Dheewari

Dheewari
Sinhalaධීවරී
Directed bySalinda Perera
Written bySalinda Perera and Darrell Costa
Based onNovel by Raja Procter
Produced byChandran Rutnam
StarringSangeetha Weeraratne
Joe Abeywickrama
Jackson Anthony
CinematographyLal Wickramarachchi
Edited byHarris Nandasiri
Music byPradeep Ratnayake
Distributed byRidma Circuit
Release date
  • 30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Dheewari (Sinhala: ධීවරී, lit. 'Fisherman's Daughter') is a 2011 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Salinda Perera and produced by Chandran Rutnam. It stars Sangeetha Weeraratne, Joe Abeywickrama in lead roles along with Cyril Wickramage and Jackson Anthony. Music composed by Pradeep Ratnayake. The film was based on the novel Dheewari of Raja Procter. It was adapted for the screen by Salinda Perera and Darrell Costa. Singhalese translations were made during filming. It is the 1163rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film has achieved mostly positive reviews from both local and international festivals.

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References

  1. ↑ "Dheewari depicts harsh realities of fishing life". Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "'Dheewari' ready to sail". Sunday times. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lankan Screened Films". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "A 21st century film-maker". The Nation. Retrieved 5 March 2017.