My Red Comrade (Sinhala: රතු අතු අග), is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese political drama film directed by Sudath Mahaadivulwewa and produced by Red Circle Productions.[2][3] The film features only two lead roles, both making their debut in cinema: Asiri Allage and Tharindi Fernando.[1][4][5]
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| Directed by | Sudath Mahaadivulwewa |
| Written by | Sudath Mahaadivulwewa |
| Produced by | Red Circle Production [1] |
| Starring | Asiri Allage Tharindi Fernando |
| Cinematography | Ruwan Costa |
| Edited by | Ajith Ramanayake |
| Music by | Nadeeka Guruge |
| Distributed by | NFC cinema circuit[1] |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhala |
The special media screening was held at One Galle Face PVR Cinema on 1 May 2024.[6] The film received positive reviews from critics for its theme and acting.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Cast
edit- Asiri Allage as Red Comrade
- Tharindi Fernando as Strange girl
Production and release
editThis is Sudath Mahaadivulwewa's second cinematic direction, after Sudu Kalu Saha Alu, which he directed 19 years ago in 2005.[14][15] The lead actor Asiri Allage suffered tortured violent years in a concentration camp in real life, who later became a professional creative Sinhala copywriter.[7]
The cinematography of the film was done by Ruwan Costa, and editing was done by Ajith Ramanayake. The cinematography was completed in a different format within four days, using only two characters, on the same backdrop of Sarasaviya Studio of the National Film Corporation.[1] Art direction was done by Manjula Ayagama, Sound design by Sasika Marasinghe, and color combination by Tissa Surendra. Dinesh Lakdusinghe was the assistant director, Nimal Wijesiri Senadhira served as the production manager and Darshi Gamage as the line producer. Composition was done by Samarasiri Kandanage, with lyrics written by the director himself. Nadeeka Guruge was the music director, who also provided background vocals.[4][16]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sudath breaks two decades silence with 'My Red Comrade'". sundaytimes.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "My Red Comrade : ඔබ ඡන්දය හිමි වැඩිහිටියෙක් නම් මේ ඔබේ සිනමාවයි". theleader.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "My Red Comrade චන්දය හිමි, අවුරුදු 18 වැඩි, "වැඩිහිටියන්ට පමණයි"". wedabima.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ a b "MY RED COMRADE සහ විසල් ආදරේ හෙට සිට රිදී තිරයේ". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "'විසල් ආදරේ' දිවයින පුරා". dinamina.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "MY RED COMRADE විශේෂ දර්ශනය දා". sarasaviya.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ a b "Our "Red Comrades" Need To Listen To The Rain Falling Outside Their Window". colombotelegraph.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Go watch 'My Red Comrade'". sundayobserver.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "'My Red Comrade' හිත ගැස්සුණු චිත්‍රපටියක් – සිසිර යාපා". lankatarget.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "චිත්‍රපටි ශාලාවකදී ඔබේ MY RED COMRADE පරික්ෂා කරවා ගන්න අවස්ථාවක්…". lankanewsweb.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "MY RED COMRADE : අළුත් පරම්පරාවට හොඳ පාඩමක් - (විෂ්ණු වාසු)". theleader.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "My Red Comrade: Beyond the glorification of the left". sundaytimes.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "My Red Comrade මැයි 17 සිට : 'දිවුලා සිනමාව කියල දුන්නු කෙනෙක්' - හඳගම". theleader.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "my red comrade, වම සම්බන්ධව කෙරුණු ආදරණීය ප්‍රකාශනයක් – සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව". anidda.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "ප්‍රශ්න ටික දැනගෙනයි මම මේක කළේ – My Red Comrade හැදූ සුදත් මහදිවුල්වැව". divaina.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "My Red Comrade මැයි එනවාලු …". divaina.lk. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-19.