WarigaPojja
| WarigaPojja (The Clan) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Thushara Thennakoon |
| Produced by | Sri Lanka Women's Development Services Cooperative Society Ltd |
| Written by | Nandasiri Gamage |
| Starring |
Nadeesha Fonseka Nayana Hettiarachchi Jagath Manuwarana Poopalasingham Pradeepan Somaweera Gamage |
| Music by | Dinesh Subasinghe |
| Cinematography | Vishvajith Karunarathna |
| Edited by | Pravin Jayarathna, Jayantha Ahangama |
Production company |
Dil Films, TVT Colombo |
Release dates | 20 March 2014 |
Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
| Budget | 18 Million LKR |
WarigaPojja is a 2014 Sri Lankan adventure film, directed by Thushara Thennakoon and produced by the Sri Lanka Women's Development Services Cooperative Society Ltd.[1] The screenplay was based on a short story, Warigaya, written by Nandasiri Gamage. The film is set in the Hanthana forest area around Kandy. Wariga Pojja depicts the journey of a Morana Wariga tribesman who must escape and rescue his tribe after the destruction of the village from malaria.[2]
Nandasir Gamage named all the financial contributors as producers of this film, numbering 80,000. Each contributed 100 lkr.[3][4]
Plot
Around 1890 the indigenous Sri Lankan tribesmen (Veddas) struggled with malaria. The film starts with a mother's death from the disease and the rest of the family leaving the cave where they live with their mother's body.
The father, Kauwa, son, Billa, and daughter, Handuni, continue the trip while the father sees their mother's soul (haetaā), which follows them wherever they go. They arrive at a cave near a stream, where they make arrangements to camp. They hear the loud sounds made by Naiṭaṭaǣvaā, an uncivilized human-ape.
In the night the father asks the children to leave him and meet their relatives at the other side of the jungle. Billa refuses that request asking his father to rest and gain strength to join with them. Finally Billa obeys his father, promising his father that he will save his sister and find her a match from the tribe.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Nadeesha Fonseka as Handuni
- Nayana Hettiarachchi as Mother
- Jagath Manuwarana as Billa
- Poopalasingham Pradeepan as Nittawa
- Somaweera Gamage as Kauwa
Crew
- Director - Thushara Thennakoon
- Script Writer - Nandasiri Gamage
- Cinematography - Vishvajith Karunarathna
- Editors - Pravin Jayarathna, Jayantha Ahangama
- Music Composer - Dinesh Subasinghe
- Art Director - Dhammika Hewaduwatta
- Production - Manjula Perera
- Sound Designer- Kalinga Gihan Perera
Music score
The musical score was written by Dinesh Subasinghe,[5] using acoustic instruments such as Armmenian duduk, Bolivian flutes, takara, Chinese guita 'pipa' as well as folk bamboo flutes, jembe drums, Sri Lankan folk drums, Japanese taiko and different woodwinds. Annada Perera and Uresha Ravihare lent/ vocals along with Dinesh Subasinghe's folk singing.
Score was nominated for best music in 3rd Derana Lux film Awards 2015 and won the award for Most popular film song of the year in the same award ceremony.Lyrics were written by Nandasiri Gamage.[6]
References
- ↑ "Power of people in filmmaking". Sunday Times. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "Warigapojja - වරිගපොජ්ජ". Sri Lanka Cinema Database. Cinema.lk. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ Film Produced by 80,000 Women, Boston Lanka.com, 1 April 2014, retrieved 4 June 2015
- ↑ "Neth FM News - වැඩිම නිෂ්පාදකයන් පිරිසක් දායකවූ චිත්රපටය ලංකාවෙන්". Nethfm.com. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015. zero width joiner character in
|title=at position 53 (help) - ↑ Jayawardana, Ruwini (27 November 2013). "A Rebel's Music". Daily News. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160131/magazine/a-musical-revival-in-lankan-cinema-180794.html