Dharmayuddhaya
| Dharmayuddhaya ධර්මයුද්ධය | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by |
Cheyyar Ravi Gihan Ranga Bandara |
| Produced by | The Capital Maharaja Organisation Limited |
| Story by | Jeethu Joseph |
| Based on | Malayalam film Drishyam[1] |
| Starring |
Jackson Anthony Dilhani Ekanayake Kusum Renu |
| Music by | Sachith Peris |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | S. P. R. Raja Sethupathie |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | M Entertainments |
Release date | 14 July 2017[2] |
Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
| Box office | 17 LKR Crores (in 12 weeks) |
Dharmayuddhaya (Sinhalese: ධර්මයුද්ධය) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala Family drama film directed by Indian director Cheyyar Ravi and produced by MTV Channel for Sirasa Films of The Capital Maharaja Organization Limited and is distributed by M Entertainments.[3]It is a Sinhala remake of the Indian Malayalam- language film Drishyam originally written by Jeethu Joseph. Dharmayuddhaya stars Jackson Anthony and Dilhani Ekanayake in the lead roles and features Kusum Renu, Kumara Thirimadura, Thisuri Yuwanika and Roshan Pilapitiya in supporting roles. Music of the film was composed by Sachith Peris.[4] It is the 1282nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[5]
The official trailer was released on 30 January 2017.[6] The premiere of the movie was held on 13 July 2017 at Regal Cinema. The director, Cheyyar Ravi, had died in March 2017.[7]
Plot
Cast
The cast includes many superstars in Sinhala cinemas as well as new faces.[10]
- Jackson Anthony as Harishchandra
- Dilhani Ekanayake as Rani
- Kusum Renu as PM Vishaka Samaranayake
- Roshan Pilapitiya as OIC Ravi
- Kumara Thirimadura as PC Wimal
- Thisuri Yuwanika as Achini
- Rohan Jayakody as Restaurant Manager
- Vinumi Vansadhi as Sachini[11]
- Dhanuka Dilshan as Shane
- Ananda Atukorala as Sargent Jinadaasa
- Douglas Ranasinghe as Upali
- Avanthi Aponsu as Raani's mother
- Wasantha Kumarasiri as Raani's father
- Ariyasena Gamage as Salesman
- Tharanga Bandara as Raani's brother
- Mahinda Jinasena as Contractor
- Somasiri Colambage as Siripala
- Nirukshan Ekanayake as Palitha
- Damith Rukshan as Gamini
- Sureni Senarath as Principal
- Manjula Dissanayake as Damith - Shane's friend
- Madhusanka Bandara as Saman Witharana
Box-office
The film earned 535 Lakhs of Sri Lankan rupees from 31 days of screening. The CEL theatre corporation revealed that the film has been watched by more than 235,000 viewers, by the end of first month.[12] The film earned 955 SLR Lakhs from 45 days, a record box office in Sri Lankan cinema.[13] After 65 days of screening, the film had been watched by over 700,000 viewers, according to CEL theatres.[14]
Songs
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Neela Akase" | Sunil Ariyaratne | Meena Prasadini, Rooney |
Origins
Dharmayuddhaya is the official Sinhala remake of the record breaking Malayalam film Drishyam which was remade into several Indian languages. The remake rights of the film were sold for ₹155 million.[15] It was first remade in Kannada as Drishya (2014) by P. Vasu and starring V. Ravichandran and Navya Nair. The Telugu version titled Drushyam (2014) directed by Sripriya featured Daggubati Venkatesh, along with Meena reprising her role. Jeethu himself directed the Tamil remake Papanasam (2015) which stars Kamal Haasan and Gautami. A Hindi remake was also made with the same name in 2015, directed by Nishikant Kamat and starring Ajay Devgn and Shriya Saran in the lead roles. All these versions were commercially successful.[16]
| Drishyam (2013) Malayalam | Drishya (2014) Kannada | Drushyam (2014) Telugu | Papanasam (2015) Tamil | Drishyam (2015) Hindi | Dharmayuddhaya (2017) Sinhala |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohanlal (Georgekutty) | V. Ravichandran (Rajendra Ponnappa) | Daggubati Venkatesh (Rambabu) | Kamal Haasan (Suyambu Lingam) | Ajay Devgn (Vijay Salgaonkar) |
Jackson Anthony (Harischandra) |
| Meena (Rani) | Navya Nair (Seetha) | Meena (Jyothi) | Gautami (Rani) | Shriya Saran (Nandini) |
Dilhani Ekanayake (Rani) |
| Ansiba Hassan (Anju George) | Swaroopini Narayan (Sindhu) | Kruthika Jayakumar (Anju) | Niveda Thomas (Selvi) | Ishita Dutta (Anju) |
Thisuri Yuwanika (Achini) |
| Esther Anil (Anu George) | Unnathi (Shreya) | Esther Anil (Anu) | Esther Anil (Meena) | Mrinal Jadhav (Anu) |
Vinumi Vansadhi (Sachini) |
| Kalabhavan Shajohn (Sahadevan) | Achyuth Kumar (Surya Prakash) | Ravi Kale (Veerabhadram) | Kalabhavan Mani (Perumal) | Kamlesh Sawant (Laxmikant Gaitonde) |
Kumara Thirimadura (Wimal) |
| Asha Sarath (Geetha Prabhakar) | Asha Sarath (Roopa Chandrashekhar) | Nadhiya (Geetha Prabhakar) | Asha Sarath (Geetha Prabhakar) | Tabu (Meera Deshmukh) |
Kusum Renu (Vishaka Samaranayake) |
| Siddique (Prabhakar) | Prabhu (Chandrashekhar) | Naresh (Prabhakar) | Anant Mahadevan (Prabhakar) | Rajat Kapoor (Mahesh) |
Douglas Ranasinghe (Upaali) |
References
- ↑ "Remake of Malayalam movie in cinema". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Dharmayuddhaya in 50 theatres". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Dharmayuddhaya official website". Sirasa Movies. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ↑ "And now in Sinhala..." Daily News. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ↑ "Dharmayuddhaya — Sinhala Movie Official Trailer #1". MEntertainments. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ↑ "Director Cheyyar Ravi died due to cardiac arrest". tamilserials. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ↑ "Dharmayudhaya පිය සෙනෙහස තරම් සවියක් දියණියකට තව කොයින්ද". sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ↑ "War Against Injustice Power-play Underneath a Social Fabric". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ↑ "Acting without delaying studies ඉගෙනීමට බාධාවක් නොකර රඟපෑම දිගටම". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ "31 days, 535 lakhs by Dharmayuddhaya". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ↑ "55 Lakhs, 45 days, close to 1000 Lakhs". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ↑ "7 Lakhs, 65 days". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ↑ Bhaskaran, Gautaman (9 January 2014). "Mohanlal's aam aadmi is a surprise hit in Drishyam". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ Srivathsan Nadadhur (4 August 2015). "High 'five' for Drishyam's deception". The Hindu.