Wekande Walauwa
Wekande Walauwa( Mansion by the Lake) is a 2002 award- winning Sinhalese language drama film directed by Lester James Peries and co-produced by Asoka Perera and Chandran Rutnam.
It stars Malini Fonseka, Vasanthi Chathurani and Sanath Gunathilake in lead roles along with Paboda Sandeepani and Ravindra Randeniya.
Music composed by Pradeep Ratnayake.
It is the 1020th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
Story follows the lives of wealthy people in Sri Lanka.
As per the film director the story is inspired by Anton Chekhov's play" The Cherry Orchard" adapted to a Sri Lankan family context.
It was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was the country's first ever submission for the Academy Awards and received the Golden felini award from UNESCO.
The film was shot at Bandaragama, Piliyandala and Panadura areas.
The release of the film delayed due to the April 2 Parliament election.
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Manmohan Desai
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Lester James Peries
Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries
( Sinhala: ශ් රී ලංකාභිමාන් ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Considered as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, Lester worked as a filmmaker from 1949 to 2006, and was involved in over 28 films, including shorts and documentaries.
He received critical acclaim for directing" RekavaGamperaliyaNidhanayaGolu HadawathaKaliyugayaAwaragira" and" Yuganthaya".
His movie" Wekande Walauwa", starring Ravindra Randeniya and Malini Fonseka, was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for the Academy Awards and the film" Nidhanaya" was included among the top 100 films of the century by the Cinémathèque Française.
Peries' films often deal with Sri Lankan family life in rural settings and conflicted characters.
He helped create an authentic expression of Sinhala Cinema.
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Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati
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Other cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Amrish Puri, Nirupa Roy and Aruna Irani.
The movie was released on 23 December 1988 to excellent collections which dropped following the mixed reviews it received.
The film was a" below average" grosser at the box office but turned out to be a huge box office success in its Re- Run in 1990s.
" India Today" in January, 1989 reported that by the second week collections in Mumbai area were ranging between 28- 40%.
It was Manmohan Desai's last film as a director.
The film has gained an immense cult following among family audiences.
The songs of the film proved to be highly popular.
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Question: Do director of film Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati and director of film Wekande Walauwa share the same nationality?
Answer: no