Jobless Douglas (Sinhala: ජොබ්ලස් ඩග්ලස්) a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Senaka Navaratne and produced by Chandra Kumari Navaratne.[1][2] It stars Rodney Warnakula in the titular role along with Mahinda Pathirage, Dilshani Perera, Nandana Hettiarachi and Don Guy in supportive roles.[3][4] Popular television comedian Shiran Shantha also made his debut cinema acting with the film.

Jobless Douglas
ජොබ්ලස් ඩග්ලස්
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Directed bySenaka Navaratne
Written bySenaka Navaratne
Produced byChandra Kumari Navaratne
StarringRodney Warnakula
Mahinda Pathirage
Dilshani Perera
Nandana Hettiarachi
CinematographyLalith S. Thomas
Edited byAnura Bandara
Music byDilum Thejasa
Production
company
Sarasavi Studio
Release date
  • 7 June 2024 (2024-06-07)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Plot

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Cast

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  • Rodney Warnakula as Douglas aka Kotahene Duggy[5][6]
  • Mahinda Pathirage as Kochchi Kade Champa
  • Dilshani Perera as Veronica
  • Nandana Hettiarachi as Ran Banda
  • Don Guy as Wadakapushpa
  • Jeevan Handunnetti
  • Asanga Perera
  • Anura Srinath
  • Shiran Shantha as Vasudeva
  • Helen Reynolds
  • Lakmini Karunarachchi [7]
  • Thushara Jayasuriya
  • Tharaka Adhikari
  • Nuwandika Rodrigu
  • Palitha Hemapala
  • Dylan Priyantha
  • Ravindra Kumara
  • Jageetha Dissanayake
  • Chamara Virat
  • Mevan Madhusankha
  • Lalitha Charuka
  • Buddhika Jayawardena

Production

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This is the first cinematic direction by Senaka Navaratne, who worked many years in Sri Lankan cinema as an editor (Hulawali, Madusamaya) and an art director.[3] In the film, he also wrote the screenplay and lyrics.[8] The film is produced by Chandra Kumari Navaratne and assistant director is Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe. Cinematography done by Lalith S. Thomas, editing by Anura Bandara and art direction by Priyantha Dasanayake with the assistance of Sithum Prasanna and Hirantha Chamikara.[9] Tharaka Adhikari made the costumes with the assistance of Malinda Mudalige, Ananda Bandara with digital color combination whereas sound designed by Sasika Ruwan Marasinghe and still photography by Mahesh Nishantha.[4] Production Coordination handled by Hemapriya Kandambi. Camera support was given by Harshana Harshana Karunathilake, Sandaruwan Jayalath, Gayatra Sandaruwan Jayalath, Anuruddha, Kashika Jayalath, Asanka Jayawickrama and Doreen Almeida. Music director is Dilum Thejasa, where Dr. Bentley Silva and Gayatri Rajapaksa made background vocals.[1]

Release

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References

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  1. ^ a b "හාස්‍යෝත්පාදයේ නව රැල්ල: ජොබ්ලස් ඩග්ලස්". sarasaviya.lk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Jobless Douglas / ජොබ්ලස් ඩග්ලස්". films.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "ජොබ්ලස් ඩග්ලස් – ජනප්‍රිය හාස්‍ය රංගන ශිල්පීන් රැසක් එකම චිත්‍රපටයකින්". cinema.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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  5. ^ "ඇත්ත තේරෙද්දි එයාලා වාෂ්ප වෙලා ඉවරයි - රොඩ්නි වර්ණකුල". deshaya.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ "මාව අමතන්නෙත් ඒ චරිතය තුලින්". lankadeepa.lk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ "ටෙනිසන් කුරේ මගෙන් කැමතිද කියලා ඇහැව්වා". webgossip.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Hadagasma 23-06-2024 page 5" (PDF). mawbima.lk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  9. ^ "'Jobless Douglas' here soon". dailynews.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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