A special screening of director Rodney Vidanapathirana’s latest Sinhala film Sudu Appachchi, a children’s film, was held yesterday (23) afternoon at One Galle Face PVR Cinemas in Colombo.
Dinith Chinthaka Karunaratne, the Director General of the Government Information, was the chief guest. He was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers by the two child actors Arosa Wijeratne and Avishka Wijeratne who are acting in the film.
Sudu Appachchi started screening from June 22 and the premiere was held at PVR Cinemas at One Galle Face.
This film, which will be screened at Bambalapitiya Majestic Cinema Complex, Gold Cinema Hall, Dematagoda – Regal, Gampaha – Regal, Katubedda – Regal, Bandarawela – Regal, etc., was featured at several film festivals last year and will be screened as an Italian–Sri Lankan co-production.
Award-winning actor Gamini Samarakoon and Ishara Wickramasinghe, who won the Sarasavi Award for the Best Emerging Film Actor, play the lead roles in the film Sudu Appachchi, which revolves around a group of schoolchildren in search of a mysterious person. The screenplay and direction of this film is by veteran film director Rodney Vidanapathirana and is produced by RW Production.
