Kota Uda Express

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Kota Uda Express
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කොට උඩ එක්ස්ප්‍රස්
Directed byA.A Junaideen
Produced byBright Films
Written byA.A Junaideen
Starring Tennyson Cooray
Dilhani Ekanayake
Music by Sarath Dassanayake
CinematographyG. Nandasena
Edited byM.S Aliman
Release date
  • 31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
CountrySri Lanka
Language Sinhala

Kota Uda Express is a 2017 Sri Lankan comedy film directed by A.A Junaideen and produced by Bright Films. [1] The film stars Tennyson Cooray and Dilhani Ekanayake in lead roles along with Dayasiri Hettiarachchi, Ananda Athukorale in supportive roles. [2] The film screened on 31 March 2017, without a prior media publicity, as said by the director. [3] It is the 1272nd Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. [4]

Contents

Cast

Songs

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Pissu Wikare"Chandradasa FernandoSangeeth Wickramasinghe 
2."Amma Mage"  Chandrika Siriwardena  

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