Saroja සරෝජා
Saroja, is a 2000 Sri Lankan Sinhalese children's drama film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake as maiden feature film and produced by his wife Renuka Balasuriya. It stars two child artists Pramudi Karunarathne and Nithyavani Kandasami in lead roles along with Janaka Kumbukage and Joe Abeywickrama. Music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. It is the 931st film in Sri Lankan cinema. The film is a hugely successful film that has won awards and critical acclaim worldwide.
Plot
Saroja is a little Tamil girl. Her father is a rebel and one day their home is burnt, and Saroja's mother is dead. Due to the army attacking Saroja's father is wounded and they run away to the jungle. They enter an adjoining Sinhala village.
More details
author | Somaratne Dissanayake |
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director | Somaratne Dissanayake |
editor | Stanley De Alwis |
genre | drama |
keywords | army officer father and daughter force kill language barrier remote village run away school teacher village school wound |
musicBy | Rohana Weerasinghe |
producer | Renuka Balasuriya |