Ran Kevita
{{short description|2007 Sri Lankan children's mystery film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ran Kevita 1
රන් කෙවිට
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| director = Udayakantha Warnasuriya
| producer = Millennium Entertainment
| writer = Udayakantha Warnasuriya
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| starring = Hisham Samsudeen
Vijaya Nandasiri
Srinath Maddumage
| music = Sangeeth Wickramasinghe
| cinematography = Pravin Jayarathne
| editing = Pravin Jayarathne
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| distributor = Millennium Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2007|03|16|df=yes}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = Sri Lanka
| language = Sinhala
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Ran Kevita 1 (The Golden Rod),{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130818/magazine/rankevita-2-is-ready-57993.html | title=Rankevita 2 is Ready | publisher=The Sunday Times | accessdate=5 March 2017}} ({{langx|si|රන් කෙවිට|italic=yes}}) is a 2007 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's fantasy film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and co-produced by Pravin Jayarathne, Dilman Jayaratne, Janitha Marasinghe and Udayakantha Warnasuriya for Millennium Entertainment.{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070304/TV/002tv.html |title='Rankevita' tells a tale of a golden rod |publisher=Sunday Times |accessdate=10 December 2019}} Its sequel film Ran Kevita 2 directed by the same director released in 2013. It stars Harith Beddewela and Hisham Samsudeen in lead role along with Vijaya Nandasiri and Srinath Maddumage. Music composed by Sangeeth Wickramasinghe.{{cite web | url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films/ran-kevita-2-29/ | title=Ran Kevita 2 | publisher=National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka | accessdate=5 March 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2007/03/14/fea10.asp | title=A treat for children of all ages | work=Daily News | accessdate=5 March 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://cinema.lk/Movie-detail/ran-kevita-2/ | title=Ran Kevita 2 – රන් කෙවිට 2 | publisher=cinema.lk | accessdate=5 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/01/28/?fn=sa16012813 |title=Sri Lankan Screened Films |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=11 March 2017}} It is the 1084th 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
12-year-old Suran comes from a village. His pen friend Janith lives in town and he visits Suran's rural village during school vacations. Going around the beautiful village Suran and Janith one day visit a friend's home. There they find a loris. Seeing the animal Suran is reminded of a story he had read in a book and the two friends start to dig out the truth of what he had heard. Getting together with a young novice monk in the temple the two friends find books that mention about a supernatural power that can be obtained using the tears of loris. With the help of the monk they prepare the application which could be used to see the guardian devil of bulls. They further realise if they can have access to the golden rod belonging to the devil they would be able to do wonders. Suran and Janith prepare the application and apply it on their eyelids, see the devil and obtain the rod.
Cast
- Harith Baddewela as Suran
- Hisham Samsudeen as Janith
- Srinath Maddumage as Vilba {{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060528/tv/srinath.html |title=Srinath returns to play a villain |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=30 November 2019}}
- Vijaya Nandasiri as Suran's father
- Semini Iddamalgoda as Janith's mother
- Bennett Rathnayake as Janith's father
- Sarath Chandrasiri as Devil
- Ariyasena Gamage as Card player
- Saman Hemaratne as Dingiya
- Gunawardena Hettiarachchi
- Susantha Chandramali as Suran's mother
Songs
පැන්සල් පොත් නෑලු - Raminda Dixy
Soundtrack
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| title1 = පැන්සල් පොත් නෑලු - Pansal Poth Nalu
| lyrics1 = පැන්සල් පොත් නෑලු
පාසැල් නෑ යාලු
රෑ දාවල් උදේ හාවා
දැල්වුනු ගම අපේ තමා
පෙන්නා අපේ හපන් කම්
ඒ දණ්ඩෙන් එහාට යන්
මාලු පැටව් උඩ කරනම් ගහන ඇලේ
නාමු පීන පීනා අපි දාංගලේ
ඉද්ච්ච අඹ නම් අර උඩ අත්තේ
ගහට නගිමු දැන් කමු ඇති වෙනකන්
වසු පැටියෝ අනේ ඉදින්
අපි යමු අස්ස ගුඩුං ගුඩුං
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References
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Category:2000s Sinhala-language films
Category:Films directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya
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