The Horn (Sinhala: ද හෝන්) is a 2020 Sri Lankan Sinhala sci-fi horror film directed by Sameera Wakwella and produced by Deepika Kaluarachchi for ZOOM Film Productions.[3] It stars newcomers Kalhara Wakwella and Teena Shanel in lead role with Roshan Pilapitiya, Dhananjaya Siriwardena and Christine Gunawardena made supportive roles.[4][5]

The Horn
ද හෝන්
Directed bySameera Wakwella [2]
Written bySameera Wakwella
Produced byDeepika Kaluarachchi
StarringKalhara Wakwella
Teena Shanel
Roshan Pilapitiya
Dhananjaya Siriwardena
Christine Gunawardena
CinematographyChanaka Senadheera
Edited bySameera Wakwella
Music byNiroshan Dissanayake
Distributed byCEL Theaters [1]
Release date
  • 7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)[1]
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Along with the film screening, the book titled with same name was launched on 20 February 2020 at the National Library and Documentation Services auditorium.[6]

Plot

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Cast

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  • Kalhara Wakwella as Kevin Steven, Thomas' son
  • Teena Shanel as Emma, Kevin's wife
  • Roshan Pilapitiya as Dino, Kevin's son
  • Dhananjaya Siriwardena as Prof. Thomas Steven[7]
  • Christine Gunawardena as Chris Mama
  • Leesha Umayangi as Agnas, Thomas' wife
  • Jagath Prasanna as Percy
  • Jayantha Galagedara
  • Rukmal Senanayake
  • Buddhi Maheshika

Production

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The film marked second cinema direction by Sameera Wakwella, where he previously directed the 2016 horror film Zoom. He also contributed with screenplay, editing, sound administration, color combination and sound mixing. Cinematography done by Chanaka Senadheera and feature writing by Asanka Manori. Chamika Dematapaksa handled special visual effects and Isuru Tharindu handled art direction assisted by Lakmal Sudesh and Kumar D. Rahubandha. Music composed by Niroshan Dissanayake.[3][4][5]

Assistant director and hair stylist is Chathurika Sandamali and still photographer is Hashan Pannila. Camera support crew is Jagath Susantha, Thisara Damith and Gamini Fernando. Composition assistance given by Hasantha Ranaweera and Madhusankha Dissanayake. Producer Deepika Kaluarachchi also handled costume design and production management. Hasantha Wickramarachchi and Heshani Ridma Thilakaratne made English subtitles.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "පෙබරවාරි මාසෙට චිත්‍රපට පහක්". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ^ "2020 FLASHBACK". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ a b "අද්භූත වාද්‍ය භාණ්ඩයේ ගුප්ත කතාව: ද හෝන්". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. ^ a b c "Sinhala Movie Directory: The Horn". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. ^ a b "The Horn, the newest horror film in Lankan cinema". sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. ^ "හෝන් තිරයෙන් අද පොතකට". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  7. ^ "ලබන අවුරුද්ද මගේ අවුරුද්ද: ධනංජය අලුත් බලාපොරොත්තුවක". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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