Sikuru Hathe

Sikuru Hathe
සිකුරු හතේ
DVD poster
Directed by Giriraj Kaushalya
Produced by New Imperial Talkies
Written by Giriraj Kaushalya
Based on Giriraj Kaushalya
Starring Vijaya Nandasiri
Anarkali Akarsha
Suraj Mapa
Music by Tharupathi Munasinghe
Rohana Weerasinghe
Navaratne Gamage
Cinematography Ruwan Costa
Edited by Ravindra Guruge
Production
company
The Video Team (TVT)
Distributed by EAP (original release)
Release date
 16 August 2007
Country Sri Lanka
Language Sinhala

Sikuru Hathe (Sinhalese: සිකුරු හතේ) is a 2007 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Giriraj Kaushalya and produced by Hans Anton Vanstarex for New Imperial Talkies. It stars Vijaya Nandasiri, Anarkali Akarsha and Suraj Mapa in lead roles along with Rodney Warnakula and Susila Kottage. Music composed by Tharupathi Munasinghe, and songs composed by Rohana Weerasinghe and Navaratne Gamage.[1][2] It is the 1092nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[3] One of best comedy films ever produced in the country,[4] Sikuru Hathe became the highest-grossing film in 2007 and won many awards at several local film award ceremonies.[5]

Plot

The story revolves around the match-maker Mangala Jaya (Vijaya), who is a poor, but kind hearted person with a single daughter. A series of hilarious incidents went through the plot, and though he is a match-maker, he fails to find a good boy to his young daughter. At last, his daughter was able to find the soul mate.

Cast

Soundtrack

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Nilata Nile Nil Kateta"Kasun Kalhara, Uresha Ravihari 
2."Samanmali Mage Mali"Rodney Warnakula 
3."Ira Handa Depase Nam"Sunil Perea, Bandula Wijeweera 

Awards

  • 2007 SIGNIS Award for Best Actor - Vijaya Nandasiri
  • Most Popular Actor - Sarasavi Awards
  • 2007 Sarasavi Award for Best Up-coming actress - Himali Sayurangi
  • 2007 Sarasavi Award for Best playback singer - Kasun Kalhara
  • 2007 Sarasavi Merit Award - Hemantha Iriyagama

Re-release

After its huge popularity in 2007, the director Giriraj Kaushalya discussed about the re-release of the film. With that initiation, the film was re-released at the MPI, LFD and Tharu circuit cinemas on 4 February 2010.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sikuru Hathe (2007)". IMDB. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sikuru Hathe: A magnificent comedy". Daily News. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "'Sikuru Hathe' back on screen". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sikuru Hathe coming on Independence Day". Daily News. Retrieved 26 February 2017.


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