Underpants Thief

Underpants Thief (Sinhala: ජංගි හොරා) is a 2021 Sri Lankan Sinhalese adult drama film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya.[4] It stars Pubudu Chathuranga and Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with Chinthaka Kulathunga and Buddhi Randeniya.[5] Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.[6]

Underpants Thief
ජංගි හොරා
Directed bySomaratne Dissanayake
Written bySomaratne Dissanayake
Produced byRenuka Balasooriya [1]
StarringPubudu Chathuranga
Dilhani Ekanayake
Chinthaka Kulathunga
CinematographyVishwa Balasooriya [2]
Edited byAjith Ramanayake
Music byRohana Weerasinghe
Release date
  • 23 December 2021 (2021-12-23)
Running time
96 minutes[3]
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

The film has been granted permission to screen with 'adults only' certification by the Public Performance Control Board.[7][8] The media screening was held in early December 2021 at the Savoy Premier Cinema.[9] The film was screened in overseas in 2017, where the film was officially screened in Sri Lanka on 23 December 2021.[10] It is reported that the movie was screened last weekend in cinemas in Nugegoda, Maharagama and Matara with Housefull banner, such incident occurred after four years.[11] Arrangements have been made to book a 9:30 pm screening for the film due to huge Housefull incidents throughout the country.[12]

Plot

The story revolves around the character of a man with a less spoken mental condition, Sam (played by Pubudu), He is a man who steals and keeps women's panties. His brother's wife Nayani (played by Dilhani) is persecuted for behaving like her husband's younger brother sexually abused. But she gets used to it and takes the initiative to rehabilitate him.[13]

Cast

International screening

References
  1. "Will not go looking for underpant thieves again". සරසවිය. 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  2. "I have no competitors in this field: Jangi Hora Camera Director Vishwa Balasuriya". Sarasaviya. 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. "Underpants Thief film by Somaratne Dissanayake". filmtv. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. Thushi. "Somaratne's 'Jangi Hora' goes online". theleader.lk. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  5. "Jangi Hora - ජංගි හොරා - Sinhala Cinema Database". films.lk. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  6. "Adult movie from one of children's film director". 24news. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  7. "Somaratne Dissanayake's 'Underpants Thief' To Busan". srilankanewslive. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. "Some say that 'Jangi Hora' is an ugly thing". සරසවිය. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  9. "ජංගි හොරා ළඟදීම". සරසවිය. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  10. "Two movies from yesterday and today". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  11. "ජංගි හොරා Housefull". සරසවිය. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  12. "9:30 again due to 'Jangi Hora'". Sarasaviya. 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  13. "There are many 'underwear thieves': Award winning actress - Dilhani Ashokamala". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  14. "ජංගි හොරා ගැන ඔවුහු මෙසේ කියති". සිළුමිණ (in Sinhala). 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  15. "Dilhani nabs 'Jangi Hora'". Aruna. 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  16. "මට බණින්නේ සියයට එකක් විතරයි". සරසවිය. 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  17. "Somaratne Dissanayake's 'Underpants Thief' To Busan". Asian Mirror. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  18. "ආචාර්ය සෝමරතන දිසානායකගේ "Underpants Thief" ආසියානු සිනමා උළෙලට". SBS. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  19. "Competition - Underpants Thief". OAFF. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  20. "'Underpants Thief' wins award in Delhi". Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  21. "Underpants Thief". delhiinternationalfilmfestival. Retrieved 7 October 2018.


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