Wekande Walauwa

Wekande Walauwa (Mansion by the Lake) (Sinhala: වෑකන්ද වලව්ව) is a 2002 award-winning Sinhalese language drama film directed by Lester James Peries and co-produced by Asoka Perera and Chandran Rutnam. It stars Malini Fonseka, Vasanthi Chathurani and Sanath Gunathilake in lead roles along with Paboda Sandeepani and Ravindra Randeniya. Music composed by Pradeep Ratnayake.[1] It is the 1020th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.[2]

Wekande Walauwa
වෑකන්ද වලව්ව
Ravindra, Malini, Paboda and Vasanthi starring.
Directed byLester James Peries
Screenplay byLester James Peries
Produced byAsoka Perera
Chandran Rutnam
StarringMalini Fonseka
Ravindra Randeniya
Vasanthi Chathurani
CinematographyK.A. Dharmasena
Edited byGladwin Fernando
Music byPradeep Ratnayake
Release date
  • 22 May 2003 (2003-05-22)
CountrySri Lanka
LanguageSinhala

Story follows the lives of wealthy people in Sri Lanka. As per the film director the story is inspired by Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard adapted to a Sri Lankan family context. It was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4] The film was the country's first ever submission for the Academy Awards and received the Golden felini award from UNESCO.[5]

The film was shot at Bandaragama, Piliyandala and Panadura areas.[6] The release of the film delayed due to the April 2 Parliament election.[7]

Cast

Academy Awards Submission

Wekande Walauwa was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for the Academy Awards which was held in 2003 under the category of 'Award for Best Foreign Language Film' by a Sri Lankan Director. The film was screened at the grand finale of the Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, India on August 10, 2002.[8]

References
  1. "Wekande Walawwa a film of repute". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Sri Lanka Cinema History". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Wekande Walauwa". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  4. "Lester's latest at Cannes". Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  5. "Untitled". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
  6. "Lester continues his line". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. "Wekande Walawwa show delayed". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. "Lester wins more kudos for his work on films". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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