Sandya Salgado Alan McAlex Ajay Rai H D Premasiri Prasanna Vithanage
Starring
Sajitha Anthony Dinara Punchihewa Shyam Fernando Ravindra Randeniya
Cinematography
Rajeev Ravi
Edited by
A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by
K (Krishna Kumar)
Production companies
Film Island Jar Pictures Prasanna Vithanage Productions
Distributed by
CEL Theatres
Release date
8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) (Busan)
Running time
103 Minutes
Country
Sri Lanka
Language
Sinhala
Budget
$560,000[1]
Gaadi (Sinhala: ගාඩි), also released as Children of the Sun, is a 2019 Sri Lankan Sinhala historical road film directed by Prasanna Vithanage.[2] It is co-produced as a Sri Lankan-Indian joint production by H.D. Premasiri, Sandya Salgado for Film Island, Prasanna Vithanage Productions and Alan McAlex and Ajay Rai for Mumbai-based Jar Pictures, an Indian motion picture production company.[3] It stars Sajitha Anthony with debut actress Dinara Punchihewa in lead roles[4] along with Shyam Fernando and Ravindra Randeniya.[5] Music composed by K.[6]
It is a period drama set in 1814, during the last days of the Kandyan Kingdom. The story revolves around the journey of Tikiri who was stripped from nobility and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarchy.[7][8][9][10]
Gaadi premiered on 8 October 2019 at the 24th Busan International Film Festival amidst stellar reviews.[11][12][13][14][15] The film has been selected one of the 100 Asian films that audiences should watch by International Film Festival 2019.[16]
In January 2020, the film won a Special Jury Award at 18th International Dhaka Film Festival.[17]
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