Bora Diya Pokuna

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Bora Diya Pokuna
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බොරදිය පොකුණ
Directed bySathyajith Maitipe [1]
Written bySathyajith Maitipe
Produced bySunil Dharmasiri
Starring Kaushalya Fernando
Dilani Abeywardana
Priyanka Samaraweera
CinematographyPaalitha Perera
Edited byRavindra Guruge
Music byPradeep Ratnayaka
Release date
  • 14 February 2015 (2015-02-14)
Running time
141 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
Language Sinhala
Budget රු.8,500,000

Bora Diya Pokuna (Sinhala : බොරදිය පොකුණ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala adult drama film directed by Sathyajith Maitipe and produced by Sunil Dharmasiri. [2] [3] It stars Kaushalya Fernando and Dilani Abeywardana in lead roles along with Priyanka Samaraweera and Duminda de Silva. [4] Music composed by Pradeep Ratnayaka. [5] [6] [7] It is the 1222nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. [8]

The film was screened at Smithsonian Institution in Washington on 5 December 2004. [9] The film production was completed in 2003, [10] but banned by the Public Performance Board of Sri Lanka, until it was granted in 2010 for showing in 2015. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The film won a special prize for the Best Fiction Film at Honolulu International Film festival, 2005 in Hawaii. [16]

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