Swaroopa

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| name = Swaroopa
ස්වරූප

| image = Swaroopa film poster.jpg

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| director = Dharmasena Pathiraja

| producer = Dharmasena Pathiraja
Mohan Mabotuwana

| writer = Dharmasena Pathiraja
Eric Ileyaparachchi

| based_on = The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka{{cite web |url=http://www.asianmirror.lk/entertainment/item/25496-pathi-meets-kafka-swaroopa-set-for-release-today |title=Pathi Meets Kafka: 'Swaroopa' Set For Release Today |publisher=Asian Mirror |accessdate=5 October 2017}}

| starring = W. Jayasiri
Nita Fernando
Lakshman Mendis

| music = Nadeeka Guruge

| cinematography = Donald Karunaratne

| editing = Elmo Haliday

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| distributor = Rithma Circuit

| released = {{Film date|2017|09|29|df=y}}

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| country = Sri Lanka

| language = Sinhala

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Swaroopa (Metamorphosis) ({{langx|si|ස්වරූප}}) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/10/05/?fn=sa17100532 |title=Director talks about 'Swaroopa' |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=5 October 2017 |archive-date=6 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006212546/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/10/05/?fn=sa17100532 |url-status=live }} and co-produced by Dharmasena Pahtiraja himself with Mohan Mabotuwana.{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170521/magazine/swaroopa-to-be-released-soon-240371.html |title='Swaroopa' to be released soon |publisher=The Sunday Times |accessdate=5 October 2017 |archive-date=1 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001191506/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170521/magazine/swaroopa-to-be-released-soon-240371.html |url-status=live }} It stars W. Jayasiri and Nita Fernando in lead roles along with Thusitha Laknath and Lakshman Mendis. Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge. Newcomer Reeni de Silva debuted in the Sinhala cinema with the film.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/10/05/?fn=sa17100521 |title=Sri Lankan Latest Films - Swaroopa |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=5 October 2017 |archive-date=6 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013009/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/10/05/?fn=sa17100521 |url-status=live }} It is the 1285th 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 | archive-date=23 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823000528/http://www.nfc.gov.lk/films-history.php | url-status=dead }}

Though the film scheduled to premier on 8 September 2017 in Rithma circuit theatres,{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/09/07/?fn=sa17090705 |title=පතිරාජගේ ස්වරූප හෙට එයි |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=7 September 2017 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907123318/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/09/07/?fn=sa17090705 |url-status=live }} it was delayed to 29 September 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/10/05/?fn=sa1710057 |title=Swaroopa on Screen |publisher=Sarasaviya |accessdate=5 October 2017 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903205003/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2017/10/05/?fn=sa1710057 |url-status=live }} The film received positive reviews from critics.{{cite web |url=http://www.boondi.lk/article.php?ArtID=5183 |title=Swaroopa review |publisher=boondi.lk |accessdate=5 October 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2016/05/05/features/80702 |title=Commitment beyond compare |work=Daily News |accessdate=5 October 2017 |archive-date=6 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013202/http://www.dailynews.lk/2016/05/05/features/80702 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=170417 |title=Dancing in the light of dusk: a review of Pathiraja's Swaroopa |publisher=The Island |accessdate=5 October 2017 |archive-date=6 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006012507/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=170417 |url-status=live }}