Sihinayaki Adare
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| name = Sihinayaki Adare
සිහිනයකි ආදරේ
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| director = Sarov Shanmugam
Donald Jayantha
| producer = Raja Sadesh Kumar {{cite web |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2024/02/22/26454/එදා-අසාර්ථක-වුණාට-මගේ-ගමන-නැවතුණේ-නැහැ |title=එදා අසාර්ථක වුණාට මගේ ගමන නැවතුණේ නැහැ: නිෂ්පාදක සදේෂ් කුමාර් |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=22 February 2024}}
Srimathi Sadesh Kumar
| story = Atlee
| starring = Hemal Ranasinghe
Pooja Umashankar
Uddika Premarathna
Sheshadri Priyasad
| music = Pasan Liyanage
| cinematography = Vignesh Vasu
| editing = Ashok Kumar
| studio = Real Image
| distributor = EAP Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2024|01|18}}
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| country = Sri Lanka
| language = Sinhala
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Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream) ({{langx|si|සිහිනයකි ආදරේ}}) is a 2024 Indian-Sri Lankan Sinhalese language romantic drama film co-directed by Sarov Shanmugam and Donald Jayantha.{{cite web |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2024/01/18/26296/එකම-එක-සැබැඳියාවක-ආදරණිීය-ආමන්ත්%E2%80%8Dරණය |title=එකම එක සැබැඳියාවක ආදරණිීය ආමන්ත්‍රණය: සිහිනයකි ආදරේ |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=2 January 2024}} The film is co-produced by Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar.{{cite web |url=https://divaina.lk/සිනමාවේ-ආදරණීය-ආමන්ත්රණ/|title=සිනමාවේ ආදරණීය ආමන්ත්‍රණය සිහිනයකි ආදරේ |publisher=divaina.lk |accessdate=2 January 2024}} It stars Hemal Ranasinghe and Pooja Umashankar (in her comeback role) in lead roles along with Uddika Premarathna, Sheshadri Priyasad, Lucky Dias, Mahendra Perera in supportive roles.{{cite web |url=https://divaina.lk/ළඟ-ළඟම-එන-සිහිනයකි-ආදරේ/ |title=ළඟ ළඟම එන සිහිනයකි ආදරේ |publisher=divaina.lk |accessdate=2 January 2024}} The film is the remake of 2013 South Indian film Raja Rani directed by Atlee.{{cite web |url=http://cinema.lk/ළඟ-ළඟම-එන-සිහිනයකි-ආදරේ-ප්/ |title=ළඟ ළඟම එන 'සිහිනයකි ආදරේ' – ප්‍රධාන චරිත හේමාල් සහ පූජා |date=26 September 2023 |publisher=cinema.lk |accessdate=2 January 2024}}
Plot
Cast
- Hemal Ranasinghe as Rehan Bernard
- Pooja Umashankar as Jennifer Fernandez
- Uddika Premarathna as Ajith Bandara
- Sheshadri Priyasad as Divya
- Lucky Dias as Ronnie Fernandez, Jennifer's father
- Mihira Sirithilaka as Noel, Ajith's friend
- Jayantha Athapatthu as Vicky, Rehan's friend
- Mahendra Perera as Rehan's boss
- Damitha Abeyratne as Varuni Fernando, the marriage registrar
- Himali Siriwardena
- Ananda Wickramage
- Sunoj Kumar Fernando
- Sriyantha Mendis as Bandara, Ajith's father
- Thisuri Yuwanika as Jennifer's friend
- Vinu Udani Siriwardhana as Kumari, Jennifer's office friend
- Shehani Kahandawala as Divya's friend
- Meena Kumari
- Suneetha Wimalaweera
- Gayesha Perera
- Kumara Thirimadura
- Hemantha Iriyagama
- Ronnie Leitch as Head of call centre
- Sarath Dikkumbura as Police officer
- Anura Bandara Rajaguru
- Manchana Tharaka Peiris
Production
South Indian director Sarov Shanmugam and Sri Lankan director Donald Jayantha are the co-directors of the film. Donald Jayantha also holds the record as the assistant director of the most number of films in Sinhala cinema as well. Sarov and Jayantha previously directed the film Maya 3D in 2016. Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar co-produced the film for the second time with directors after Maya 3D. Raja Sadesh Kumar also made the story and screenplay and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar also contributed with costume design. Assistant directors are Janaka Chamara and Niroshan Edirimanna, where line Producers are Darshan K, Dinesh Subhas and Praveen Ramesh Babu.
Cinematography done by Vignesh Vasu, edited by Ashok Kumar and art direction by Manjula Ayagama. Sound Management by Diran Wijeyasinghe, product management by Ashoka Ariyaratne and feature composition by Sameera Madhu Kidelpitiya. Nishantha Kumara Dharmadasa and Susara Sampath Balasuriya made costume design assistance to Srimathi Sadesh Kumar. Ruchira Dinesh Kahanda is the hair stylist, Dinesh Kumar is the choreographer, and Sandesh Bandara, Ajith Premalal are still photographers.
Music direction and songs composed by Pasan Liyanage, where Tirone Perera and Yashoda Adhikari are the lyricists. Tharuka Gunaratne, Kanishka Peiris, Diran Wijesinghe, Hirushi Jayasena, Dinelka Muthuarachchi and Chethana Ketagoda made background vocals.
Shooting of the film started in 2019, but stopped midway with many reasons including COVID-19.
Release
References
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External links
- [https://films.lk/sihinayaki-adare-Sinhala-film-2477.html Sihinayaki Adare] on Sinhala Cinema Database
- {{IMDb title|tt30828655}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlww8pJvcU Sihinayaki Adare trailer] on YouTube
Category:2020s Sinhala-language films
Category:Sri Lankan romantic drama films