The Road from Elephant Pass (film)

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The Road from Elephant Pass
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Chandran Rutnam
Written byChandran Rutnam
Based on The Road from Elephant Pass
by Nihal De Silva
Produced byChandran Rutnam
StarringSuranga Ranawaka
Ashan Dias
CinematographySuminda Weerasinghe
Edited byChandran Rutnam
Music byAjit Kumarasiri
Production
companies
Gemini Color Lab, Chennai
Distributed byCEL Theaters [1]
Release date
  • 23 October 2009 (2009-10-23)
Running time
120 minutes
CountrySri Lanka
Languages
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil
Budget$2 million

The Road from Elephant Pass is a 2008 Sri Lankan war film directed, written and produced by Chandran Rutnam based on the novel of the same name by Nihal De Silva about the Sri Lankan Civil War. It stars Suranga Ranawaka and Ashan Dias in lead roles along with Sanath Gunathilake and Joe Abeywickrama. The film's music was composed by Ajit Kumarasiri. [2] It is the 1131st film in Sri Lankan cinema. [3]

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It was a blockbuster in Sri Lankan film history. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] The film was dubbed into five Indian languages and screened in India, becoming the first Sri Lankan film to be screened in India. [15]

Plot

A LTTE carder called "Kamala Velaithan" surrenders to the Sri Lanka Army and she was handed over to captain "Wasantha" in order to bring her to Colombo IBM headquarters. She has important inside information for the army which would lead to an attack on the LTTE leader. Her brother was killed by the LTTE for trying to desert it. When they started the journey their jeep was attacked by LTTE. So both of them escape from there and arrive in Periyumbutur by a boat. Then, due to the deadly attack faced before, his head is injured. So she wraps his head with a cloth and says not to speak anything. Both pass LTTE & army points and continue the journey. Meanwhile, both fall love immensely with each other.

At last, he goes to hand over Kamala to IBM and there she reveals that the things she said about a big information is a lie and asks his pardon. Captain Wasantha was angry, but he couldn't say anything because Brigadier calls him to come with Kamala. Both goes and BGD asks the information from Wasantha. He says a date and a time which he pondered. However, SL air force attacked the place and a group of top LTTE leaders were killed. Meanwhile, Captain leaves to Elephant Pass(Alimankada) and it was attacked by LTTE and his mother receives a letter that Captain Wasantha is missing, while the operation was going on. His mother falls on a chair crying.

After several years, Kamala and Wasantha are smiling and playing with their child at a flat in Toronto, Canada.

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