Kalu Saha Alu, which he directed 19 years ago in 2005.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=my red comrade, වම සම්බන්ධව කෙරුණු ආදරණීය ප්‍රකාශනයක් – සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව |url=https://www.anidda.lk/2024/04/29/my-red-comrade-වම-සම්බන්ධව-කෙරුණු-ආදරණ/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=anidda.lk}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=ප්රශ්න ටික දැනගෙනයි මම මේක කළේ – My Red Comrade හැදූ සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව |url=https://divaina.lk/ප්රශ්න-ටික-දැනගෙනයි-මම-ම/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=divaina.lk}} The lead actor Asiri Allage suffered tortured violent years in a concentration camp in real life, who later became a professional creative Sinhala copywriter.
The cinematography of the film was done by Ruwan Costa, and editing was done by Ajith Ramanayake. The cinematography was completed in a different format within four days, using only two characters, on the same backdrop of Sarasaviya Studio of the National Film Corporation. Art direction was done by Manjula Ayagama, Sound design by Sasika Marasinghe, and color combination by Tissa Surendra. Dinesh Lakdusinghe was the assistant director, Nimal Wijesiri Senadhira served as the production manager and Darshi Gamage as the line producer. Composition was done by Samarasiri Kandanage, with lyrics written by the director himself. Nadeeka Guruge was the music director, who also provided background vocals.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=My Red Comrade මැයි එනවාලු …. |url=https://divaina.lk/red-comrade-මැයි-එනවාලු/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=divaina.lk}}
References
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