Hiripoda Wassa

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Hiripoda Wassa
හිරිපොද වැස්ස
Hiripoda Wassa sinhala film.jpg
Directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya
Written byUdayakantha Warnasuriya
Screenplay byUdayakantha Warnasuriya
Story byUdayakantha Warnasuriya
Produced byEAP Films
Starring Roshan Ranawana
Pubudu Chathuranga
Harshani Perera
Chathurika Peiris
Jayalath Manoratne
CinematographyJayanath Gunawardena
Edited byRavindra Guruge
Music by Bathiya and Santhush
Production
company
Prasad Color Lab
Distributed byEAP Films
Release date
  • January 12, 2006 (2006-01-12)(Sri Lanka)
Country Sri Lanka
Language Sinhala

Hiripoda Wassa is a 2005 Sinhalese romantic movie directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya and produced by Soma Edirisinghe for EAP Films. [1] It stars Roshan Ranawana and Pubudu Chathuranga in lead roles along with Chathurika Peiris and Jayalath Manoratne. Music composed by Bathiya and Santhush. [2] They story revolves around young lives engulfed in the challenges in the present-day society, in Sri Lanka. It is the 1063rd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhalese cinema. [3] The film brought Harshini Perera, Jayantha Atapattu and Akila Sandakelum to cinema for the first time.

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Plot

The story revolves round three teenagers - Prageeth (Roshan), a younger, darker version of Hugh Grant, the son of a business tycoon (Corea), whose fiancé is Veena (Anarkali); Sithum (Pubudu), the son of a Postman (Jayalath) is in love with Pooja, (Chathurika) while Ramith who says he comes from the middle class, and is seduced by his biology teacher who as luck would have it lives in an apartment directly opposite his block of flats, nevertheless, voices every teenagers views of life when he says all he wants to do is to take things easy." (Shape eke jeevath venava).

Cast

Reviews

Hiripoda Wassa however, is not a movie that would make you think or cry, and no one would dream of using the highest compliment on the tongues of the teenage characters in the movie to describe it." [5]

Soundtrack

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Neela Nimnaye"Nilar N. Kasim Nirosha Virajini, Santhush Weeraman 
2."Hiripoda Wassa Wageya"Sunil Wimalaweera Bathiya and Santhush, Ashanthi De Alwis, Jananath Warakagoda, Niwanthi Gunasekara 
3."Seema Mayim Na"Nilar N. KasimBathiya and Santhush 
4."Anande Wahi Walawa"Nilar N. KasimBathiya and Santhush, Ashanthi De Alwis, Niwanthi Gunasekara 

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References

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