Sakkarang

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{{Infobox film

| name = Sakkarang

| image = Sakkarang film poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = promotional poster

| native_name =

| director = Dharmasena Pathiraja

| producer = Cine Sarasavi

| writer =

| screenplay = Chamminda Welagedara

| story = Chamminda Welagedera

| based_on = Novel of Chamminda Welagedara by same name{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/04/07/?fn=sa1604071 |title=Great Movie from a Great Novel |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=11 March 2017}}

| starring = Bimal Jayakody
Prasidini Athapaththu
Pubudu Chathuranga

| narrator =

| music = Nadeeka Guruge

| cinematography = Donald Karunarathne

| editing = Elmo Haliday

| studio =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2016|04|22|df=yes}}

| runtime = 117 min

| country = Sri Lanka

| language = Sinhala

| budget =

| gross =

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Sakkarang is a 2016 Sri Lankan historical film drama directed by Daramasena Pathiraja and produced by H. D. Premasiri for Cine Sarasavi. It stars Bimal Jayakody and Prasidini Athapaththu in lead roles, accompanied by Pubudu Chathuranga and Nita Fernando. Music composed of Nadeeka Guruge.{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160424/magazine/sakkarang-film-about-transformation-from-feudalism-to-modernity-190735.html|title='Sakkarang' Film about transformation from feudalism to modernity|publisher=sundaytimes.lk|access-date=25 June 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2016/11/03/?fn=sa16110334 |title=Sri Lankan Screened Films |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=11 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/141221/magazine/another-master-stroke-by-pathiraja-127495.html|title=Another master stroke by Pathiraja|publisher=sundaytimes.lk|access-date=25 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160110/magazine/2016-an-year-for-cinema-177436.html|title=2016: An Year for cinema|publisher=sundaytimes.lk|access-date=25 June 2016}}

Cast

Synopsis

The film follows the story of a community of traditional dancers who lived in the hinterland of colonial Ceylon. Their duty is to perform in the annual festival of the Temple of the Tooth Relic. The narrative, which has a romantic and lyrical style, is set between two rebellions against colonial rule. It concerns the story of Sube, the chief dancer (Bimal) and Rathi, his enterprising wife (Prasidini). Their story charts the struggle of this marginal and oppressed caste community for its roots, rights, heritage and place in the world, while the country is going through a tortuous transformation from feudalism to modernity.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4777710/ | title=Sakkarang (2015) | publisher=IMDB | access-date=30 August 2016}}

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