Passport (Sinhala: පාස්පෝට්) is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese drama thriller film directed by Chris Anthony and produced by Dr. Viranjith Thambugala for Aura Lanka Entertainment.[2][3] It stars Jagath Chamila and Dharmapriya Dias in lead roles, where Nayanathara Wickramarachchi, Mahendra Perera, Darshan Dharmaraj, Priyantha Seneviratne and Roshan Pilapitiya made supportive roles.[4][5]
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| Directed by | Chris Anthony[1] |
| Written by | Chris Anthony |
| Story by | Chris Anthony |
| Produced by | Dr. Viranjith Thambugala |
| Starring | Jagath Chamila Nayanathara Wickramarachchi Dharmapriya Dias Mahendra Perera Darshan Dharmaraj |
| Cinematography | Vishwajith Karunaratne |
| Edited by | Shan Alwis |
| Music by | Sudath Jayasinghe |
Production companies | Kapture2 MPI Theatres |
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| Language | Sinhala |
Plot
editThe film rotates around two youth, who fly illegally to Europe seeking for a better life and employment, but corruption, thug and crime lurking around them.[6][3]
Cast
edit- Jagath Chamila as Amare
- Nayanathara Wickramarachchi as Neela
- Dharmapriya Dias as Saman
- Mahendra Perera as notorious agent
- Darshan Dharmaraj as Gulliver, gem dealer
- Priyantha Seneviratne
- Roshan Pilapitiya
- Saman Almeida
- Susantha Chandramali
- Raja Ganeshan
- Tissa Gunathilaka
- Athula Jayasinghe
- Malkanthi Jayasinghe
- Hashinika Karaliyadda
- Welegedara Ranasinghe
- Thushari Wehella
Production
editThis is the first film directed by Chris Anthony, but screened after his second cinema direction Ape Principal in 2023.[7][8] He also made the story and screenplay and the producer was found two years after the writing the script.[1] Dr. Viranjith Thambugala is the producer, where Lalith Rajapaksa is the line producer. Assistant directors are Praneeth Gunaratne and Niroshan Edirimanne. Vishwajith Karunratne handled the cinematography with Priyantha Malavige and Shan Alwis is the editor. Art direction done by Aruna Dias Pieris, makeup by Ruchira Sanjeewa, Sound design by Sashin Gimhan and line production by Lalith Waruna Rajapaksha.[9]
Sudath Jayasinghe is the music director, Nilar M. Cassim and Kelum Srimal are the lyricists, where Sanjula Gimantha, Dumal Warnakulasuriya and Subuddhi Lakmali made background vocals.[9]
The film has been shot simultaneously in the Central Hills and Coastal area of Sri Lanka as well as in Rajasthan, India, Italy and Austria.[9] The film also stars seven Africans and shooting took place with the help of an interpreter.[1][3]
Release
editThe film was previously released on 22 March 2023 during 'Sinamabhimani - 2023' 10 year anniversary festival presented to mark the 10th anniversary of Sri Lanka Film Directors Forum.[10][11][12] The film was officially released on 4 October 2024 in CFL cinema theatres.
References
edit- ^ a b c "නිෂ්පාදකවරයෙක් හොයාගන්න අවුරුදු දෙකක් ගියා – අධ්‍යක්ෂ ක්‍රිස් ඇන්තනී". divaina.lk. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "පාස්පෝට් හෙට සිට තිරයට". sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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- ^ "පාස්පෝට් තිරයට එන්න පෙර". sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Passport / පාස්පෝට්". sarasaviya.lk. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "'Passport' flies to India and Europe". dailynews.lk. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "තර්ජන මැද්දේ ප්‍රින්සිපල් වැඩ භාරගනී". divaina.lk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "පාස්පෝට් හදපු ක්‍රිස්ගෙන් අපේ ප්‍රින්සිපල්". divaina.lk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "පාස්පෝට් (Passport) – යූරෝ සිහිනයේ අතරමං වූ තාරුණ්‍යයේ කතාවක් ළඟදීම". cinema.lk. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "අධ්‍යක්ෂවරුන්ගෙන් සිනමා උළෙලක්". divaina.lk. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "ඉදිරියේදී තිරගත වන චිත්‍රපට නමයක් දැන්ම නැරඹීමට අවස්ථාවක්!! DGSL සිනමාභිමාන – 2023". cinema.lk. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "CINEMABHIMANA 2023". ceylontoday.lk. Retrieved 5 October 2024.