Jeevithe Lassanai

Jeevithe Lassanai ජීවිතේ ලස්සනයි
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Directed by	Sudesh Wasantha Peris
Produced by	Sunil T Films
Written by	Sunil T Fernando
Based on	Hindi Film
Starring	Ranjan Ramanayake Tennyson Cooray Ananda Wickramage Anton Jude
Music by	Asela Endralal
Cinematography	Gamini Moragollagama
Edited by	Kumarasiri de Silva
Production company	Prasad Color Lab, Chennai
Distributed by	EAP Theatres
Release date	21 December 2012
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Jeevithe Lassanai (Life is Beautiful) (ජීවිතේ ලස්සනයි) is a 2012 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Sudesh Wasantha Peris and produced by Sunil T Fernando for Sunil T Films. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Tennyson Cooray and Ananda Wickramage in lead roles along with Maheshi Madusanka and Anton Jude. Music composed by Asela Endralal.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} It is the 1183rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.^[8] The film has influenced by 2000 Bollywood film Joru Ka Ghulam.

Plot

A wealthy businessman Aaron Mudalali (Ananda) has four uncontrollable daughters, named : Dinethra (Maheshi), Subodhani (Menaka), Devumini (Nethu), and Kavya (Ruwangi), who refuse to be disciplined, and be married due to several opinions and attitudes. One day, a wealthy young man Wishwa (Ranjan) who is in love with youngest daughter Kavya arrives to Mudalali's house and asked him to give permission to marry her. But, mudalali refuses it and said that it has been said that, he must marry all four daughters at the same time at same wedding, unless he will die soon. So, mudalali hand over Wishwa to locate three other grooms for his three daughters also, otherwise no marriage will take place. With all four refusing to marry anyone where they have several problems with boys.

Eldest daughter, Dinethra is a kind hearted girl with all her life devoted to library and books. Wishwa tried to match her with his best friend Kukula (Tennyson) and Kukula involve in many incidents to success his love. Second eldest Subodhani already loves a guy, but he has another girl, so she said that she only marry him, otherwise no more weddings take place. Wishwa and Kukula started to break her fiancée and make the relationship between Prabodhi and him. Third eldest Devumini is completely different from all three. She is tough looking and will only marry a boy if he agrees to obey four rules. These rules are;

• The parents of the boy should be dead.
• The boy should have a good cooking ability.
• The boy should have a degree.
• The boy should give the permission to her to become an actress.

With all these rules, its getting hard to find a boy who obey these rules. After several unsuccessful boys, Wishwa found a salesman B.A. Chakrawarthi (Chathura), who agrees to obey any rule, even more than four, if he gets to marry Devumi. Finally, Wishwa has found four boys including him for the four girls and marriage was confirmed.

Cast

• Ranjan Ramanayake as Wishwa (U.N.P. Wishwa)
• Tennyson Cooray as Kalyana / Ku.Ku.La (Kude Kudu Laos)
• Ananda Wickramage as Aaron Mudalali (J.V.P. Aaron)
• Chathura Perera as B.A. Chakrawarthi
• Ruwangi Rathnayake as Kavya
• Maheshi Madusanka as Dinethra
• Nethu Priyangika as Devumini
• Menaka Madhuwanthi as Subodhani
• Robin Fernando as Mr. Wijenayake
• Wilson Gunarathna as Jayasundara
• Anton Jude as Popa
• Wasantha Kumaravila as Anton
• Hemantha Eriyagama as Punchi baba
• Tyrone Michael
• Susila Kottage as Umma devi
• Vinoja Nilanthi as Sylvia
• Kapila Sigera as Police inspector
• Imalsha Madushani as Disco girl
• Sahan Wijesinghe
• Premadasa Vithanage

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