Ali Kathawa

Ali Kathawa
අලි කතාව
Ali Kathawa ; අලි කතාව
	Theatrical poster of Ali Kathawa
Directed by	Sunil Ariyaratne
Written by	Sunil Ariyaratne
Produced by	Sipvin Films
Starring	Kaushalya Nirmana; Yehani Hansika; Dhananjaya Siriwardena
Cinematography	Channa Deshapriya
Edited by	Thissa Surendra
Music by	Rohana Weerasinghe
Distributed by	EAP Theatres
Release date	18 May 2017;
Country	Sri Lanka
Language	Sinhala

Ali Kathawa (An Elephant's Tale) (Sinhala: අලි කතාව) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films. It stars a child artist Kaushalya Nirmana in lead role along with Ravindra Randeniya, Tharuka Wanniarachchi, Dhananjaya Siriwardena and Yohani Hansika. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the 1276th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film is based on the novel Anusha Saha Raja Kumaru written by Leticia Boteju.

Cast

Kaushalya Nirmana as Bhanu ( Main Actor )
Yohani Hansika as Sumangali
Dhananjaya Siriwardena as King
Tharuka Wanniarachchi as Queen
Ravindra Randeniya as Hermit
Duleeka Marapana as Veddah Gomari
Rodney Warnakula as Kinnara leader
Sarath Kothalawala as Handuna veddah
Kumara Thirimadura as Gobila veddha
Wilson Gunaratne as Maha Amathi
Deepani Silva as God beseecher
Giriraj Kaushalya as King's physician
Jayantha Muthuthanthri as Kinnara leader's servant

Production

The script based on a story by Leticia Botheju, Anusha and Raja Kumaru. All scenes of baby elephants were filmed in Chiang Mai - Thailand. Other scenes were shot in Sri Lanka.

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Magul Magul Eheth Magul"	Sunil Ariyaratne	Rodney Warnakula
2.	"Punchi Hora Mage"	Sunil Ariyaratne	Nanda Malini
3.	"Nil Thanakola Budintai"	Sunil Ariyaratne	Iroshan Madushanka
4.	"Seetha Gagul Ada Hale"	Sunil Ariyaratne	Vidusha Nethranjali

References

↑ "Ali Kathawa child actors". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
↑ "This is Going Back to My Childhood - මහාචාර්ය සුනිල් ආරියරත්න අලි කතාව ගැන හෙළි කරයි". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
↑ Ali Kathawa (2017), retrieved 2017-05-07
1 2 "Two hours of childish happiness". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
↑ "Ali Kathawa plot - මිනිස් දරුවකු හා අලි පැටවකුගේ මිතුදම ගැන කියන 'අලි කතාව'". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
↑ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "අලි කතාව හදද්දී අලි ඇබැද්දි රැසක්". www.sarasaviya.lk. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
↑ "Sri Lanka film history". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

External links

[1] "Ali Kathawa child actors". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[2] "This is Going Back to My Childhood - මහාචාර්ය සුනිල් ආරියරත්න අලි කතාව ගැන හෙළි කරයි". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

[3] Ali Kathawa (2017), retrieved 2017-05-07

[:0-4] 1 2 "Two hours of childish happiness". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[5] "Ali Kathawa plot - මිනිස් දරුවකු හා අලි පැටවකුගේ මිතුදම ගැන කියන 'අලි කතාව'". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

[6] "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[7] "අලි කතාව හදද්දී අලි ඇබැද්දි රැසක්". www.sarasaviya.lk. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[8] "Sri Lanka film history". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.