The Road from Elephant Pass (film)

The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 Sri Lankan war film, based on the Sri Lankan Civil War, written, produced, and directed by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel The Road from Elephants Pass by Nihal De Silva. It stars Suranga Ranawaka and Ashan Dias in lead roles along with Sanath Gunathilake and Joe Abeywickrama. The film's music was composed by Ajit Kumarasiri.[2] It is the 1131st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[3]

The Road from Elephant Pass
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChandran Rutnam
Produced byChandran Rutnam
Written byChandran Rutnam
Based onA novel by Nihal De Silva)
StarringSuranga Ranawaka
Ashan Dias
Music byAjit Kumarasiri
CinematographySuminda Weerasinghe
Edited byChandran Rutnam
Production
company
Gemini Color Lab, Chennai
Distributed byCEL Theaters [1]
Release date
23 October 2009
Running time
120 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
Language
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil
Budget$2 million

It was a Blockbuster in Sri Lankan film history.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The film was dubbed into five Indian languages and screened in India, becoming the first Sri Lankan film to be screened in India.[15]

Plot

A LTTE carder called "Kamala Velaithan" surrenders to the Sri Lanka Army and she was handed over to captain "Wasantha" in order to bring her to colombo IBM headquarters. She has important inside information for the army which would lead to an attack on the LTTE leader. Her brother was killed by the LTTE for trying to desert it. When they started the journey their jeep was attacked by LTTE. So both of them escape from there and arrive in Periyumbutur by a boat. Then, due to the deadly attack faced before, his head is injured. So she wraps his head with a cloth and says not to speak anything. Both pass LTTE & ARMY points and continue the journey. Meanwhile, both fall love immensely with each other.

At last, he goes to hand over Kamala to IBM and there she reveals that the things she said about a big information is a lie and asks his pardon. Captain Wasantha was angry, but he couldn't say anything because Brigadier calls him to come with Kamala. Both goes and BGD asks the information from Wasantha. He says a date and a time which he pondered. However, SL air force attacked the place and a group of top LTTE leaders were killed. Meanwhile, Captain leaves to Elephant Pass(Alimankada) and it was attacked by LTTE and his mother receives a letter that Captain Wasantha is missing, while the operation was going on. His mother falls on a chair crying.

After several years, Kamala and Wasantha are smiling and playing with their child at a flat in Toronto, Canada.

Cast

References
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  3. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. "'The Road from Elephant Pass'". Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Colombo. Sri Lanka. 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
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  6. "A rocky road: 'The Road from Elephant Pass' directed by Chandran Rutnam". The Southasia Trust. February 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  7. "The Road from Elephant Pass". The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  8. "Road From Elephant Pass –another saga of the local film industry". The Colombo Times. 05/11/2009. Retrieved 2011-03-15. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. "The Road from Elephant Pass". Sri Lanka News First. 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  10. "Road From Elephant Pass –another saga of the local film industry". Sri Lanka News First. 06/11/2009. Retrieved 2011-03-15. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. "Arduous road to realisation of humanity". The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. 08/11/2009. Retrieved 2011-03-15. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. "RGV's Oscar connection". The Hindustan Times. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  13. "Treading a road not taken". Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Colombo. Sri Lanka. 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  14. "Alimankada –Behind the scenes". Upali Newspapers Limited. 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  15. "'Alimankada' in India". Sunday Times. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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